Notwithstanding its demand for rolling back fuel price hike, UPA key constituent DMK today said there was no question of pulling out of the alliance. "There is no question of DMK withdrawing its support (to UPA) or the alliance
The Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan (YJA) has requested the government to declare a stretch of the river Yamuna, from Panchnada till Allahabad, as a `River Dolphin Community Reserve`. In a letter to Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, the
Babus and ministers are known for their penchant to attend international conferences at the drop of a hat. But it is not often that you hear of a babu flying out to foreign shores to attend a non-existent conference at the taxpayer’s cost.
Community policing would be extended to 100 more stations in Kerala this year as the police-citizen collaboration has helped control crime, according to state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. "Wherever the project was imple
As part of efforts to protect tigers, the government is setting up four new reserves in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa for the endangered animal. In-principle approval has been accorded for the creation of the
Even as rural areas of Madhya Pradesh continue to reel under long load-shedding, Minister of State of Energy (Independent Charge) Rajendra Shukla is hopeful that the electricity crisis will become a thing of the past by 2013. "
Amid calls by various groups in Telangana to boycott the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on the contentious statehood issue, the panel will visit Andhra Pradesh on Thursday and Friday to discuss with state government officials about infrastructur
NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is understood to have conveyed the seriousness of his outfit to find a lasting solution to the Nagaland issue. Muivah, who along with four othe
Accusing the Manmohan Singh government of making a U-turn on holding talks with Pakistan following US "nudge", senior BJP leader L K Advani has said that no concrete outcome is possible in any dialogue till that country abandons terroris
A "time clock" will be put into operation for the first time in the Rajya Sabha fromWednesday to ensure maximum business in the minimum possible time. The electronic board is the latest innovative practice being adopted by
The issue of hike in fuel prices is expected to generate heat in parliament meeting on Wednesday after a four-day break. This became clear with the opposition planning a series of meetings to strategise its protests and demand rollb
The Supreme Court has refused to disclose details regarding the decision on elevating Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran to the apex court, which has since been stalled following allegations of land grab against him. &
When the whole IT industry was talking Business First, there was one man who spoke about Nation First. When the whole digital media was speaking the language of their sponsors (Nasscom and IT companies), Governance Now was one portal which spoke f
The dawn-to-dusk strike called by pro-Left transport sector unions in protest against the hike in fuel prices paralysed normal life in Kerala on Tuesday. Reports from across the state said the strike created a "bandh-like"
The situation in violence-hit parts of Punjab and Haryana was limping back to normalcy today with paramilitary forces personnel conducting flag marches in sensitive areas following Saturday`s violence by supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmee
Two customs and central excise officers have been arrested by the CBI in connection with a tax evasion scam here that also saw arrest of Adani Group MD Rajesh Adani in Gujarat. Both the senior officers were apprehended from their re
Special public prosecutor R K Shah and Assistant Public Prosecutor Naina Bhatt, appearing in the Gulburg society case of the Gujarat 2002 riots, have resigned from their posts without giving any reasons. "Yes, I have resigned f
As the Karnataka forest department analyses data gathered during the six-day tiger census conducted in January, outfits like the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NC
More than 2,000 people were arrested by police across Uttar Pradesh during a drive against manufacturing and sale of spurious liquor, an official spokesman said in Lucknow on Tuesday. "During the two-day drive launched from Feb
Showering all praise for Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for his latest budget, the industry compared him with ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar, whose capacity to score runs is increasing with time. The comparison was made by Sudhir Jalan, a past pr
