The Delhi government will soon appoint a board of five members who will inspect all homes in the city meant for the mentally challenged, elderly, beggars etc, which fall under the social welfare department, Delhi’s social welfare minister Ma
Ahead of the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visit, India has sought greater investment of Chinese companies in infrastructure despite its concern regarding security. “We would look for more Chinese investment in India especially in our growing i
Home minister P Chidambaram today sought to blame migrants to Delhi for crimes like rape, a statement that came under attack from political leaders, following which he withdrew it. "......nevertheless crime takes place because
The winter session of Parliament today ended without transacting any substantial business, going down in Parliamentary history as the only session virtually washed out due to standoff between the government and Opposition over 2G spectrum scam.
There has been an increase in the HIV incidence (number of new HIV infections per year) in Gujarat, which is considered to be low prevalence state, in the last couple of years, according to latest HIV estimates made available by National AIDS Cont
Firmly rejecting Opposition demand for a JPC to probe the 2G spectrum scam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched a blistering attack against BJP and asked partymen to expose its "double standards and doublespeak" on the issue o
The supreme court today favoured a central probe into the diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, in Orissa. "We are treating this matter seriously. We will give direction to the centre to hold i
The Delhi high court on Friday ordered AIIMS to float fresh tenders for opening a charitable pharmacy for distribution of medicines at nominal rates to the poor inside the hospital premises. A bench of justices S K Kaul and M L Mehta said
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today sought to downplay controversial remarks made by environment minister Jairam Ramesh at the climate change summit in Cancun, saying "don`t read too much into this". The prime minister`s response
Post 26/11, a section of the Congress leadership was seen playing religious politics after one of its leaders, A R Antulay, implied that Hindutva forces may have been involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, according to a confidential memo by the t
Former union telecom minister A Raja today said he will cooperate with the CBI to prove his innocence in the wake of the probe agency conducting searches at the DMK leader and his aides` residences in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
Tamil Nadu government has instructed district administrations not to grant no-objection certificate (NOC) for sale of agricultural lands for the purpose of converting them into housing plots or industrial sites, state Agriculture Minister Veerapan
The going might get difficult for RTI applicants. The government has started the process of notifying the RTI rules. As per the new rules, each RTI application can have questions related to only one subject matter and the word limit is 250 words.
The Intelligence Bureau has alerted the government about a quantum jump in the foreign money flowing in the country through withdrawals by foreigners on credit and debit cards issued by the foreign banks. It warns that such money po
The CBI questioned former telecom officials for the second day today after the agency conducted searches at their premises in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Official sources said the questioning woul
Reserve Bank of India today said it will intervene if inflation does not decline to Central bank`s targeted level by March 2011. "Inflation may come down to RBI`s projections, if it does not we will have to take steps," RB
Chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Qureshi has vetoed the idea of compulsory voting in India. "Democracy and compulsion don`t go together," he told journalists while releasing consultation papers on electoral reforms here on Thursday.
In a move to weed out corruption, the Nitish Kumar government today decided to scrap the existing allocation of funds for Local Area Development (LAD) scheme for MLAs and MLCs in Bihar, in principle. A decision to this effect, which would
With terror threats looming large over the civil aviation sector, an advisory council of experts will be set up soon to deliberate on and recommend measures to step up aviation security. This was disclosed by Civil Aviation Minister
