Doctors of government hospitals in Uttarakhand today threatened to go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow protesting against the appointment of an IAS officer in the Health Directorate. "The government should not interfere in
The sports ministry today formed a five-member committee, headed by director Sarada Ali Khan, to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment against former women`s hockey coach M K Kaushik. "Sports ministry has decided to
Gujarat`s first ever milk bank set up in Kashiba Gordhanbhai Children hospital here at Karelibagh here has come to the rescue to many new born babies, who are deprived of breastfeeding due to several factors. Dr Arun Phatak, who too
In a bid to execute anti- Maoist strategies in a planned manner, Orissa government has constituted a state-level Unified Command to deal with Left Wing Extremism, officials said today. The decision to set up the Unified Command was
An association of tanker drivers today decided not to ferry petroleum products to the Kahsmir Valley till the sitaution there normalises. "There would be no ferrying of petro products to Kashmir Valley till the situation become
Senior BJP leader L K Advani along with a delegation of party MLAs from Jammu and Kashmir today met prime minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the prevailing situation in the Valley and demanded that the Centre should intervene to restore normalcy.
The CBI today challenged in the Gujarat high court the order of a lower court rejecting its plea for remand of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. CBI`s plea demanding 10-day custody of S
Vidya Stokes was today elected Hockey India president after defeating former national captain Pargat Singh in the much-awaited HI polls here today. Stokes, who is the interim HI president, won the straight contest by a big margin of
Already engulfed in a series of corruption charges, the CWG Organising Committee today faced more problems with its treasurer Anil Khanna resigning from the post
Government today assured the Rajya Sabha that it will look into the charges of corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects in the national capital but ruled out setting up of an apex committee to oversee the Games. "As far as
The Bihar government will seek a special financial package of Rs 15,000 crore from the Centre to tackle drought in 28 of the state`s 38 districts. Sources in the state`s disaster management department said a report, which was being
The Uttar Pradesh government has banned strikes in UP State Road Transport Corporation with immediate effect, an official spokesman said here. "In the public interest, the state government has decided to ban strike in all servi
Annual food inflation fell marginally to 9.53 per cent for the week ended July 24 as prices of vegetables, especially potato and onion, declined. The food inflation, which was 9.67 per cent for the week ended July 17, remained in si
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today reviewed the flood situation in the state and announced relief measures for farmers, who have suffered heavy losses due to the recent floods. Announcing two major concessions for fa
A few years have passed but I will never forget that morning. A neighbour, a boy in his early 20s, had stepped out of his home to buy a newspaper. I had gone along with him. I still recall how the calm of the morning was suddenly shattered as the
Sending out a message to protestors in Kashmir, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted that "mindless violence" would not lead to any solution and promised to reactivate a dialogue to address grievances once normalcy is restored
The Government will not adopt forcible measures to check population as had happened during the Emergency days in the 1970s, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Lok Sabha today. "Once bitten twice shy," remar
The Sport Ministry yesterday issued a showcause notice to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) asking it to explain within 14 days as to why the government should not derecognise the federation. In its notice to BAI president V
Don`t fret. Even Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is not immune to unsolicited calls from loan companies. On Monday morning, when Mukherjee was in intense discussions to break the price rise logjam with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Sw
After conceding its demand for a discussion and voting on the price rise issue, the main opposition BJP was again pushed on the back foot today when it had to withdraw a similar notice on the Bhopal gas tragedy and agree to a simple debate on the
