To make Indians employable, the government will come out with a policy on skill development in next three months and also decided to house skill development university in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Minister of State (Independent Charge)
The Delhi state government has urged the ministry of Information Technology of India to block mobile applications of cab services Uber and Ola. On Tuesday, Delhi transport officials had asked US-based Uber and Indian company Ola to
Social-enabled policing is a concept which police and law enforcement agencies should adopt in this age of social networking and crowdsourcing. In 20th century, community policing seemed to give way to problem-oriented policing, with a focus on ef
Coal mines allotment to central and state public sector undertakings (PSUs) was completed on Tuesday. Coal secretary Anil Swarup tweeted that list of coal block allottees will be made available on MSTC portal. The coal ministry had r
After prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka recently, union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday met Lankan refugees in Gummidipoondi town near Chennai and assured them of government`s assistance. Th
Amitav Ghosh, 58, has been short listed for this year`s Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to the English language writing. The finalists for the prize were announced in Cape Town on Tuesday, with 10 authors from around the
Our prime minister was inspired by Benjamin Franklin as a young man. While sharing his thoughts on the Republic Day, along with American president Barack Obama in his fortnightly radio address, Mann ki Baat, prime minister Narendra Modi said what
An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa`s Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona (Spain) to Duesseldorf (Germany). French police have confirmed that AirbusA320 passenger jet has crashe
The Indian government has never known to be information-friendly and now it is tightening the lid over info-flow by putting its own officials in cages with wide-ranging gag orders. Reacting rather alarmingly to recent cases of leaki
Non-performing assets (NPA) have become a major concern for the banks and the gross NPAs of the public sector banks stood at Rs 2,60,531 crore, as on December 2014. Highlighting the issue of mounting bad loans, RBI deputy governor S S Mundra on Mo
Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act and termed it as unconstitutional as it is violative of Article 19(1)(a). A bench of justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman, which had on February 26 reserved the judgemen
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Gujarat has taken fancy to DigiLocker, the digital locker system launched by the government to securely store documents online. Gujarat is leading in users who have signed
Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit should thank Indian electorate for facilitating his meeting with Hurriyat leaders in New Delhi. "I don`t think the government of India is objecting to our meeting with Hurriyat leaders," Abdul Basit
As Sonia Gandhi’s second prodding came to public, the Karnataka government on Monday announced a CBI inquiry into the death of IAS officer DK Ravi, who was found hanging at his Bengaluru residence. Last week, Sonia had sent a
India has evolved many ways of money transfers, informal and formal. For Jeetandra Kumar, a cook at Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi, sending money to his family in Katihar, Bihar was difficult but ‘secure’ in desi environment. His earni
The government has rejected bids for four of 33 coal mines put up for auction in the past two months. Those whose bids have been rejected are Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Balco, amid speculation of cartelisation during the auction
Two militants, who may have survived Kathua attack on Friday, launched an attack on security forces in early on Saturday. They attacked the 82 armoured regiment camp in Samba district on Jammu-Pathankot Highway, using grenades and automatic gunfir
Water activist Rajendra Singh has won Stockholm Water Prize 2015 for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living cond
Shree Bhagwan Jaiswal pushed the pedals of his cycle rickshaw in Old Delhi for more than 20 years. As the sole breadwinner of his family – he is a father of four – there was no way out. “It is drudgery. Ask any cycle rickshaw dri
The Patna High Court on Friday slammed as "very shameful" Bihar Education Minister PK Shahi`s statement that cheating-free exams were not possible in the state. On Thursday, Shahi said that cheating-free examinations were not possible in
