I mean, see how pumped up and eager to win they were against our “traditional rivals” on Sunday. When nobody gave them an even chance considering the wonderful things that have been happening to our hockey lately, they walloped Pakista
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the government would talk to its allies on the issue of fuel price hike but gave enough hints that a rollback would be difficult. Party sources said that Mukherjee briefed the Congre
It seems the success of the Manmohan Singh government’s flagship schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and Indira Awas Yojna (IAY) have been felt not only in the country but abroad too. A high-lev
The MCD`s planned extensive sealing action against commercial establishments not paying conversion charges was deferred in some parts of the city today as traders lined up in large numbers to submit their dues. However, in other are
A tenant cannot be evicted if the original owners, for whose bonafide personal needs the rented premises is sought, subsequently die during pendency of the dispute, the Supreme Court has held. "While it is true that the right t
The government during 2009-10 is estimated to forego revenues of over Rs 5 lakh crore, which amounts to 50 percent of its annual expenditure due to various tax concessions given to the prop up the industry hit by the global financial turmoil.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet Congress MPs tomorrow and discuss the budget with them ahead of a Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting on Wednesday. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab
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. &
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