There is no respite to the farmers who defaulted in repaying loan from the co-operative banks and Land Development Banks (LDB) in the most affected farmer suicide areas in Vidarbha region. The borrowers from the LDB in the state wil
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Reserve Bank is keeping a watch on demand factors that fuel inflation and it will make adjustments, if necessary. "It (RBI) is keeping a watch on the demand side and if it is fou
Congress today endorsed sports minister M S Gill`s remarks that setting up of any new committee to hold Commonwealth Games is no solution and said the priority is to organise the event first and then probe the allegations of corruption and irregul
Putting all land records online, setting outreach centre in all police stations to improve interface with people and a host of other steps will be implemented by March next year under governance reforms in Punjab. The blueprint for
The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit within three weeks informing whether it had forwarded reports to the Centre in the last five years on implementation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention
The CBI has recently sent additional evidence against Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide, to the Ministry of External Affairs in connection with his extradition proceedings in Bhopal case. "The CBI has been consistent
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
