Karnataka government would set up two multi-skill development centres at a total cost of Rs 72 crore in the district headquarters town of Gulbarga and here, labour and sericulture minister B N Bache Gowda said today. Speaking to rep
The intelligence agencies had absolved Mohammad Niyaz, an Indian arrested in France on May 10, of any terrorist links, but Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday asserted that he had "radical inclination" from an early age and associated
A Delhi court today took congnisance of the CBI chargesheet filed against sacked CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi and others for their alleged role in the irregular award of a contract to a Swiss firm for installation of timing-scoring-result system fo
The Congress on Monday lauded its own government at the centre, saying UPA II had performed "exceedingly well." Briefing mediapersons on the completion of the second year of the government`s tenure, party spokesperson Manish Tiwari e
After the technology guru Sam Pitroda urged the chief ministers as well as industrialists to set up innovation councils in the country, a UK-based industrialist of Indian origin, Paresh Parekh promised to help set up one such council in Vadodara.
The low supply of cashew kernel in Goa this year, owing to unseasonal rains and heat has increased their prices, finally benefitting the cashew growers in the state. Cashews are being sold at Rs 82 per kg, as against the price of Rs
The final choice is now in the hands of Goa`s parents on selection of medium of instructions for their wards in the primary schools. Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has conveyed the decision to chief minister Digambar Kamat.
For the fifth consecutive year, Delhi remained number one in the government school category in the country in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 results. As the CBSE results
The United Democratic Fund (UDF) ministry in Kerala headed by Oommen Chandy was today expanded with the induction of 13 more ministers -- nine from Congress, three from Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and one from Kerala Congress (M).
Shanti Bhushan, co-chairperson of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal bill, has countered the scepticism on the committee’s functioning raised by the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) - a campaign that has
After a two-day break, the Orissa government on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district. "Land acquisition, which remained suspended on Saturday and yesterday, resumed pe
The centre today rejected the demand for recall of Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj with whom the ruling BJP has a running feud. "There is no question of recalling the governor," home minister P Chidambaram said at a press
The representatives from the government and civil society drafting the Lokpal bill have arrived at a broad agreement on including several important clauses of the Jan Lokpal draft in the proposed legislation, union minister Kapil Sibal said here o
Rail Parishad, railway commuters` association, has said that it would launch an agitation seeking Manmad-CST (Mumbai) intercity express, as announced by the (then) railway minister Mamata Banerjee in this year`s budget. Bipin Gandhi
Keen to choke off the life line of terror groups, the US will open a dialogue with India for evolving more effective steps for cyber security and monitor illicit financial transactions, secretary of homeland security Janet Napolitano said on Monda
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the faculty of the prestigious IITs and IIMs, saying these educational institutions are "not world class" but are "excellent" because of the quality of students.
It is possible to construct roads which require overlay not before eight to 12 years. It can save our mountains and hills, huge quantity of fuel, plant and machinery and can earn carbon credits. Innovative solutions and products are
A Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking the supreme court to explain the rationale of one of its rulings was stayed on Monday by the Delhi high court. Justice S Murlidhar stayed the operation of the CIC order on a petiti
Urban development minister Kamal Nath on Monday expressed support to the proposed satyagraha` of yoga guru Baba Ramdev. "Not only people from Chhindwara but people from the central government too will take part in Ramdev`s saty
Presenting his government’s report card on completion of two years of its second term on Sunday the prime minister said, referring to the spate of scams, that his government was “determined to take corrective action”.
