The government today approved disinvestment of 10 per cent equity each in mining companies Coal India Ltd and Hindustan Copper Ltd. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs. &qu
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is understood to have cleared a home ministry proposal to raise its own construction force, on the lines of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), for undertaking construction of roads and bridges in the Maois
Reaching the Mumbai-Goa highway will take three hours less if the proposed Ro-Ro (roll-over-roll-off) services from Ferry Wharf to Mandva begin soon. With the Maharashtra government expected to greenlight the project to MMRDA shortl
The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy will meet on Friday, home minister P Chidambaram today said, a day after Prime Mini
Lawyers agitating for implementation of Tamil as the official High Court language today tied black flags at a post where the tricolour has been hoisted on the court premises and also on the walking stick of Mahatma Gandhi`s statue. However
Delhi government on Monday revised the circle rates for sale and purchase of properties in the capital, effecting a substantial increase for all colonies across the city which may result in rise in property prices. The Delhi cabinet, presi
At Nehru Camp, near Mother Diary, in Patparganj area of east Delhi, the first thing I notice is filth and foul odour. Evidently, the inhabitants of this elongated settlement of about 650 jhuggis do not enjoy the ‘right to sanitation&
Private investment has finally come to Bihar. In first ever public private partnership (PPP) initiative worth Rs 1400 crore, a 5.5 km bridge will be built over river Ganga connecting Bakhtiyarpur with Tajpur in the state. The longs
The Justice Srikrishna Committee may ask the Election Commission to put off 12 assemblies by-elections in Telangana region to January 2011. Highly placed sources said the committee may require more time to elicit public view which may coinc
In an unusual action, Karnataka High Court today approached the Supreme Court complaining against its own judge, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar, accusing him of "berating" Chief Justice P D Dinakaran by using "intemperate" languag
The much-awaited conversion of railway track from meter gauge to broad gauge from Assam`s Lumding to Agartala is expected to be completed by 2012, the government said today. Replying to a notice initiated by CPI(M) MLA Manindra Chandra Das
Opposition PDP today alleged the Jammu and Kashmir government of focusing only on "managing the fallout of misgovernance and atrocities", and not working with a fixed purpose in Jammu and Kashmir. "The present coalition is a
Higher Minimum Support Price(MSP) announced by the Government may boost kharif crop production and supplies this year, an economist said. In an incentive to increase production of food items, the Government has hiked the Minimum Sup
As the latest inflation data breached the double-digit barrier, the Planning Commission today suggested that the Reserve Bank aim at curbing the galloping prices. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said he ag
Rail divisions across the state have been alerted on threat to trains during the Maoist called 48-hour bandh, which began midnight, in five states including Jharkhand. "We have been asked to be on alert by our higher authorities follo
Continuing its offensive against Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing land grab charges, a CPI(M) backed farmers` body today announced that it would go on a 48-hour fast on June 17. Senior members of CPI(M), All India Kisan Sabha
Trained Home Guards today demonstrated in front of the deputy commissioner`s office to demands salary hike at Barpeta in Assam. More than a hundred members of Barpeta District Trained Home Guards Association staged a dharna demandin
Seeking justice for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984, its survivors have started a signature campaign for a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama against Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). "Your (Obama) tough s
Strongly criticising the excise policy of Andhra Pradesh, BJP today alleged that the policy has made two crore people habitual drinkers at present. "Instead of providing a good administration, the policy of the Congress governm
Judicial work in western Uttar Pradesh was today affected as lawyers boycotted district courts, protesting against the alleged killing of their colleague in a sub-district court premises earlier this month. Lawyers were agitated ove
