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
Northeastern state of Meghalaya has created a record few would like to match or better. It now claims four chief ministers. One of them, Congress leader Dr Dethwelson Lapang, was sworn in as the chief minister for the fifth time in
"Mumbai for Maharashtrians" has driven a wedge between two long-time allies--RSS and Shiv Sena. They are now training their guns at each other after the RSS said it would protect the north Indians from the Shiv Sena`s attacks.
More international honours for A R Rahman. He won two Grammy awards in Los Angeles for his music from Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire". Rahman won the first Grammy of the pre-show at the Staples Center in the best
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a two-day Conference of Chief Secretaries of states in New Delhi on Monday. The conference is organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Perso
