State Bank of India (SBI) has no plan to provide fresh loan to the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. "SBI has informed that currently there is no such plan to provide addition
The government on Tuesday said it is likely to table a white paper on black money during the ongoing budget session of parliament, but maintained that there is no authentic estimate of the quantum of illicit wealth. "The white
Home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that NCTC was an "absolute necessity" and not an attack on the federal structure and maintained that even states opposed to some provisions of the body support its formatio
India has fallen by five places in the UN e-government survey 2012 from 119 in 2010 to 124 in 2012. The survey which was released on March 6, 2012 places the Republic of Korea at the top position followed by the Netherlands. United Kingdom
Disruptions on issues like Telangana, atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils, sub-quota for minorities, and shortage of fertilisers on Monday marred President Pratibha Patil`s Address to the joint sitting of Parliament. MPs raised slogans to pres
Trouble for cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines again erupted on Monday with at least 30 flights either being cancelled or clubbed as several pilots and other staffers failed to report for work to protest delays in salary payments. At
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and eight IAS officers on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jagan Mo
Despite the release of over 100 activists arrested during the ongoing Jat agitation here, rail and road traffic continued to be effected on Monday with protesters blocking several routes, officials said. Protesters blocked rail tracks and
Raising expenditure on education to 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), was one of the promises the Congress-led UPA made at the start of its first term in 2004. But (according to CBGA’s latest report) the present total public spending on ed
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked BJP and Congress to respect the regional parties because of their dominance in states. Kumar said the coalition era will continue and big parties like Congress and BJP should respect the regional
The Centre will spend Rs 900 crore on strengthening of Gram Panchayats across the country from next year, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said. "From next year, government will spend one per cent of the total of Rs
Akhilesh Yadav, who scripted spectacular success in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with an image makeover for Samajwadi Party, will be the new and youngest Chief Minister of the state, representing a generational shift in its politics. The 3
I write this fresh from a new classroom at the Taj in Bandra. There are, I’m sure, more advanced classrooms elsewhere in
To ease liquidity situation, the Reserve Bank today slashed CRR -- the portion of deposits banks are required to keep with the central bank -- by 0.75 percentage points, a step that will infuse Rs 48,000 crore into the economy. &quo
For BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn in as Goa chief minister today, the third stint in the top post comes with no coalition strings attached following the party`s emphatic mandate in the assembly polls last week. The firs
Close Kishenji aide Suchitra Mahato, who had escaped after the Maoist topgun was killed last year, today surrendered with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming the injured ultra responded to her government`s "offer of peace"
The Samajwadi Party, which won a spectacular majority in the assembly elections, today did nothing to dispel the raging speculation over who would be the next chief minister with leaders merely saying that the issue will be decided tomorrow.
Contract killer Irfan, accused of murdering Bhopal RTI activist Shehla Masood, has been taken to Indore to appear in a court today by a CBI team probing the case. Irfan was escorted by the CBI team from here under tight security las
Virtually endorsing the 15-member Central expert group`s findings giving the thumbs up to stir- hit Kudankulam nuclear project, senior atomic scientist and state panel member on the issue M R Srinivasan has said all concerns of locals over safety
A young IPS officer was attacked allegedly by liquor barons, including supporters of former BJP MLA Narendra Singh, in Bhind district when he tried to check illegal sale of liquor on a day when another promising officer was crushed to death allege
