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TN budget presented in Assembly

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K Anbazhagan today presented a Rs 3,396.45 crore deficit budget and refrained from imposing fresh taxes. Reduction in taxes on a variety of articles used by the common man was announced by the minister, who pres

Top cop in police radar for floating militant outfit

Meghalaya Police are on the look out for one of its officers who has allegedly floated a new militant which is carrying out rampant extortion in the state. Deputy superintendent of police Champion Sangma has been absenting from office sinc

Qutub Minar, Purana Quila will have light and sound show

Come Commonwealth Games and the visitors will be able to enjoy light and sound show at Qutub Minar and Purana Quila too. Such show is already running in Lal Quila. The Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has chalked out detailed plans in

Huge potential for agri tourism in India, says Assocham report

With the travel and tourism industry in India expected to grow at 8.2 percent between 2010 and 2019, it is time some attention is paid to agri-tourism, says a report released by ASSOCHAM and Yes bank. “With India predominantly an agr

Goa priest, Mumbai model restore Pillar`s fallow farms

Two people from totally different streams have been instrumental in reviving the barren paddy fields of a village near here through contract farming. Fr Patric D`Souza, an environmentalist-priest, and Tinu Verghis, an international fashion

Time to bid adieu

After having served as private secretary to eight CBI directors since 1983, Deena Nath Kapur will demit office on March 31. Starting his career as a part-time steno, Kapur rose to become a full-fledged PS in his long stint of 41 yea

End of the auto joyride?

It may or may not be the end of the road for Delhi`s autowallahs, but most of them fear that they will have to pay - and pay big. For driving `polluting, uncomfortable` autos, and more for being an `unruly` lot out to `harass passengers`.

CAT okays IPS officer`s premature repatriation

The Central Administrative Tribunal has approved pre-mature repatriation of Shailesh Singh, an IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, from the Directore General of Foreign Trade to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the cadre-controlling authority, rulin

J&K Govt to enforce wage-board in private schools

Jammu and Kashmir government will enforce wage-board in private schools which have been asked to pay salaries through cheques. Replying to a question in the state legislative assembly, education minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed said that

Batla post-mortem report talks of injury by "blunt object/surface"

The autopsy reports of Atif Ameen and Mohammad Sajid, who were branded terrorists and shot dead at Batla House, have once again cast doubts on the veracity of the police encounter theory. Delhi Police had said Atif and Sajid were gunned do

343 cases of corruption registered in JK

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said 343 cases of corruption have been registered against government officials by state vigilance department during past four years. Replying to the cut motion of PDP member Peerzada Man

U`khand to have first wind energy project at Bacherikhal

Uttarakhand government will soon establish its first wind energy project with a capacity of 2 Mw at Bacherikhar area of Tehri district, state assembly was informed today. While replying to a question, Alternative Energy Minister Rajendra S

Latest governance news

Govt to launch website to help tourists during CWG To prevent exploitation of tourists during the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government will launch a website containing all information needed by them to avoid dependence

New nutrition scheme for six crore young girls

The government is planning to start a scheme for providing nutritional support to adolescent girls that aims to benefit about two crore girls in the first phase in next fiscal. The scheme devised by the women and child development ministry

Discuss quota for minorities, OBCs in women`s bill later: Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today told the opponents of the Women`s Reservation Bill to let the measure be passed in its present form and the issue of reservation for minorities and OBCs could be discussed later. "There is no specific prov

BS Meena is heavy industries secretary

BS Meena, a Maharashtra cadre IAS officer of 1975 batch, was on Thursday appointed heavy industries secretary, replacing Satyanarayana Dash (Kerala:73) who retires on March 31. Meena is currently special secretary and financial adviser in the stee

TN Govt inks pact with SCE for Cooum river cleaning

With a view to use Singapore`s expertise in cleaning up the highly polluted Cooum river in the city, Tamil Nadu government today inked a pact with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). The Memorandum of Understanding with SCE, an age

U`khand raises gender budget for women empowerment

For empowering women, Uttarakhand government has increased the gender budget by nearly Rs 200 crore for 2010-11. Concerned over the skewed sex ratio in the state, the state government has earmarked Rs 1417.75 crore for gender budget, meant

Maintain status quo along the Yamuna river: court

In a bid to resolve dispute over harvesting rights along river Yamuna, a local court has directed Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to maintain status quo along the border. Kairana Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sant Kumar directed senior officials of

Police modernisation taken up on war footing: Maha Governor

Maharashtra government has taken up the modernisation of the police force on a war footing, providing them with the latest equipment, advanced weaponry and armoured vehicles, Governor K Satyanarayanan informed the state legislature here on Thursda

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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