The Delhi high court on Tuesday ordered a stay on the global positioning system (GPS) scheme of the transport department which mandated installation of GPS/GPRS devices in the autorickshaws of Delhi. The stay, however, comes only for 197 autoricks
While the government has lauded itself for making the planning process well-represented by inviting citizens to send suggestions, civil society members have contended that the `wide consultative process` is far less than what it is touted to be.
The government has decided to recruit more than 2000 retired Army personnel to help the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) gain expertise in crippling IEDs and hidden landmines while undertaking anti-Naxal operations. The retired A
Home, auto and other loans are set to become costlier with the Reserve Bank today hiking key short-term rates to contain inflation, while giving relief to small savers by increasing the savings bank rate to 4 per cent from 3.5 per cent now.
Three thousand security personnel were today searching the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others as inclement weather coupled with overnight rains led autho
When the summer is at its peak, it is shocking to note that more than 8000 anganwadi centres located across Orissa lack drinking water facilities within 250 meters of the centres. In an affidavit filed in Orissa high court pertainin
Warning of tough times ahead, the RBI on Tuesday raised the key short term lending rate and savings bank rates by 50 basis points and advised the government to hike petroleum prices as soon as possible in line with the ruling global crude prices.
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) president Babulal Marandi`s hunger strike against anti-encroachment drive entered third day today. Marandi, who began the fast-unto-death on May one, is protesting against the ongoing anti-encro
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is averse to dilution of the income tax department’s power to tap phones of suspected tax evaders. In an exclusive interview with Governance Now (read the full interview in the May 1-15 issue), CBDT c
Acting against illegal commercial establishments, the MCD on Monday sealed 38 units in east Delhi, a drive undertaken following a directive from the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee. The 38 shops in Madhu Vihar in Sahada
The Delhi high court has issued contempt notices to nine office-bearers of Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA). In the court proceedings on Monday the court lambasted the pilots union and the Air India management for not coming to a soluti
The Pawan Hans helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others remained untraced for the third day on Monday. Congress on Monday expressed concerns and said that the government is making all possible efforts to l
If you would recall Anna Ji , we had last month appeared together on NDTV, for their popular Humlog programme related to corruption. Mr Prashant Bhushan, Swami Agnivesh and an ex IAS officer (who has resigned) were the other persons on the panel.
The Delhi high court on Monday asked Air India pilots to call off the strike and resume work. A division bench of justices B D Ahmed and Beena Birbal, while hearing a plea for initiation of contempt proceedings against the pilots who have not perf
The Delhi government claimed to be the first state to implement the right to free and compulsory education (RTE) act. But even after a year of its implementation the state government is yet to notify the rules. National Commission for Prot
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has approved a self regulatory guidelines and complaints redressal mechanism” for all non news channels, including general entertainment, children, special interest channels. In a release afte
Congress on Monday said that US` Osama operation proves that Pakistan has been harbouring terrorists from diiferent outfits - a line India has steadfastly held to since three decades. Reacting to news reports of Osama bin Laden`s death, p
The stalled Posco project in Orissa got a final forest clearance from the ministry of environment and forests on Monday. In an order, union environment minister Jairam Ramesh said, “In view of the state government’s latest communicatio
The Air India pilots` strike entered the sixth day on Monday even as 90 percent of the airline`s services remained crippled. Agitating pilots have refused to budge before their demands are met even after the Delhi high court`s order on Wednesday a
In 2008, `Jihad From Hindukush To Armageddon`, a work of fiction published from New York accurately predicted that Osama Bin Laden (OBL) would be taken in 2011. The details vary a
