India`s economic growth might be considered by some as enviable but it is highly unlikely that the same can be said of our cities. The best rank in a list of 65 cities across the world that an Indian city has managed is 45 - Delhi, followe
The sheer negligience of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) authorities is making the transport body lose its hitherto committed cleinst - the schools, both public and private. Schools have been since long complaining against the poor upkee
With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science clearing the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill with certain changes in its report tabled in parliament on Wednesday, decks were cleared for its passage next week to signal the start of nuc
Yavatmal District Guardian Minister Nitin Raut has said the Government has already paid the premium of the crop insurance to the respective companies and the farmers would get their compensation shortly. He informed this at a meetin
In continuing acrimony between the Planning Commission and his ministry, Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath had hit out again at the Plan panel, saying it needs to change structurally. "Just like IMF, which has to transform its
Parliament was paralysed on Wednesday as the non-BJP opposition accused the main opposition party of a trade-off with the government to support the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in return for the CBI`s alleged clean chit to
Hari Shankar Brahma, a former secretary in the ministry of energy, has been appointed as election commissioner. A former Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1975 seniority hails from Bodoland. After J M Lyndogh, Brahma is the second officer from t
To find solutions to meet the shortage of teaching faculty in medical colleges across India, the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) governing body has proposed starting of distant learning programmes to fill the gap. MCI governing body
Refuting the charges levelled by N C Saxena Committee on Vedanta`s mining project, the Orissa government on Tuesday said it worked in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court. "The state government has done nothing i
Common Entrance Test (CET), called the National Eligibility Test (NET), for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses in government and private colleges in India will hopefully start from this academic session, the chairman of the governing b
Following in the footsteps of the home ministry, the rural development ministry is set to introduce biometric attendance for its staff and officers to deter the late comers. The rural development ministry floated a tender for the purchase/
The Centre is expediting a comprehensive law on land acquisitions by governments to ensure protection of interests of farmers who play important positive role in food security, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesda
The central government has convened a two-day conference of the directors general of police on August 24-25 to discuss internal security against the backdrop of Hindutva Terrorism. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the
The parliamentary panel examining the nuclear liability bill is likely to recommend an increase in the cap on damages. The Nuclear Civil Liability Bill is slated to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow. Besides, a few ame
A group of members from the Blueline Bus Association is expected to meet Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday regarding the government’s decision for phasing out about 1300 blueline buses off the roads during the Commonwealth Gam
Faced with protests by farmers demanding higher compensation for land acquired for a township along the Taj Expressway, the Mayawati government today decided to hike the price offered to them by 20 per cent at Rs 570 per square metre.
The BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide security agencies partial access to its messenger services by September 1 and would complete the project by the end of the year. The move by the RIM co
A new out-patient department (OPD) block of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will soon come up at Masjid Moth near south extention here, AIIMS director R C Deka mentioned in his Independence Day speech at the hospital campus.
The NC Saxena Committee has ruled out the possibility of mining the Niyamgiri hills saying that since the proposed area belongs to the tribals as per the Forest Rights Act it would be illegal to do so. The report, which was made public tod
