The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) is under tremendous pressure from some UPA allies to get their MPs included in the Indian delegation to the UN General Assembly annual meet beginning September 24. They have been lobbying so seriously that
For Vijay Singh, a 27-year-old tabla player, Moolchand is where he came close to losing his life and most definitely lost his livelihood. He lost his left arm in an accident at the underpass. A truck ran over his arm when he fell from his scooter
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has expressed deep concern over health and environmental hazards caused due to ship breaking at Alang in Gujarat and other places in the country. The premier national agency
No, I don’t get it. Not at all. This whole exercise of blaming men almost always when a woman (more so if she is a celeb) commits suicide; and of accusing them every time a relationship goes sour. Are we being fair to them? Or, are we being
Justifying the hike in oil prices Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said it was an all important step to meet under-recoveries of oil marketing companies (OMC). Interacting with the media in Mumbai on Monday, Mukherjee said, &ld
Mobile services in north Kashmir and SMS service in the entire valley have been blocked on the instructions of the state government following incidents of violence, an official said today. "We blocked the SMS service on the instructio
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that his government will try to ensure that the US takes a "more favourable attitude" towards the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson to stand trial in India in the Bhopal ga
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm, Reliance Infrastructure, today signed an agreement with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to construct the 3.3-kilometre Worli-Haji Ali Sea Link. It also involves paying MSRDC R
Students blocked the arterial Ranchi-Patna national highway at several points as the strike by the non-teaching staff of the Vinobha Bhave University paralysed work of the varisty and 19 constituent colleges in Hazaribagh district for the 82nd day
The first meeting of the group of ministers on inclusion of caste categories in the census is likely to be held on July 1. The GoM headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, has as its members union law minister M Veerappa Moily, HRD min
The nation was shocked after a Bhopal court`s verdict on the 1984 gas tragedy. There was no justice for the victims, people said, hoping the government would still do something. And the government did: it revived a Group of Ministers on this issue
Miffed at the states bypassing the panchyati raj institutions in preparation of the NREGS labour budget, the rural development ministry has asked the state governments to attach a certificate of approval from PRIs failing which the funds will not
A local court today asked the CBI to file a report before it by tomorrow on investigation into the alleged multi-crore Railway recruitment scam. The Judge of the Special Court for CBI cases, gave the orders while hearing a petition
* Fuel prices to impact inflation, but it will be absorbed:FM Print Print STAFF REPORTER 17:50 HRS IST Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the the hike i
BSP to hold protest on Jul 6 in UP The ruling BSP in Uttar Pradesh today announced to hold a statewide agitation on July 6 against UPA-led government at the Centre to protest hike in prices of petroleum products.
After introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction in Engineering education, Tamil Nadu government proposes to extend it to medical courses, chief minister M Karunanidhi said today. "The (Higher Education) minister had announ
A sum of Rs 11.73 crore was found to be misappropriated in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Andhra Pradesh, the chief minister`s office has said. The rural development department officials, however
Amid walkout and protest by Trinamool Congress and Congress members in the Assembly, the Left Front government today passed two bills, including the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2010. Soon after the proceedings began,
The Delhi High Court today directed Air India to open the locks the offices of its employee`s union which were sealed after a flash strike by its worker a month ago. The court also sought an explanation from the management of the st
Condemning the killing of youths in police firing in Jammu and Kashmir`s Sopore town, the state unit of CPI-M today demanded the government to take strict action against those responsible for the incidents. "It is imperative th
