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
The new national executive of the Bhartiya Janata Party announced here on Tuesday by its president Nitin Gadkari has only 121 members, including 40 office-bearers, but for all practical purposes it has the jumbo strength of 234 because of the list
BJP general secretaries: Vasundhara Raje, Ananth Kumar, Vijay Goel, Arjun Munda, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Dharmendra Pradhan. BJP vice presidents: Hema Malini, Najma Heptullah, BS Koshiyari, Kalraj Mishra, M A Naqvi and Shan
The Income Tax department will probe the source of funding and ownership of the money for the garland made of currency notes presented to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati at a rally in Lucknow. The department will check the sou
Higher educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs, today hailed the government`s go ahead for a bill to allow entry of foreign education providers in India and sought to allay any threat posed by the institutions from abroad.
India`s data centre services market is projected to reach nearly Rs 10,000 crore by the end of 2011, a compounded annual growth rate of 22.7 percent over the two-year period 2009-11, according to research and advisory firm IDC India.
In order to meet the growing demand for quality seeds, the Agriculture Ministry has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) and State Farms Corporation of India Ltd. (SFCI) for 2010-11.
Corporates are doing it, political leaders are doing it, but even the government is doing it: paying cash for getting publicity in newspapers and TV channels. The only difference is that the government pays and yet fails to get anything in return.
Kumud Mishra, travelling by train from Delhi to Forbesganj in Bihar, was waiting for the train to halt at some station so that he could get a cup of tea. Sanjay Kumar Sethia, who was to reach Forbesganj the following evening, got down at Tun
The Bhatti mines, once a rocky and arid patch on the outskirts of Delhi, was earlier known for mining. Soon it will be known as a hub for adventure sports. “The chief minister of Delhi (Sheila Dikshit) has in principle agreed
Ahead of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi`s appearance before the SIT, a sitting BJP MLA today approached the Supreme Court challenging its order entrusting to the special team probe into a 2002 riots case. A special three-judge
The BJP today demanded a parliamentary probe into allegations of corruption and mismanagement in Air India and blamed government policies for grave financial situation in the national carrier. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in t
Even as NCP leader Sharad Pawar indicated that there could be some dilution in the Women`s Reservation Bill, the Congress today maintained that there was no such proposal. "Let me make it clear that there is no such proposal. T
As she came under attack in parliament over the communal violence in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today held a rally in Lucknow in a big show of strength and slammed the Congress for pushing the Women`s Reservation Bill.
Sensing the opposition parties were uniting as they did on price rise, the government on Monday developed cold feet forcing it to back off from introducing the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill. The bill, which a
Human Resource Development Minister Kabil Sibal is planning to scrap the quota system that allows the HRD ministry, MPs and other influential quarters to recommend over 1,200 candidates for admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas, a news report said.
Seeking to avert trouble from opposition, the government today deferred introduction in Lok Sabha of nuclear liability bill that provides for compensation in the event of an accident and indicated that it could be delayed till the second half of t
Several Muslims groups on Monday held protests in New Delhi and asked the government to implement the Ranganath Mishra Commission’s recommendations for 10 percent reservation in government jobs for the community. Addressing the rally
With only two weeks left for implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Human Resource Develoment minister Kapil Sibal has asked the chief ministers to cooperate in universalising elementary education. Sibal has sent letter
