The Supreme Court will today hear the Congress` arguments against the imposition of President`s rule in the Arunachal Pradesh. The Congress has accused Arunachal governor JP Rajkhowa of being biased and working on the directions of the central gov
The government has constituted a technical group to monitor the situation arising out of spread of Zika virus and measures to be taken by the authorities. This step came after health minister J P Nadda today held a high level meeting of senior off
J S Deepak, who heads the prime minister’s committee on good governance, will be new telecom secretary. The IAS officer of 1982 Uttar Pradesh cadre was secretary of department of electronics and information technology, ministry of communicat
Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is the world’s largest Parsi-Zoroastrian institution. It administers affairs of the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian community. Geetanjali Minhas spoke to its newly elected chairman, Yazdi Desai, on the
At a time when the government is busy advocating a small family approach, one of its initiatives in 2013 came as a surprise to many. It advocated a scheme that encouraged a particular community to have more children. It launched the Jiyo Par
Allahabad high court`s retired judge Ashok Kumar Roopanwal has appointed by the Centre to investigate the circumstances that led to the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula. The judge will review the entire sequence of events and the circumstanc
The Union government on Thursday announced the names of the first 20 urban areas that will be developed as smart cities. "Implementation of smart cities plan will showcase integrated planning. The investment of Rs 50,802 crores has been propo
A mother of two, Sudha was routinely tortured by her in-laws while her husband had the least interest in working to support his family. Nine years later, an angry and frustrated Sudha left her home in Lucknow along with her sons. She came to
In a bid to remove roadblocks and resolve contentious issues that are stalling highway projects in the country, union finance minister Arun Jaitley and transport minister Nitin Gadkari today held a meeting with the bankers, contractors and the bui
Graffiti declaring ‘rebellion’ had coloured the newly constructed walls of the girls` hostel of one of the colleges of Delhi University (DU). Candlelight marches had become a way of protesting ‘injustice’ and India Gate an
In another unprecedented action the supreme court today recalled its earlier order on Uttar Pradesh lokayukta and issued a fresh order of appointment. The apex court bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla Pant appointed
The government will on Thursday announce the names of the first 20 urban areas that will be developed as smart cities. In subsequent years, the government will announce 40 cities each to be developed as Smart City. These cities will be developed t
In a bid to revive public-private-partnership (PPP) mode and attract more investments in roads projects the government today approved hybrid annuity model. The new mode will fast-track highway projects considerably. "The cabine
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has created a new task force with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and his counterpart at the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, to study how rapid changes in technology affect financial stability and growth.
A Good Samaritan in a road accident case has now been given a choice of becoming a police witness or not. The new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) seek to put an end to police harassment of `Good Samaritans` who choose to assist
India has signed an inter-governmental agreement on Monday to buy 36 French-built Rafale fighter planes. Prime minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India has agreed to buy 36 Rafale combat jets from France, but the financial details of the d
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned various utility power projects leading to a capacity addition of 5,010 MW in the first three quarters of the financial year. This is the highest-ever capacity addition achieve
Government has asked country`s largest power producer NTPC to carry out a feasibility study for shifting its 360 MW naptha-based Kayamkulam power plant in Kerala to some other location. "The Kerala government recently requested
State-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has received an order for supplying steel for seven frigates to be constructed for the Indian Navy. This is the first time that the Navy’s new warships will be built using Indian steel. Earlier, wars
Indian Oil Corporation’s Paradip refinery is a test lab for two important experiments. First, a proprietary technology developed by the company to maximise output of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is being deployed on a commercial scale for t
