The Haryana government on Wednesday announced to increase the minimum wage of an unskilled worker to Rs 186 per day and that of highly skilled to Rs 211.42 per day in the state. The decision to increase the minimum wages would benefit abou
As the two countries differed on the issue of arrest of two Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Wednesday met minister of State for External Affairs Preneet K
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday denied reports of its ace investigating officer AGL Kaul, an additional superintendent of police (ASP), being taken out of investigations into the Rs 10,000-crore NRHM scam in UP.
The two national commissions, one for the scheduled castes and the other for the scheduled tribes, will now have a say in all major policy decisions that can have an impact on SCs and STs. The union cabinet secretariat issued an ord
The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a Rs 1,220-crore District Credit Action Plan for Srinagar for 2012-13 fiscal. The details of the Action Plan for next fiscal were given out at District Level Consultative Committee meeting chai
In a surprising development, the central bureau of investigation has told the Rajasthan high court that it was receiving threats and its witnesses in the Bhanwari Devi case were being forced to turn hostile. Agency counsel Panne Singh, during the
Promoters of Essar Group Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan were on Wednesday granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court, which had summoned them as accused in the 2G case. &quo
A year after an inquiry commission was set up to probe the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society, the Maharashtra Government has sought an interim report from the panel. The state government has filed an application before the two-member inq
BJP national general secretary Anant Kumar has alleged that both Mayawati and Mulayam Singh were responsible for "criminalisation" of Uttar Pradesh, which has adversely affected the economic development of the state. In last 10 y
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has said that the anti-corruption campaign`s next step will be to demand the inclusion of a `Right to Reject` button in EVM machines. "The situation changed fast in the nation after Emergency was imposed. T
Kingfisher Airlines cancelled about 20 flights on Wednesday even as the DGCA was set to brief the Civil Aviation minister on the ailing carrier`s plans to restore its services. The airline is expected to submit a fresh flight schedule to the DGCA
The Government`s attempt to take the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) out of the purview of the Election Commission by giving it a statutory backing appears to have become a stillborn as it came out with a flat denial that "there is no such move u
The Bombay Stock Exchange will launch a new index, BSE Greenex, on Wednesday. The index which will track companies which are friendly to the environment based on a methodology developed by IIM-Ahmedabad, will be launched by corporate affairs minis
The BJP on Tuesday said government`s decision to form the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) through an executive order was a breach of the federal structure and demanded that the decision be kept in abeyance till a consensus is evolved with
The agony of Kingfisher Airlines is now palpable. With continuing reports of flights being cancelled, the frustration is passing onto the passengers and staff at Kingfisher Airlines. In less than six years, Kingfisher has already accumulated a deb
In the thick of a controversy, Union minister Praful Patel on Tuesday urged Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh for a thorough probe into the change of aircraft by Air India allegedly to accommodate his family members on a trip to Maldives in 2010.
Vigorously pushing the agenda of clean drinking water and sanitation, Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said investment in these sectors is as important as investing in defence. "Investment in (drinking) water supply
Yahoo India has told a Delhi Court that the complaint lodged against it along with those against 21 other social networking sites for allegedly hosting objectionable contents on their websites was "motivated" and it is not liable to be d
President Pratibha Patil`s son and Congress MLA Raosaheb Shekhawat on Tuesday said the "communication gap" between him and the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) led to the seizure of Rs 1 crore in cash by the local police ahe
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday favoured Centre-state consultations to put at rest any controversy over setting up of National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC). "There has been no discussion between state gove
