* 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
The notion of having private helipad does not make sense `as at both national and global level we are demanding for equity and equitable access to global atmospheric space,` union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said here today.
Politbureau member, Brinda Karat has demanded the government to repeal the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. The CPI (M) leader made this demand while addressing a gathering of people affected by the state government`s land lease of 2,780 acre
Terming the prevalent situation in Jammu and Kashmir as a complete "constitutional breakdown", Awami National Conference (ANC) today demanded imposition of Governor`s rule and resignation of chief minister Omar Abdullah. &
The Telugu Desam Party has demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government prevail upon the Centre to make the government of Maharashtra remove all the gates that have been illegally installed on the controversial Babli project across river Godavari.
In conventional Indian history, myths often replace facts and form popular perceptions. The obvious reason is that what passed off as history (primarily medieval) was nothing but a concoction of myths and convenient facts by bards and sycophants.
"We welcome the work of finance and energy ministers in delivering implementation strategies and time-frames, based on national circumstances, for the rationalisation and phase out over the medium term of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies tha
India and the US have agreed to set up four working groups to advance cooperation and establish common goals between two countries in health sector. In a meeting with the union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad last week US health se
India as well as countries in the Himalayan river basins - China, Bangladesh and Nepal will suffer huge depletion in water availability on per capita cubic metre basis, says a report. “India is going to face per capita decline
To prevent the kind of air space violations done by Chinese helicopters in Jammu and Kashmir last year, the Indian Air Force is planning to deploy radars along its mountainous frontiers in northern and eastern parts of the country. "T
Unhappy over the delay in implementation of an interest subsidy scheme on education loans for poor students, government convened a meeting of scheduled commercial banks and sought to know the problems faced by them in carrying out the scheme. The
To woo the pulses farmers to sell their produce to the procurement agencies, the government has announced a Rs 5-a kg incentive to the growers, on top of the higher support price that it had announced last week. The incentive of Rs
If you are incensed with the government for its failure to clean up the toxic site of the Bhopal gas leak in more than 25 years, think again. Maybe the government`s hands were tied. Corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid suggested as much when
Mediclaim policyholders, who are not satisfied with the service of their existing service providers, will be able to switch to another insurer soon without any change in the premium outgo. However, this facility will be available to those
