Despite objections raised by the planning commission of India, Andhra Pradesh government today asserted that it would continue the free power scheme for the agriculture sector for the next three years as well. Addressing farmers at
The Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta has ordered realisation of about Rs 94 lakh released from the discretionary fund of legislators to educational organisations run by state minister Haj Anis Ahmad Khan alias `Phool Babu`. A report has been
The Left Front today decided to hold protest rallies and meetings against rise in prices of petrol and essential commodities. "The centre is likely to increase diesel and LPG price soon. he Left Front workers will take to the s
Maharashtra will face load-shedding for two to five and an half hours for two days as power generation at four units has been affected due to technical reasons, the state`s power distribution company MSEDCL said today. Power generat
Residents of south Mumbai and city suburbs will have to brace for a fresh phase of four-day water cuts starting from tomorrow as the local civic body has taken up major repair work in order to augment water supply in the city. The w
Union minister of state for Human Resources Development (HRD) Duggubati Purandeswari today said that though Gujarat`s progress with regard to the Right to Education (RTE) act was satisfactory, the state needs to pull up its socks and notify its ru
Chief minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate Bihar`s first river patrolling police station (RPPS) on the banks of the Ganges near Maujipur village under Fatuha police station in Patna district on May 20. The first-ever RPPS has been
After a gap of nine months, the Orissa government today resumed land acquisition work for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant near here amidst tight security even as those opposed to the project started thronging the area. The lan
In the midst of a raging political war with the ruling BJP government in the south Indian state of Karnataka, governor H R Bhardwaj on Wednesday said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has a massive majority and there is no doubt about it.
Bihar government today approved the Bihar Underground Pipeline Bill, 2011 for laying a chain of underground pipe across the state for supply of water from the rivers to the industrial units, including power plants. The decision in t
The 175 NGO-run care and support centres for the people living with HIV/AIDS across the country will soon be shut down if the government has its way in the fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) which is in its drafting stage.
Bihar government would ask nationalised banks to open branches in all the villages having a population of over 2000, deputy chief minister S K Modi said. There were 9213 villages with population of more than 2000 which did not have
Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday demanded that the centre should hold talks with the Naxals, saying if it can have a dialogue with Pakistan then why the government cannot have deliberations with the Maoists. "Naxals ar
We might not see any new constructions like the Akshardham temple and the Commonwealth Games Village coming up on the Yamuna river floodplains in New Delhi. The ministry of environment and forests has ordered the constitution of an expert group to
Gujarat agriculture minister, Dilip Sanghani, on Tuesady said, that fall in the cotton prices was due to "anti farmer" export policies of the central government. "The union textile ministry is trying to protect the te
On Tuesday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar asserted that his government wanted that the agriculture sector be fully freed from corruption. Referring to report of scandals in issuing Kisan Credit Cards in Muzaffarpur, Kumar said w
To ensure better working conditions for women in armed police forces, the government has come out with a fresh set of guidelines for deployment of such personnel in Border Security Force (BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Indo-Tibetan Border Pol
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Maharashtra Urban Development Department (UDD) secretary T C Benjamin will be questioned for the second time
The new IT rules 2011 notified by the government last month have become a subject of criticism not only from civil society organisations on privacy concerns but also from the industry for making the intermediaries liable for the user-posted conten
