The government last month announced convergence of the member of parliament local area development (MPLAD) scheme with the rural employment guarantee scheme MNREGA for creating more durable assets in the country. “The governme
The Delhi High Court today extended its stay on the National Highways Authority of India`s (NHAI) decision to terminate its contract to the Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited (DGSCL) to operate the expressway between the capital and the NCR
The Delhi-Mumbai corridor will have the highest number of green buildings, minister for new and renewable energy Dr Farooq Abdullah said here on Thursday. “The rapid growth of the building (sic) sector is a cause of concern, and one
A city court on Thursday remanded Akash Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and three of his associates to day-long judicial custody for allegedly assaulting a police sergeant. Second Chief Judicial Magistrate,
The Legislature committee probing the porngate episode on Thursday decided to summon three MLAs who had to quit as Ministers following the scandal, even as its decision to first question the television channels which aired the footage has sparked
The setting up of the proposed India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIIDEM), a pet project of the chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Quraishi, has been put on the backburner by the government citing the need for
The US-based search engine Google Inc on Thursday told a Delhi court that that it has aleady removed alleged objectionable contents from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider. The search engine, in a wri
Expressing displeasure for not furnishing details of homosexuals` population, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked for all relevant records from the Centre about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, including their number and the n
The Law Ministry has told the Department of Space to allow four ISRO scientists "post decisional opportunity" to place their stand on its move debarring them from occupying any government position in future in the aftermath of the Antrix
Hard pressed for funds, the government on Thursday approved the proposal for expediting disinvestment through the buyback route under which blue chip state-owned companies will buy its stake. The decision to allow Public Sector Undertaking
A CBI court on Thursday framed charges against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra and ruling JDU MP Jagdish Sharma in connection with the multi-crore fodder scam. Charges were also framed against former RJD MP R
Two fishermen were killed and two others missing when a ship collided with a boat off the Kollam coast of Kerala in the wee hours today, police said. Of the six fishermen in the boat, two swam to safety, they said. The decea
In a bid to tighten the noose around habitual traffic offenders, the government today approved five-fold increase in fines under the Motor Vehicle Act, and substantial hike in compensation to accident victims. Under one of the proposed ame
Lokayukta Police on Thursday conducted raids at a Jail Superintendent`s residences in Indore and Bhopal and recovered huge assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raids were carried out since morning in both the cities
Amid objections from some non-Congress ruled states to the RPF Amendment Bill, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has sought to pacify them saying views of states will be taken into account. At the same time, Trivedi justified the controversi
Maharashtra Government`s decision to extend the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in urban areas will be taken up on a pilot basis in Nagpur. EGS and Water Conservation Minister Nitin Raut said that even though EGS was a rural concept, the
Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has said the Department of Space (DoS) has refused to reveal the reasons, sought by him under an RTI query, for blacklisting him and three other space scientists over the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said utilisation of funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Emeployment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) will go a long away in mitigating flood situation in Bihar if the Centre consented to it. "The flood s
The Congress has said any move to ban private TV networks from Karnataka legislature in the wake of the porngate scandal would be reflective of the "fascist" attitude of the BJP. "If there is a knee-jerk reaction by the BJP.
The city police is likely to take assistance of the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for probe into the disproportionate assets case, involving senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, his family members and aides.
