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Mumbai airport a high-flier in international rankings

At a time when most Indian cities are being damned for infrastructural problems, this comes as a much-needed cheer . With a handling capacity of 1.5 crore to 2.5 crore passengers per year, Mumbai’s airport - Chhatrapati Shivaji Internatio

Failed to check price rise, what`s the point in debating!

The opposition parties may, at first glance, seem unreasonable and worse by paralysing parliament for the second consecutive day today with their insistence on an adjournment motion that entails voting to discuss the issue of price rise. B

Hockey India elections postponed by three weeks

Compounding the problems for Hockey India, the Bombay High Court today stayed the HI elections for three weeks on a petition filed by Mumbai Hockey Association. MHA lawyer Vijendra Jabra told PTI that a stay has been granted on the electio

Opposition slams govt over price-rise

Pressing for admission of an adjournment motion on price rise issue, opposition today slammed the government in the Lok Sabha for its "failure" to control the hike. In an impassioned plea to the chair to take up the notice

HC raps Centre over status of Hockey India

The Delhi high court today came down heavily on the central government for not complying with its order regarding recognition of Hockey India (HI) and said that elections in it might be postponed. Despite the high court`s order that HI is

Govt for OBC reservations for Muslims

Government is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes (OBC) route, minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said. "We are actively looking at the reservation issue. We have a commitment in o

Parl update: RS adjourned for the day over price-rise issue

02.23 pm - Speaker Meira Kumar rejects move for adjournment motion saying price-rise is a sensitive issue and may be discussed in any form other than the adjournmnet mottion. 01.13 pm - Rajya Sabha adjourn

PM promotes 43 officers of 1980 batch to addl secretary

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday signed the files to promote 43 IAS officers of the   1980 batch as additional secretaries to the Government of India. On Tuesday the prime minister consulted his aide TKA Nair and c

Metro snag paralyses commuters

The metro line from Central Secretariat to Jahangirpuri remained disrupted for almost one-and-a-half hours on Tuesday following some technical snag. The panto (device installed on the engine of the train from where power is supplied to the

Non-compliant SFs to lose govt recognition

Furious with National Sports Federations for not complying with its tenure and age limitation guidelines, the sports ministry today threatened to deny annual recognition to NSFs which refuse to fall in line. In a written reply to a

Land acquisition for Posco illegal: Centre

The Orissa government today began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a central team termed the process as "illegal" saying that the Forest Rights Act had been violate

Kalmadi calls Mani anti-national for raining on his parade

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today hit back at former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior Congress leader`s comments are "irresponsible"

CWG contracts, construction come under vigilance scanner

The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also decided to f

CIC Wajahat heads for World Bank post retirement

Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, a retired IAS officer of J&K cadre, is heading for a World Bank assignment post retirement. He has been named one of the three members of the World Bank`s first Appeals Board set up ea

HC to govt: Stay away from hockey body elections

The Delhi High Court today said the government should not associate itself with the election in Hockey India (HI) due tomorrow as it is a private body and held that Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is the only recognised body for the sport in the co

RBI hikes rates; loans to get expensive

Targeting to check the double digit inflation, RBI today hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively, a move that could put pressure on banks to make auto, home and commercial loans expensive.

LS adjourned after price-rise uproar

15.25 p.m. Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.00 am on 28/07/2010. 12.25 p.m. Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 p.m. after uproar over price-rise in House. Opposition wants discussion on price-rise, say

Enough in place to protect whistleblowers: CIC

Central  Information Commission chief Wajahat Habibullah believes that the formulation of a new commission or body is not needed to protect the RTI activists across the country from attacks. “Social audits can be of great help (in preve

Developers net 16 govt MoUs for solar power

The government signed 16 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with private solar power project developers on Sunday. These memorandums will enable the developers to generate 84 MW of solar energy by 2013. This was done under the migration scheme of t

DTC depots will have to fend for themselves

The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus depots will soon have to do without government handholding. The transport authority is aiming at cutting its losses - believed to be at Rs 30-40 crore a month - by making them earn their keep. Each

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