Underlining the challenges faced by proliferation of private players in the insurance sector, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said there is a need for affordable premiums for health insurance seekers. He was addressing a gathering at the Glo
With many people finding Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman`s Commonwealth Games theme song disappointing, the Organising Committee is exploring if Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan can liven up the opening ceremony on October 3. Th
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended raising the limit of donations a company can make to the political parties in a year from 5 percent to 7.5 percent of the average net profits in three immediate past financial years.
Since 2003, 109 workers have died on the construction sites of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). DMRC gave this figure in an affidavit submitted in the Delhi Court on Wednesday. The Court was hearing a public interest litigation fil
Laying the foundation stone of a Rs 6,000 crore power equipment manufacturing plant near here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the nation needs to bridge the gap between demand and supply of electricity for sustained economic growth.
The Supreme Court today set aside the interim order of the Allahabad High Court staying restoration of a district named after Dalit icon Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, carved out of Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency represented by Rahul Gandhi. T
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions occupied by the Army and paramilitary forces are vacated within two months. An order to this effect was passed by a bench
The 80-day period of shutdowns and curfews in the valley has dented the economy of Jammu and Kashmir by a whopping Rs 21,000-crore as the separatist sponsored agitation has affected every sector including tourism, handicrafts and the nascent indus
The government has admitted in the Rajya Sabha that diversion of funds meant for the welfare of SC/STs to Commonwealth Games projects by the Delhi government was "wrong" and efforts would be made to bring them back to the SC/ST Fund.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the government has decided to not allow "extractive industries" to operate if they adversely impact the natural habitat of tribals. Chidambaram`s statement comes within a week of
Home Minister P Chidambaram today called for an "out of box" solution for the country`s internal security problems besides advocating a "considerable degree of autonomy" in Jammu and Kashmir. "There is a nee
Bihar government today said it would further intensify anti-Maoist operations and rescue searches for the four abducted policemen, even as Maoists set an ultimatum to release their eight jailed cadres by tomorrow failing which they would kill a
Jharkhand police today said some persons with general crime records were trying to contact the police identifying themselves as Maoists but warned that they would not get any benefits under the surrender package earmarked for identified left wing
In the unseemly battle between journalism and the media industry, the securities market regulator has stepped in to stem the rot in the latter. Media organisations have been increasingly passing off sponsored content as unbiased journalism to unsu
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said government`s stand on providing access to data by Blackberry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is "firm" and there was "no uncertainty" over the issue. "I hav
The process of BEd evaluation at the Osmania University (OU) was again stalled today after Telangana invigilators boycotted the `Spot Valuation`, even as the varsity authorities said a Committee was constituted to look into the demands of the Tela
The Central government appointed Justice Srikrishna Committee visited Karimnagar district here today. Members of the committee, headed by its Chairman Justice B N Srikrishna, arrived at Thotapalli village under Bejjenki mandal today and in
Accusing the state government of trying to create social discord to cover up its "failures", Opposition PDP today exuded confidence that people would "defeat the latest government design to divide them on religious and sectarian lin
City police today lathicharged students protesting against the rules of fee reimbursement at the Collectorate here, police said. Students from various institutions had staged a dharna in front of the district Collectorate office p
Bringing good news to power crisis-plagued Bihar after majority of thermal power units fell on the Jharkhand side after the bifurcation in November 2000, US energy major AES Corporation has evinced interest in setting up a thermal power plant in t
