In the wake of complaints of alleged harassment of tourists, the government has decided to act tough against fake tour operators and guides who fleece them. A special drive has also been launched in the national capital to check the
The Government today launched a new scheme aimed at enhancing the nutritional and economic status of adolescent girls in select 200 districts of the country. The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls -"SABLA&q
Farmers` protest over land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh derailed proceedings in Parliament today with both the Houses adjourning twice over the issue which saw BJP, SP, RLD, Shiv Sena and JD-U members storming the well in the Lok Sabha.
A move to raise salaries and allowances of MPs by three times has been put off with the union cabinet today deferring a decision on it in view of lack of consensus. The cabinet meeting, chaired by prime minister Manmohan Singh, disc
Non-teaching staff at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here staged a demonstration today amid high police security at the campus premises to press for various demands, including permanent status to daily wage workers. The protester
To keep a check on illegal mining, an authority is being set up to investigate and prosecute those found guilty of indulging in such activities, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. "We will take stringent and deterrent action on illeg
The ministry of railways has decided to accept credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph as proof of identity for travelling on e-tickets. The new provision has come into effect from August 6, 2010. The bank credit card
Wholesale price-based inflation fell to single digit at 9.97 per cent in July, owing to decline in prices of certain food and non-food items. The inflation was at 10.55 per cent in June, while for April it was revised upwards to 11.
BJP and BSP members clashed in the Rajya Sabha today on the issue of police firing on farmers in Uttar Pradesh protesting land acquisition. As BJP demanded a discussion during the Question Hour on the farmers` agitation, BSP strongl
Three persons, including a PAC jawan, were killed and nine injured near Aligarh when farmers fought pitched battles with police who opened fire to restore calm as the Uttar Pradesh government tonight ordered a judicial probe into the violence.
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took charge of Commonwealth Games, a Group of Ministers met here tonight and voiced satisfaction over the pace of progress in preparations and also approved the theme song for the event composed by Oscar w
Orissa`s perpetual paradox has been one of acute poverty despite abundant availability of natural resources. The paradox, arising out of misgovernance and exploitation of the state`s people is fuelling Maoism in the state, according to Achyut Das,
The gate of the Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) office is locked, but a board hangs from a tree at the Lajpat Nagar C-Block property housing it. A few construction workers move about. Some renovation work is going on, they inform. Meanw
The Central Information Commission has asked the Delhi government to put all the information regarding the Commonwealth Games in public domain by September 15. This includes details of tenders and consultants appointed for building stadia. The NDM
One of the many inspiring, instructive slogans the government has painted on the walls of some houses in this village says in Hindi: “Do not leave the village, change the village.” The villagers, however, don’t aspire to change m
It’s been more than four months that the right to compulsory and free education act has been implemented, but things are still not clear as far as the implementation of the act is concerned. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has alre
The MCD today launched two new eco-friendly toilets built with innovative technologies on an experimental basis and said it may install some such units near Commonwealth Games venues after examining all aspects. Mayor Prithvi Raj Sa
The sports injury centre at Safdarjung hospital which is being readied for the commonwealth games is at an advanced stage of construction and is expected to be completed by 31st August, said a press release by the health ministry. The rele
Railway Trade Union Aikyavedi, consisting of six various unions in the railways, Palakkad Division, has announced a convention to discuss on their future action plan to achieve their demands. Speaking to mediapersons here today, E K
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here today that the manner in which Union Carbide Corporation Chairman, Warren Anderson was allowed to leave Bhopal after the gas disaster in 1984 was not an issue at all. "It does
