A looming water crisis in the country may find an answer in an idea mooted by the water resources secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh - declaration of water footprint. Modelling it on the lines of the carbon footprint, Singh said, "This is an idea fo
Though the DDA information brochure claims that the flats under the housing scheme 2010 are ready for possession, work on many flats is still on. Take the case of Vasant Kunj. While a sample flat is ready in Vasant Kunj, furnishing on 1285
Coming down heavily on the government for its failure to tackle corruption, the civil society has come out with a proposed Lokpal bill to constitute an effective body to nail corruption. RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal, former IPS officer Kir
The Delhi legislative assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed ‘Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices against Tourists Bill, 2010’. The bill will replace an ordinance promulgated by Lieutenant Governor on 1st October, 20
The government may be going gaga over NREGA `success` but the scheme may just have failed parts of rural India, if what the sarpanch of a Rajasthan village says is anything to go by. Criticising the government’s flagship welfare
Media and journalism has undergone and experienced a dynamic transformation over the last 20 years or so. Ever since the arrival of the satellite television network the move has been towards widespread entertainment from previous trend of informat
The law commission, the advising body to the law ministry is contemplating the merits of putting curbs on sting operations (SO) by media. In a consultation paper released by the commission, it has elicited suggestions and comments from the
HIV/AIDS spreading through hospital infection and by unethical practices by doctors have been taken up strictly by the Delhi government’s health department, said Delhi health minister Kiran Walia here on Tuesday on the occasion of world AIDS
Uday Narain Choudhary is all set to be elected unopposed speaker of the Bihar assembly for the second term on Thursday. Choudhary`s nomination to the post of speaker was proposed by state water resources minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary and
In the midst of reports that he may quit, Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas today maintained that he was still in the post. "Government has appointed me as CVC. I am continuing as CVC," he told reporters. "Th
At 10 pm on November 30, Barkha Dutt, embattled TV news diva and editor of NDTV 24x7, subjected herself to grilling by four editors on her conduct as exposed by the Niira Radia tapes. As prime time news shows go, this was unprecedented, a
The principal adviser of the planning commission, Pronab Sen, has said that a GDP growth rate of 8.5 percent is looking feasible for this year (2010-11). The economy registered a GDP growth of 8.9 percent in the last quarter. “Sustaining 8.9
The Delhi urban arts commission (DUAC) has come to the rescue of the NGOs against the Delhi transport corporation`s (DTC) Millennium Park bus depot in the Yamuna river bed. In the minutes of a meeting of the DUAC on November 10, it has been mentio
The challenge of climate change is a godsent opportunity for Indian businesses to develop technology, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said at a conference on Tuesday. Speaking at the 5th Sustainability Summit organised by CII, Ramesh said that
With the economy expanding by 8.9 per cent in the July-September quarter, the government today exuded confidence that the GDP growth rate during the current fiscal would exceed 8.75 per cent. "Amid all the depressing news there
Stung by Lavasa`s "unfair attack", Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said there was "no prejudice" involved in his ministry`s show-cause notice to the company for constructing a hilly project near Pune and it need not fe
Ahead of the all-party meeting convened by Speaker Meira Kumar to end the logjam in Parliament, leaders of the Opposition NDA met here today and decided to stick to their demand for a JPC probe in the alleged irregularities in 2G spectrum allocati
The CBI today carried out searches at 11 premises, including residences of four aides of CWG Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi, in connection with alleged irregularities in a Rs 107 crore contract for the Games result update system and registere
IPS officer Amar Pratap Singh was today appointed the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for two years succeeding Ashwani Kumar. The Appointments` Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cle
Continuing with his attack on diesel-guzzling cars like sports utility vehicles (SUVs), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today asked the users of such cars to pay full market price for the fossil fuel which is being sold at subsidised rates for
