The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health a state of “complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. But in India besides clinical interventions which target physical healt
The Delhi Transport corporation isplanning to add 200 new buses to its fleet but may not have enough space to house them, fear senior offcials at the transport authority. Presently there are 40 depots housing buses to capacity. With the co
The Delhi government on Monday decided bar Blueline buses from running in new Delhi municipal corporation (NDMC) for an indefinite period. The government had earlier decided to phase out as many as 1,600 buses from the NDMC area for a mont
Indo-US relations have moved away from grants, aid and disagreements, said US government officials in New Delhi. “Disagreements will often come. We will find a way to take care of these things,” said the official in the backdro
Jean Dreze, noted development economist who played a stellar role in formulating the national rural employment guarantee law in the previous UPA government and was made a member of the reconstituted National Advisory Council, is furious with the a
Stepping up his attack on the Bihar government, Rahul Gandhi on Monday drew parallels between the development claims of Nitish Kumar and the failure of NDA`s `India Shining` campaign, predicting that the state government would bite the dust in the
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav on Monday launched an unusually strong personal attack on the Gandhi-Nehru family and said Rahul Gandhi should be thrown away in the Ganges. "These people with the symbol of hand (Congress party
The supreme court (SC) on Monday sought the attorney general`s opinion on Amar Singh and Jaya Prada`s plea that they should not be disqualified as members of parliament (MP) after their expulsion from the Samajwadi Party. A bench head
The central vigilance commission (CVC) has formed a "special cell" comprising senior officials to look into complaints of corruption related to Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. Sources said the special cell, which is functional
Telecommunication department has decided to insist on mobile phone operators for obtaining clearance from the wildlife division of the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) for setting up mobile phone towers in view of the possible ill-effects
The supreme court on Monday refused to expedite proceedings against Congress MP Raja Ram Pal and 10 former parliamentarians in the infamous `cash-for-query` scam. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran dismissed the PIL seeking "fas
People of the Narmada valley marked their 25 years of struggle against big dams last weekend without much fanfare, quite clearly because their struggle has gone out of public discourse and national consciousness. A sad comment indeed given the sem
Observing that infrastructure deficit was posing a major constraint to India`s growth, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said an outlay of over USD one trillion was envisaged for infrastructure projects during the next Five-year Plan beginni
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The amount of money spent on commonwealth games (CWG) projects in Delhi University (DU) was more than three times that the initial estimated budget. The information obtained by Delhi based RTI activist Gopal Prasad shows that more than
The amount of money spent on commonwealth games (CWG) projects in Delhi University (DU) was more than 300 times that the initial estimated budget. The information obtained by Delhi based RTI activist Gopal Prasad shows that more than Rs 3
The government is mulling separate fund for non-governmental organisations in the twelfth five-year plan. “As NGOs are eyes and arms of the government, a significant portion would be allocated for these groups in the twelfth-five ye
A pocket-sized device could be the answer to casualties during railway tracks patrolling. The Delhi division of the northern railways will give patrollers a portable GPS device which will help locate their positions on the tracks. Often, t
Seated in a popular multi-utility vehicle, members of the five mobile squads of the Delhi transport corporation are cracking down on ticketless travelling in the city. Each squad has been assigned one of DTC`s five zones - east, west, north,
Advertisements of educational institutes, coaching classes and educational programmes will now be governed by specific guidelines. Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the apex self-regulatory body for the advertising content of
