Seeking to step up pressure on the BJP government, the Congress in Karnataka today said it would adopt an agitational path for three months on illegal mining issue through rallies in district and revenue division headquarters. "
The Shillong Municipal Board authorities have threatened to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) if the board employees did not withdraw their agitation that began yesterday. Official sources said the board CEO T Lyn
The Supreme Court today granted three months` extension to the CBI to complete its investigation into the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case in which Amit Shah, the former Gujarat minister and a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has been ar
The underutilised Anand Vihar railway terminus may further be developed on the public private partnership (PPP) model. The railways are considering engagaing private players for construction works to be carried out under the second phase a
The Delhi government has not released over Rs 390 crore meant for the welfare of construction workers involved in various projects across the city. Since 2005, the Delhi Welfare Board (WB) has collected around Rs 400 crore from various bui
Under the rural development ministry’s total sanitation campaign (TSC), there is a clear provision for building of separate toilets in all co-educational government schools in the rural areas. However, to the centre`s chagrin, states
A first of its kind Export-Import Cell has been started in the Department of Trades and Taxes, under Delhi government. This separate cell will speed up the process of payment of VAT refunds to the exporters. Describing exports as backbone
A team of scientists has made claims in its recent study that multi-drug resistant bacteria that causes multiple organ failure originated from Indian hospitals. The bacteria, named ‘New Delhi metallo beta lactamase’ or ‘NDM 1&rsq
Greater transparency will be ensured in the role of private operators involved in Haj pilgrimage, considering that several petitions related to them are pending in courts, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said. "Priv
After days of unrest and curfew, the situation in the Kashmir Valley was today calm with curfew being lifted from all the regions and a break in strikes called by separatists. "The situation is peaceful throughout the Valley an
Rejecting the demand for a CBI inquiry, the Gujarat High Court today transferred the Ishrat Jahan encounter case to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). The SIT headed by former CBI director R K Raghvan will
The Central Vigilance Commission has recommended that penalty be imposed on 92 officials belonging to different government departments and public sector undertakings for their alleged involvement in corruption. The highest number of 21 off
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to ensure free distribution of food grains to the hungry poor of the country instead of allowing it to rot in the FCI godowns. "Give it to the hungry poor instead of it (grains) going
Students and teachers of the Delhi University are protesting against the eviction of students from the hostels in the wake of Commonwealth Games. Members of the University Community for Democracy, a group of students, teachers and former stu
An international team of scientists have alerted people visiting India and Pakistan against the new superbug which could soon spread around the world. The scientists fear that people are coming to these countries to get cheaper medical treatment b
The caste census again threatened to derail the Lok Sabha proceedings on Thursday when the Question Hour had to be adjourned, but Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee defused anger of leaders of pro-OBC parties by quickly briefing them not to go by m
Asking the state governments to tighten their machinery to curb food adulteration and prevent perpetrators of heinous crime of playing havoc with health and lives of people, the government on Thursday painted a grim picture of high percentage of m
After showing signs of moderation, food inflation returned to pinch household budgets at 11.40 per cent in the last week of July as prices of cereals, fruits and milk rose. With the exception of two weeks in July 2010 when it was in
Everyday we read about the massive corruption in the Commonwealth Games activities. The electronic media brings the news relentlessly for 24 hours in all its sickening details. As a common citizen I feel an acute sense of revulsion at the scale an
The parliament complex and the Golden Temple, one the seat of people’s power and the other the holiest Sikh shrine. The government, aiming to spread the message of renewable energy in these times of climate change, could not have chosen more
