The government today said the ongoing Commonwealth Games may add about USD 5 billion to the Indian economy and create about 2.5 million jobs in the next few years. Inviting the business community of Commonwealth nations to invest in
Putting speculations to rest, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said his government had no plans to withdraw the free power scheme for farmers. Reviewing the working of the state electricity board, he said meters for agr
Normal life was again disrupted in Kashmir today as authorities reimposed curfew in parts of the Valley, including Srinagar city, ahead of a protest march called by hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to Kupwara district.
32 Air India employees, who were suspended after a two-day flash strike in May this year, would be reinstated, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel assured CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today. "He (Patel) assured me that the is
A 12-hour bandh is being observed today at Sundargarh town in support of a student union`s demand to fill up the vacant post of lecturers in Sundargarh Government College. The student union has been demanding appointment of teachers
India will make up for the `lost decade` when it comes to keeping abreast with China in three years - or so predicts a leading American journal. The Economist, in its latest cover story, predicts that India will outpace China by 2
The centre is mulling appointment of a political personality as the Jammu and Kashmir governor alongwith appointment of either minister of state in PMO Prithviraj Chavan or Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh to head a group of interlocutors
People of Mandal block were surprised when they heard of a couple from Ahmedabad. It was May 2005 and this block in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan was witnessing communal riots for two months. Houses were burnt, shops ransacked and leaders from th
The specatcular opening of the Commonwealth Games have revived hopes of cashing in on the global attention on the Games, the government believes. “The Commonwealth Games will boost the FDI in the country. It will have a multiplier ef
Lok Satta Party President Jayaprakash Narayan on Monday said that India is at the crossroads of history, with an unprecedented opportunity to become the world’s second largest economy at one end and the tremendous danger of becoming a failed
Senior BJP leader L K Advani feels "vindicated" about his Ayodhya `rath yatra` in the wake of the Allahabad High Court verdict and prefers a negotiated settlement for building a Ram temple at the place where the makeshift now stands.
The IAF today justified the need for the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), whose removal has been demanded by the Jammu and Kashmir government, saying "legal protection" is a must for the troops to efficiently perform their tasks.
Political parties today said the Election Commission should take steps to enhance the confidence of people on use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polls in view of apprehensions that they could be tampered with. Attending a meeting
Noida transporters are threatening a strike on October 6, protesting against the delay in setting up of a Transport Nagar in the city. The strike could paralyse commutation in the city as it will affect the movement of buses, autos and trucks.
Tamil Nadu Government would encourage the private sector to set up medical colleges in the state as there was a huge shortage of doctors, a top Medical Education official said today. At present only 35,000 medical graduates passed out of t
K Vijay Kumar is the new director general of the central Reserve Police Force. Kumar, handpicked by home minister P Chidambaram, is presently the director of the national police academy in Hyderabad. He is an old SPG hand who had provided
Diplomats may not fit the bill for an assignment in the finace ministry, but that has not deterred Pranab Mukherjee from bringing in Venu Rajamoni, a senior Indian Fo
After having launched a massive ad campaign to popularise NREGA in some northern states, the rural development ministry now wants to know if the ads worked at all. “The ministry has decided to conduct an Impact Assessment Study of
The ambitious Ahmedabad Metro project will soon get on the fast track as surveys and the detailed project reports on the rail link between the city and Gandhinagar, in the First Phase are in its final stages. "Studies are on whether a
A section of employees of Chennai`s public transport system, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, went on a flash strike this morning, demanding action against those who had assaulted their colleagues near here. They warned of intensifying
