The government approved on Thursday the approach paper for the 12th Plan (2012-17) which seeks to raise annual economic growth rate to 9 per cent during the five-year period, up from 8.2 per cent estimated in the current Plan. The approach
The CIDCO chairman Pramod Hindurao has said that acquisition of land up to nearly 70 percent has been completed for the proposed international airport near Panvel and the issues pertaining to those displaced by bigger projects are being settled.
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was on Thursday granted interim bail till September 19 on health grounds by a Delhi court in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. The 55-year-old former Samajwadi Party leader was granted interim bail by special judge San
Terming the two recent blasts in Mumbai and Delhi as a "blot" on government`s record, home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said many homegrown modules are active across the country and several of them have acquired the capacity to mak
Food inflation in India declined marginally but was still high at 9.47 per cent for the week ended September 3, with prices of all items, barring pulses and wheat, rising on an annual basis. Food inflation, as measured on the basis of the
On August 27, the nation bore witness as parliament grappled with an issue that has found resonance in the hearts and minds of everyone. For many who claim that televising proceedings of parliament has increased the shrillness and histrionics in p
The indefinite strike by power loom job workers in Coimbatore and Tirupur demanding 100 per cent wage hike would continue as the Powerloom Cloth Manufacturers Association (PCMA) declined to to concede to the demand. The seventh roun
Union home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday held a high-level unscheduled meeting here in which he was told that "much" progress has been made in connection with the July 13 serial bomb blasts inquiry, official sources said.
To attract more tourists at Kasauli, a Rs 8.66 crore Tourism Complex and Geo museum would come up in the fascinating hill town besides improving basic infrastructure facilities, chief minister P K Dhumal said on Tuesday. Laying th
The union ministry of textiles has sanctioned a grant of Rs 24.5 crore to the city-based Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) to set up National Centre of Excellence (NCE) in Sportech. The NCE Sportech will research and develop
With ginners not showing any sign of withdrawing agitation till their demands are met, cotton growers in Haryana are forced to either offload their crop in neighbouring markets of Punjab or store it at their homes. Though cotton arr
Security arrangements were tightened in the city on Tuesday after a local resident received a suspicious call from Pakistan, police said. "Bharat Sharma received a call from Pakistan. It was regarding some lottery but moments later Sh
A total of 40,000 Class-C staff of lower courts in Maharashtra resorted to indefinite strike from Tuesday, abstaining from work to demand better salaries and administrative changes. Judicial work in the courts was affected as peons
Women`s forest rights groups on Tuesday demanded sorting out technical problems to enable single women get forest land as per the law. "Applications of tribal single women to get forest land as per law are being rejected on technical
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has raised to Rs 10 lakh the reward money for anyone providing information on the Delhi high court blast even as the investigators suspect that clone of a SIM card was used to send one of the emails claiming
Bouyed by the supreme court verdict in Gulbarga Society riot case, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at his detractors for "defaming" him for the 2002 riots and announced he would undertake a three-day fast for peac
The home ministry may impose ban on the Hindu right-wing organisation Sanatan Sanstha involved in a series of bomb blasts, including one in Goa on Diwali-eve in October 2009 that killed two carrying the explosives on a scooter. A request f
Concerned over sluggishness in the domestic economy and deepening financial crisis in Europe, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the global community can`t afford to lose its nerve and will have to deal collectively with the
The condition of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following a rise in creatinine level in his body, is stable. Creatinine is a fairly reliable indicator of a person`s kidn
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) constituted by the Goa Legislative Assembly, would table its detailed report on the illegal mining scam in the state, during the two-day assembly session starting from October 5. Headed by the leader o
