The cabinet secretariat on Tuesday cleared the air on the proposed performance monitoring system (PMS) and said that bureaucrats will not be apprising the ministers` performance. “It has been reported in a section of the media
Terming the Maoists attack on a police camp in West Bengal as outrageous, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday accepted there were indications of "failure" in some aspects which only a detailed review would reveal. "
Efforts are underway to hold a single national-level entrance test for students to get admission into engineering, medical and commerce courses from 2013, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said. "Efforts will be put to hold a
In the last decade, one good thing that has happpend in the PPP is that it has become viable. Earlier, about a decade back, there was no viability for PPP, and therefore there were no takers. Today, a lot of thinking goes into a project be
State-run steel maker Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) is looking at swapping two coal blocks in Jharkhand with other such reserves, citing difficulties in developing the mines to meet its growing raw material needs. Also, the firm is c
To effectively check the menace of ragging in educational institutions, the Uttar Pradesh vidhan sabha on Monday passed a bill in this regard which provides for a two-year jail term for the guilty. "The UP Shaikshik Sansthaon M
Ministers in Madhya Pradesh will have to disclose the details of their property on the pattern of civil servants who were directed to furnish the information. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked all his ministers at a cabinet
Ministers in Madhya Pradesh will have to disclose the details of their property on the pattern of civil servants who were directed to furnish the information. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked all his ministers at a cabinet
Centre is concerned over frequent travel advisories by foreign governments which would not only hit tourist inflow but may hit the foreign direct investments (FDI) too. A senior official privy to the deliberations at the Cabionet Co
In a snub to Union minister Sharad Pawar, Bal Thackeray said on Monday that the Shiv Sena would not allow Australian cricketers to play in the IPL which starts next month, a threat which the NCP supremo had wanted the Sena chief to withdraw.
The US, the UK and Australia have issued travel advisories to their citizens in view of the bomb blast at a famous eatery frequented by foreigners in Pune, asking them to maintain a "heightened situational awareness and a low profile".
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has called for creation of an exclusive railway zone for the northeast. In a letter to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, made available to the media today, Gogoi urged for inclusion of the proposal i
State-owned oil firms today cut aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price by 2.5 per cent on falling global rates to give some relief to Indian carriers. Jet fuel price in Delhi was cut by Rs 974 per kilolitre or 2.5 per cent to Rs 37,982 p
The Petroleum Ministry is pushing for freeing petrol and diesel prices from government control and is awaiting political consensus on the issue to implement it. The ministry is also proposing a marginal hike in domestic LPG and kero
India`s defence expenditure will increase "in proportion" with its economic growth rate, defence minister A K Antony said here on Monday. "India`s defence expenditure is 2.5 per cent of its GDP and the economy i
The government will be framing a policy which will enable regular schools adapt distance-education programme aimed at enhancing the acceptability of open schools "A national policy will be evolved under which regular schools will embr
Facing opposition from certain sections of film fraternity over the proposed amendment to Copyright Act, the government today set up a panel of experts, including Bollywood star Aamir Khan, to examine the issue and submit a report.
The Tripura state capital will be connected with Akhaura railway station in Bangladesh, by 2014, official sources said. The decision for linking Agartala station with Akhaura, just 13 km from here, was taken during Bangladesh Prime Ministe
The UN climate change panel has admitted to having imprecisely stated in a key report that 55 per cent of The Netherlands is under sea level, saying that is only the area at risk of flooding. The Dutch government this month asked th
I look at the public and the private as part of the same space. I don’t see there is a great degree of differentiation in skills, quality of knowledge that comes from public private partnership (PPP). In attitudes, yes but not
