In a brazen act of defiance, Mayawati today ignored the opposition outcry over her being adorned with Rs 1,000 notes and was again garlanded with currency notes to the tune of Rs.18 lakh. The garland comprising notes of various deno
In good news for medical students, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today announced that there would be an additional 10,000 post-graduate medical seats in the country in the next couple of years. At the annual convocation ceremony
After deciding to make Class X board exam optional, India`s premier school board CBSE is set to go global by introducing a new syllabus for international students and would affiliate any school from any country from the next academic session. The
In an effort to bring down road accidents in the state, Haryana Government has finalised an Integrated State Level Traffic Plan for highways. The plan would be implemented in all the districts and monitor traffic rules on national and state Highways
Accusing the opposition parties of unnecessarily raking up the issue of garland made of currency notes for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the BSP today said tradition of felicitating leaders by offering them or weighing them in money is fo
Disputes come up for hearing and offenders are sometimes punished with imprisonment, while none challenges its authority though it is not a court of law. The system of Gramya Adalat (village court) and Bandishala (village jail) is in vogue
Curfew was relaxed for 11 hours in trouble-hit localities of the city today as no untoward incident was reported. "Situation is completely normal and curfew in five police areas - Prem Nagar, Qila, Baradari, Kotwali and Subhash Nagar
In a major policy decision, UPA is aiming to curb the government staff`s obsession fror getting into the personal staff of ministers to peddle influence. The government has slapped a ceiling of 10 years beyond which nobody will be permitted to be
Much like the rest of Delhi, 46 monuments across the city are being dressed up and made more tourist friendly ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has chalked out a plan to upgrade facilities, for parking for i
The government has added one more P to the PPP model -- Panchayats -- to establish direct linkages between rural economy and the industry. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been implementing a scheme of Rural Business Hubs (RBHs) with thi
The Home Ministry today held detailed discussions to decide the broad contours of the fifth round of tripartite talks on Gorkhaland issue starting from March 18 where Gorkha Janmukti Morcha may bargain hard for regional authority having powers sim
The Gujarat High Court today ordered a stay on all construction activities at the Nirma Ltd`s upcoming cement plant in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district while hearing a petition by farmers opposing it. A division bench of Chief Ju
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today exuded confidence that the economy will soon return to 9-10 percent growth, but said that double-digit inflation and excessive borrowing were major challenges. "We shall have to move towa
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to set up shadow standing committees on political, economic, and strategic and foreign policies to help the party`s MPs in effective participation in the parliamentary standing committees that will be s
The Supreme Court-appointed vigilance committee has slammed the public distribution system (PDS) in the country for "rampant corruption, black marketing and diversion involving a vicious cartel of bureaucrats, fair price shop owners and middl
Rejecting suggestions that government was diluting the definition of rape, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said moves were afoot to widen the term to include all kinds of sexual assault. "We are not going to dilute the definition of
Rejecting suggestions that government was diluting the definition of rape, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said moves were afoot to widen the term to include all kinds of sexual assault. "We are not going to dilute the definition of
Power is set to cost more in Punjab following a proposal by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal to increase the electricity duty by 3 per cent in his Budget for 2010-11, presented in the assembly today. Badal, in budget estimates for the
The Punjab government would be able to mop up only Rs 2,600-2,700 crore against a projected revenue mobilisation of Rs 4,000 crore, State Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said here today. "When we minutely scrutinised the report submitt
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh today hoped that the bill on National Green Tribunal (NGT) would ensure speedy and effective disposal of civil cases relating to violation of forest and other similar laws. The Bill was introduced yesterd
