With campaigning for Delhi civic polls gaining momentum, the State Election Commission on Monday asked the candidates not to deface any public property by sticking posters and banners, warning that strict action would be taken against violators.
Britain on Monday raised the Rs 11,000 -crore Vodafone tax issue with the Indian government which is proposing to amend the Income Tax Act to bring into net overseas mergers and acquisitions involving domestic assets. The issue figu
In the backdrop of Army chief Gen V K Singh raising the issue of shortage of equipment, Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday directed the force to streamline its acquisition process to fix accountability in case of delays in procurement.
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday described CAG draft report on allocation of coal blocks without auction as "illogical", asking by that yardstick even water used in the hydro projects should be charged. "This is no
Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted terrorist, has been living somewhere in India’s neighbourhood, according to Interpol, but he has managed to escape the global organisation as the country of his current residence is not cooperating.
State-owned oil companies on Monday warned of disruptions in fuel supplies if they are not allowed to raise petrol price or compensated for the Rs 48 crore per day loss they incur on selling fuel below cost. "The situation is v
At least five Kingfisher Airlines flights out of Mumbai and Delhi were cancelled on Monday as a section of staff did not report for duty to demand immediate payment of salary and allowance backlog. As some pilots and other staff did
The Punjab Government has planned to launch a holistic and comprehensive programme for need-based integrated development of urban as well as rural ares of the state. A decision to this effect was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Parka
Three days after the Odisha government invited it for talks for release of abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh on Monday said it was willing to do so if certain conditions were fulfilled. Listing t
Maintaining that the Y S Rajasekhar Reddy`s regime made land allotments for employment generation purposes, Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy has questioned as to why the CBI did not look into allotment of lands made during the previous TDP rule.
To provide shelter and medical attention to orphaned HIV positive children, the administration is ready to set up a 50-bed hostel at Koraput district headquarters hospital here. After the death of the HIV positive parents it becomes very d
Several global business associations have sought reconsideration of the retrospective amendment of the Income Tax Act in the backdrop of Vodafone controversy warning that the proposed change has prompted widespread review of costs and benefits of
In a setback to senior woman IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh, Y Srilakshmi, allegedly involved in the Obulapuram mining scam along with Karnataka`s Reddy brothers, the Supreme Court on Monay refused to grant her bail. A bench of jus
Army Chief Gen V K Singh will have a meeting with Defence Minister A K Antony to discuss procurement projects for the Army, their first official meeting days after his letter to the Prime Minister on the poor state of defence preparedness got leak
After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s strong opposition, her Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa on Monday asked the Centre to put on hold formation of NCTC which is sought to be "steamrolled" into existence. In a le
Even as the government of India has made a token response on clean-up of the river Ganga, the World Bank (WB) has a word of advice to New Delhi. It has asked the government to take the matter seriously and hold active consultations from different
Rajendra Pal Singh, a retired bureaucrat, is tipped to be the next chief of the national highways authority of India (NHAI), according to highly placed sources. Singh retired as secretary of the department of industrial policy and p
Two years since the Right to Education Act has been implemented, the annual average dropout rate at the primary level has dropped from 9.1 in 2009-10 to 6.9 in 2010-11. Also, more than 4.96 lakh classrooms and 6 lakh teachers posts have be
World Bank on Friday expressed its willingness to support the proposal of BRICS nations to set up a Development Bank to insulate their economies from the ongoing economic problems, rising oil prices and currency volatility. "In
The national highway authority of India will rake in money from tolls — something that have been a losing proposition for the highway authority so far. Through e-tendering, NHAI is set to get Rs 270 crore from two projects alone with ten oth
