The CPI(M) on Monday sharply reacted to US President Barack Obama`s remarks asking India to open up the retail sector to FDI, calling it "a brazen attempt" to pressurise the UPA government. Asking the government not to succumb to
In order to check plastic menace in Goa, the state government is contemplating to make throwing of plastic at roadsides and beaches a cognisable offence, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. Parrikar told the Legislative Assembl
India has not reached the drought situation yet, although it faces the challenge of maintaining record foodgrains production due to weak monsoons this year, Agriculture Minster Sharad Pawar said here on Monday. "We have not rea
CPI(M) and Forward Bloc on Monday declared their support for incumbent Hamid Ansari in the Vice Presidential poll but another Left party RSP will abstain. CPI will take a decision on the issue on Wednesday at a meeting of its Centra
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on dentist Nupur Talwar`s plea seeking bail in the double murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic held Hemraj. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar agreed to he
Goa State Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar on Monday lifted the partial ban imposed in media covering the ongoing session, after protests from local journalist unions. The Speaker had banned still photographers from clicking t
Inflation declined to 7.25 percent in June as prices of manufactured items eased a little, although vegetables, wheat and pulses became costlier. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 7.55 percent in May. In June l
Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said people involved in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam will be brought to justice. "The investigation into the scam is going on and whosoever is the culprit will be punis
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying it`s "unfortunate" that humans were being treated as "guinea pigs". A bench headed by Justice R M
BJP leader Jaswant Singh was todayon Monday chosen by the NDA as its unanimous candidate for the August 7 Vice Presidential election against UPA nominee Hamid Ansari. The opposition alliance said it had reservations over the re-nomination
After inviting myself to the launch of Shashi Tharoor’s “Pax Indica,” I was ready to stand on one leg in the packed Shah Jehan Hall of the Taj Palace in Delhi. What I didn’t expect was that foreign policy heavy-hitter
Terming NREGA as a "story worth telling", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the issue of delayed payment to workers under the programme should be addressed at the earliest and sought concurrent audit of rural development sch
On August 27, 2011, the parliament of India pulled a fast one on Ralegaon Siddhi’s most famous resident Anna Hazare, the ever perplexed Team Anna and the millions of Indians who were watching Lok Sabha TV, waiting with abated breath for Anna
After Home minister P Chidambaram`s remark on middle class was both accepeted and rejected by them. Governance Now talked to the common man for their response. Here is what people have to say. “The government has to decrease the pric
Rattled by the Bijapur encounter in Chhattisgarh last month in which 19 people were killed, 12 of whom have been confirmed to be innocent villagers by the state and security forces, the union home ministry has instructed paramilitary forces and
Rattled by the Bijapur encounter in Chhattisgarh last month in which 19 people were killed, 12 of whom have been confirmed to be innocent villagers by the state and security forces, the union home ministry has instructed paramilitary forces and po
For the second time in two years, Maharashtra government has initiated a process to ban Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (MMB) from selling Bt cotton seeds in the state for black-marketeering. The state’s agriculture minister Radhakris
A tug-of-war is on between the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, the BJP MP, who claims as secretary of Constitution Club that Club does not come under the Right to Information Act. The Central Information Comm
The Union Rural Development Ministry stresses that the farm labour shortage should not be blamed entirely on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as there are other factors driving away labour to other fields
Unhappy at the non-implementation of forest rights even four years after the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act of 2006 came into force, the central government has sent a strong letter to all
