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
The committee headed by Dr C Rangarajan on employability for youth in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to meet on August 27 in Delhi. Primarily the committee shall have two or three meetings in Vigyan Bhavan, with senior officials of the
The payment row which prompted top tennis players to issue a Commonwealth Games boycott threat is expected to take another fortnight to resolve as the Sports Ministry today sought more details of the expenses from the All India Tennis Association
Soon, you can soon expect a smooth ride between Delhi and various satellite towns in world class trains. The ministry of urban development has identified eight corridors where the rapid rail transit system (RRTS) will be constructed. Out
Fed up with repeated strikes by separatists in Kashmir Valley, shopkeepers are up in arms against protestors, who are tasting their own bitter pill as locals are attacking them with stones. Clerics have also started making fervent a
The Central Information Commission has taken strong exception to Allahabad High Court`s rejection of RTI applications which sought details of action on complaints against judges of sub-ordinate courts on the grounds that disclosure of such informa
If you are in Etah in Uttar Pradesh, you`ll have to knock on court doors even before the police acknowledges a crime. Nearly two weeks after a woman was allegedly gangraped at gun point by two men in Ahera Nagla village, a court has ordere
The Railway Ministry has said it is misleading to suggest that its officials incurred Rs 11 lakh just to fly down to get files cleared by the Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. Officials travel for various purposes and "as and when so
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the Orissa government of faster clearances to various projects facing delays in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said. Patnaik, facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in
