Amid the uncertainty over his continuation, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Friday attended the meeting of the Union Cabinet. Chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the cabinet meeting was held to finalise the General Budget proposal
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has not only refused the Z-plus cover recommended to him at a state security review meeting here, but has also decided to either scale down or strip all other ministers of the elite blanket, officials said on Fr
Akhilesh Yadav instantly bowed to compulsion of muscle-politics just on taking oath as UP’s Chief Minister when he inducted ‘independent’ MLA Raja Bhaiyya in his cabinet even though his own party had a comfortable majority in the
The Election Commission has withdrawn its proposal for creation of an autonomous body to impart electoral training to professionals of other countries, Government said on Thursday. The proposed setting up of IIDEM as an independent autonom
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presents General Budget 2012-13 in Lok Sabha amid uproar. Cabinet approves Union Budget for 2012-13. Expect smaller current account deficit GDP to grow by 6.9 percent in 2011-12, say
Two-year-old battered baby Falak, whose harrowing ordeal shocked the country, died at AIIMS on Friday night following a cardiac arrest after fighting a grim 58-day battle for life. The abandoned child, who was admitted to the AIIMS on Janu
Companies keen on measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from now on have two new standards to go by. World resource institute (WRI) and the world business council for sustainable development (WBCSD), launched the green house gas protocol
In the aftermath of the crackdown on NGOs sparked off by prime minister’s Manmohan Singh’s comments published in the Americanjournal Science, the voluntary sector is making efforts to restore its credibility and breach the trust defici
Facing questions from Opposition over the controversy surrounding Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, government on Thursday said he had not resigned but a "communication" had been received from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee whic
Accusing the government of betraying him on the Jan Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare on Thursday said he would not approach them on this issue to fight corruption "uninvited". The 74-year-old social activist also said he would decide on
Indicating that the exit of Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister was a matter of time, Trinamool Congress on Thursday said its priority was to ensure a "complete rollback" of the fare hike announced in the rail budget. "
The Election Commission on Thursday made a strong pitch for financial autonomy on the lines granted to constitutional bodies like the Supreme Court and the CAG, saying the dependence on the government could lead to conflict of interest.
Advocating raising fuel price with rise in input cost, the pre-Budget Economic Survey on Thursday asked the government to pay a fixed amount per litre as diesel subsidy so as to cut subsidy outgo. "For diesel, where even the rudimenta
Calling for ruthless crackdown on corruption, the government`s pre-Budget Economic Survey warned that a large and cumbersome anti-corruption bureaucracy could impact decision-making process. "While we need to ruthlessly crackdown on c
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is facing opposition from within his own party for proposing a hike in passenger fare in the Rail Budget, on Thursday got support from the Railway Unions which lauded his initiative and refused to accept a roll
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Economic Survey provides vital inputs for Budget preparation and can also be critical of government policies. "It (Survey) charts economic development and challenges faced during
Government on Thursday dismissed former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair`s claims that he was not given a chance to give his views on the action taken against him in connection with controversial Antrix-Devas deal. "The High Level Team had
Induction of controversial Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya as Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday raised eyebrows but new Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav defended it claiming that the criminal cases against him wer
Against the backdrop of the controversy surrounding Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, Congress on Thursday said "such problems and occasions" are part of coalition governments. "Leader of the House in Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherj
The CBI has registered a case against unknown persons in the alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh who was mowed down by a tractor trolley purportedly owned by sand mafia in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on March eight. Th
