The government is holding a high level meeting on Tuesday to decide on the contours of the Rs 7277 crore Bundelkhand package approved last November. The meeting, that would include officials from the prime minister’s office, rural de
Will Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh join the UPA government? He has had hush-hush parleys with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Those in the know say that he wants commerce ministry while the Congress is offering him the non-conventional ene
As US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in New Delhi on Monday, India and United States are all set to strengthen their bilateral engagement through understanding on macroeconomic, financial sector and infrastructure-related issues.
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to a co-accused of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and issued a notice to CBI to file its reply on their application seeking certain documents relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases against them. Additiona
Observing that "elementary mistakes" were made in conducting criminal trials under court martials, Armed Forces Tribunal has directed the appointment of trained prosecutors and presiding officers for such cases, as otherwise it may "
Pitching for more public-sector role in health, Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said health and education are two areas where the private sector is welcome to make investments but the government needs to be domi
Raising a new demand on the women`s bill, Samajwadi Party on Monday sought 50 per cent quota to women in educational institutes as well as jobs. The demand was made by Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has already called for "reservation withi
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to create 2,000 more posts in the health sector, cabinet sanction for which will be sought shortly, the state assembly was informed today. This is in addition to the 4,000 posts created r
The controversial bill that sought to debar women in Jammu and Kashmir from their civil rights if they marry a non-domicile was today dropped from the Legislative Council after the government admitted a "technical flaw" in introducing th
Buoyed by the victory of the ruling BJP in city corporation election,Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said government would spend Rs 22,500 crore for boosting infrastructure in Bangalore. He termed the BJP capturing the B
Kerala State Co-Operative Consumer`s Federation Ltd has opened 3000 retail centres, where 25 items were sold at nearly 15 to 70 per cent less than open market price, to check rise in prices of essential commodities during festival season, an offic
All infrastructure arrangements for the conduct of the Commonwealth games, to be held at Delhi from October 3-14, will be ready by the middle of September with tight security cover provided for the event, a top official of the CWG Organising commi
The issue of granting India access to Lashkar-e Taiba operative David Headley is being taken up by the US government at the highest level, the US ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer said here on Monday before his meeting with home minister P
The Jammu and Kashmir government has provided Rs 70.49 crore from the calamity relief fund for immediate succour to farmers who suffered crop loss due to scanty rainfall last year, the legislative council was informed on Monday. While Rs 6
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday demanded that the central government meet cent per cent financial requirements under the right to free and compulsory education Act. "Though we welcome the new act for free and compuls
Tamil Nadu government would follow the guidelines of Madras High Court in setting up new court buildings in the state, law minister Durai Murugan told the state assembly, adding that frequent agitations by lawyers for court complexes were unfair.
Around 6,000 jobs will be provided to educated, unemployed migrant youth of Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister`s package for rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, a minister said today. "The process of recruitment against 3,000 pos
‘Currently, CSR funding is unequal to the task’ "I don’t think you can force a business to buy CSR credits. It’s not clear to me how funds generated by a CSR credit market wil
Consensus eluded the all-party meeting held here today to break the logjam over the Women`s Reservation Bill with the Yadav trio sticking to their demand for quota within quota and UPA ally Trinamool Congress joining chorus with them. Afte
Information on the attendance of ministers during cabinet meetings is beyond the purview of transparency law, the cabinet secretariat has held. It has said that attendance of ministers during cabinet meetings is exempted from disclosure un
