Vehicles were stranded on both sides of the border by a 12-hour blockade today on the Margherita-Changlang Road, the only one, linking land-locked Arunachal Pradesh from the upper Assam side. The blockade to protest alleged attempts
After the hefty pay hike for MPs, comes a proposal for over 60 per cent increase in the salaries of Maharashtra MLAs and MLCs. The proposal has been mooted by the joint committee of legislators on salary and allowance. It said the t
A report by Hazards Centre, a Delhi based NGO, has put the total budget of Commonwealth Games 2010 at over Rs 1,00,000 crore. This includes Rs 55, 398 crore which has been directly invested as per of the Games related infrastructure and Rs 46, 000
Government today said it is hopeful of finding a "starting point" in the next few days to reach out to protestors in the Kashmir Valley and resume the dialogue process for a solution. Addressing the two-day conference of c
Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh has upheld the rule by law by rejecting the proposal to mine the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa for bauxite. As the NC Saxena committee pointed out, which was subsequently accepted by the mi
Over 1,000 personnel from specialised units of the Army are likely to be roped in for specific security-related duties during the upcoming Commonwealth Games here. Official sources said the Army personnel are scheduled to be deploye
Rajya Sabha member Mani Shankar Aiyar today took potshots at the UPA government on reasons behind Maoist menace and the economic policies which were "leading to lop-sided growth favouring the rich". "The Home Minister
Creation of land bank to boost industrial investment will be one of the major issues of deliberations of a high-powered Committee set up by the Centre to recommend state-specific investment promotion strategy, Maharashtra industries minister Rajen
An official of the railway minister`s cell (office) appears to have fallen victim to the anger of the Ministry bosses following an RTI revelation that Rs 11 lakh was spent by authorities who went to meet Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal several time
Warning that there has been no let up in attempts to radicalise the youth, home minister P Chidambaram today said a new phenomenon of "saffron terrorism" involved in many bomb blasts has been uncovered. Inaugurating a conference
Medical Council of India’s (MCI) anti-quackery act may become more stringent as the state medical councils have put forward this demand in front of the new governing body of the MCI. MCI held a meeting with the state medical councils
The Haryana government has come up with an action plan to effectively fight drug trafficking and launch an incentive-based scheme for whistleblowers who provide information about the menace in the state. The action plan was drawn at
Under attack from Left and Right for some proposed amendments in the Nuclear Liability Bill, Government today sought to reach out to BJP but the main Opposition party said it doubts the "intent" behind the move and could not commit suppo
Opposition AIADMK, Left parties, MDMK have called for a bandh here tomorrow in protest against the `delay` of the Congress government here in getting Medical Council of India approval for the first State medical college. A Anbalagan
Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September, which will review the progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in their 10th year, the government is not sure who will represent India at the high-level summ
Functioning of the state government`s offices across Bihar was paralysed with around three lakh non-gazetted employees under the banner of their two federations proceeding on an indefinite strike from today to press for removal of alleged discrepa
Arunachal Pradesh has failed to complete many road projects under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana in the past five years, according to an official report. According to the report by the State Level Vigilance and Monitoring Comm
In a move to provide better healthcare to school children, district administration has decided to issue health cards to 25,000 students in 335 primary schools of the city. Under the scheme `Arogyadaan`, the students, specially poor,
A cabinet minister sent an SMS to media contacts about the impending decision on the pay hike for MPs, even as the cabinet meeting was on. Now, the government has ordered an internal inquiry by a senior official of the Cabinet Secretariat to find
Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has summoned party MPs in Chennai on Tuesday to discuss the nuclear liability bill, a common entrance test for medical students other political issues. DMK of late has not been c
