Students in Jammu and Kashmir will soon have many options of vocational courses to study at higher education level. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is holding a workshop in the state on December 17 to assess the need of the s
As the government braced to deal with the agitation threatened by Anna Hazare, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the government will do whatever is good for the country. "We are not accepting anybody`s demand. We are doing w
Anna Hazare came in for scathing attack from Congress leaders who dubbed him a RSS spokesperson for his charge against Rahul Gandhi over the Lokpal issue. One of the leaders warned that partymen won`t tolerate such accusations with politic
Corruption has emerged as the most frequently discussed issue in India while unemployment is the world`s fastest-rising fear, according to a survey by the BBC covering 11,000 people in 23 countries. Corruption ranked the most talked
A bill to provide for life imprisonment and fine, in addition to death penalty, as punishment for contravening the provisions of the Arms Act was introduced in the lok sabha on Monday. The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011, was tabled in the wak
Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia were among five persons chargesheeted today by the CBI in a Delhi Court in connection with the 2G Spectrum allocation scam. Governance Now
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from the press council whose chief, justice Markandey Katju, said that he favoured filtering of "off
Congress MPs from Tamil Nadu on Monday sought the intervention of senior party leader from Kerala and defence minister A K Antony in cooling down the tempers in his home state on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue over which the two states have been at lo
Delhi, the political and cultural capital of several empires including the Mughals, on Monday added yet another chapter to its glorious history as it marked 100 years of its re-emergence as modern India`s capital. Delhi was proclaimed as t
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has asked the state governments to "seriously implement" the guidelines framed by it to tackle various disasters. "The NDMA has framed guidelines for tackling natural, man-ma
Set to retire on December 31, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan sums up his 16-year experience as "very satisfying" and attributes the organisation`s success to the "different work culture" and fast decision making process.
When Anna Hazare sat on a fast demanding a strong Lokpal in August this year, a big fuss was made about the ‘sanctity’ of parliament and its procedures by the parliamentarians, especially in view of the fact that the matter was pending
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called for taking steps to prevent recurrence of devastating fire like that claimed 93 lives in the private AMRI Hospital which was engulfed in flames on December 9. "I don`t want t
Delhi may be the "dil" (heart) of India but it is not being looked after well, members in the lok sabha complained on Monday, with several of them making a strong plea for granting full statehood to improve matters. As the centen
Barring a few hospitals, majority of the private hospitals in the capital are reluctant to provide free treatment to patients from the economically weaker section (EWS), the monitoring committee constituted by Delhi government has observed after e
Government today said problems in land acquisition was one of the main factors in delays in the implementation of National Highway Development projects. Answering queries on the issue during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today filed his nomination for the December 22 bypoll to the Legislative Council. Gowda was accompanied by his predecessor B S Yeddyurappa, BJP state unit President K S Eshwarappa and sev
NCP chief Sharad Pawar today saw nothing wrong with politicians sharing the dais with Anna Hazare and discussing the Lokpal issue and said it is "good" that all parties emphasised the supremacy of Parliament which cannot be overlooked.
The inhuman and painful practise of branding children, when they fall sick, is still rampant in some pockets of Gujarat due to lack of awareness against its ill effects coupled with the common belief that it heals diseases. This str
Bibek Debroy, one of our eminent commentators on matters economic, has penned a piece in the Economic Times in which he has deconstructed the myth that Manmohan Singh is a great reformist and a prime minister in Nehru`s mould. Read on and decide f
