The government will give a diesel subsidy of Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in the drought-hit Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to meet their extra cost of irrigating their crops, a decision that will cost the exchequer Rs 500 crore.
Passengers booking tickets in Mail and Express trains need to add prefix 1 before the existing four-digit numbers while checking the reservation position through the enquiry system. Aiming at bringing uniformity and logical ba
The Supreme Court today slammed Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) and Uttarakhand government for their failure to take adequate rehabilitation measures for the people affected in Bhagirathi river valley with the raising of water level up
Hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by Sayed Ali Shah Geelani today dropped plans to stage protest marches to army and other security forces camps here on September 21. "There has been a modification in the pro
A ministerial panel, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, today reached a consensus to give a go ahead to the draft mining bill, which seeks that miners share 26 per cent of profits with local people who get affected by their projects.
An effort for deferring the judgment in the 60-year-old title suit in the Ramjanambhoomi -Babri Masjid dispute was today rebuffed by the Allahabad High Court, which will now pronounce its verdict on Sept 24. A three-judge Special B
Minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal has underlined the role of the government schools system in the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE). While addressing a conference of state school educa
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday with the 36 members of all party parliamentary delegation shall undertake a three days visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pavan Bansal shall also be assisting the Home Minister. B
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Friday hailed election of its Kanubhai Dabhi in the Kathlal assembly by-election in Gujarat breaking into the Congress bastion, saying it demonstrates that the Congress can only harass people but can`t win elections by
Two persons were killed and 16 others injured as security forces allegedly opened fire to quell stone-pelting mobs at four places in Budgam and Baramulla districts of central Kashmir today. The fresh protests came even as curfew remained in
At a time when states in the US are embracing policies that reek of protectionism, India today asked a grouping developed and developing economies to act towards keeping trade open and ensure financial stability. "The immediate spheres
Punjab-based farmers, who are known for feeding the country, now want to try their hands offshore, with a group of progressive farmers all set to acquire 50,000 hectares of farm land on lease in Ethiopia for growing high-value cash crops, includin
Ahead of the all-party delegation`s visit to Kashmir Valley next week, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today held deliberations with senior party leaders on the strategy for the troubled state. Senior leaders and Union Ministers Pranab Mukh
Amid discussions with India on lawful interception of data sent from BlackBerry devices, the smartphone maker, Research in Motion, has said it cannot compromise the security architecture of its enterprise solution. The company is continuing
Over 482 persons were arrested and action has been initiated against 59 others by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for their involvement in adulteration of eatables, officials said here. "In all, action has been taken against 541 pe
Capgemini India has launched Calorie, a global hub for innovations in energy, utilities and chemicals (EUC). The new lab will be located in Navi Mumbai. Demand for energy in India will double in the next five-six years. There is about 40 p
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to keep schools, colleges and hospitals out of the purview of the curfew clamped in the violence-hit Valley. The p
A rally of the denotified nomadic tribes demanding early implementation of the Renke Commission report giving facilities and concessions to the community nationwide will be held here today. There are 15 crore denotified nomads in th
As incessant rains brought respite to water-parched Mumbai, complaints of water contamination shot up in the city, civic officials have said. According to the data available with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), of the
A foreigner who is studying in Delhi shares the experience of dealing with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO). For obvious reasons, the student prefers to remain anonymous. All of us foreigners have to go thr