Two key architects of the NREGS, Jean Dreze and Aruna Roy, boycotted the fourth anniversary celebration of the scheme held here on Tuesday to protest against its apparent dilution. In a letter to the Rural Development Minister C P J
Siemens, a leading infrastructure provider company, has announced it will invest Rs.1,600 crore in India over the next three years. A major part of this will be invested in the renewable energy market and to expand its existing production capacity
The BJP has strongly objected to the Direct Tax Code (DTC) the government is planning to replace the present tax regime with, saying that it is against the interest of the "aam admi" as it would burden him with more taxes.
The Maharashtra government has constituted a committee headed by Chandra Iyengar, additional chief secretary (home), to prepare a comprehensive policy for security at the iconic Gateway of India – right opposite the Taj hotel whi
The central government on Wednesday constituted an expert committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna, to examine the demand for a separate Telangana state. The committee will hold wideranging consultations w
The Bhartiya Janata Party is not in favour of the Direct Tax Code (DTC) proposed to replace the Income Tax Act. It urged the UPA government not to hurl the taxpayers from the frying pan to the fire by making sweeping changes. Its wo
A fresh water row may erupt between India and Pakistan over 1200MW Sawalkot hydro-power project on the Chenab river in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The project has been revived by the J&K high court, which quashed a state cabinet decisi
The war of words between Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena over the Mumbai migrant issue intensified today with the Congress leader asserting that India is for all Indians and Udhav Thackeray accusing him of insulting Marathi policemen who were killed in
The government may well be planning to amend the Right to Information Act. At least that is what Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi thinks. Talking to Governance Now, Gandhi said he was getting "clear signals" that a
Going even by all the extra-constitutional arrangements made in the past to keep governments afloat, the Meghalaya case is unparalleled in its sheer absurdity. The state now boasts of three more men holding "the rank and status of the chief m
It can`t get murkier than this. This year`s list of Padma awardees includes a surrendered Kashmiri militant against whom cases of extortion and attempted murder are pending. According to a
A score of union ministers are upset over the prime minister constituting a panel of bureaucrats to grade their ministries` performance and give "zero" to those not able to complete even 60 per cent of targets. Those headi
Communications and Information Technology Minister A Raja has warned that withdrawal of income tax holiday to Software Technology Parks (STP) in 2010-11 Budget will have “devastating” effect and said the scheme should be modified to pu
Congress has expressed unhappiness over the appointment of four `chief ministers` in Meghalaya, dubbing it as "relatively unusual", but defended the move citing political instability in the state. At a media briefing, part
In a bid to facilitate passengers, railway tickets would henceforth be available even at post offices in Mumbai. To begin with, this facility has been introduced at four post offices namely Girgaon, Dadar, Chembur and Mandvi in the
That government departments routinely spend in excess of the budget allocated to them has been brought to the fore by the Public Accounts Committee. In its latest report, the committee says some of the ministries and departments "continue to
Political instability plagues many small states but none can match Meghalaya’s story. Ever since the state came into being in 1972, only two chief ministers, W A Sangma and S C Marak, have completed their terms in office. Think of any bizarr
Believe it or not, the apex court doesn`t keep record of things that the high courts do as a matter of routine. This came to light after an RTI applicant wanted to know the number of cases for which hearings have been completed but
Sivnath Saini, a law student from Hajipur in Vaisali district, 90 km from the Bihar capital, is furious. His university has not furnished his degree certificates and he wants to know why. He has dialled 155310, a dedicated telephone line launched
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for better administrative coordination between the centre and the for faster development of the country. He was addressing the first annual Conference of Chief Secretaries in New Delhi. The c
