In an effort to curb "money power" in elections, poll authorities in Andhra Pradesh have constituted special committees to monitor the expenditure of candidates on a daily basis in the bypolls to 12 assembly seats scheduled to be held on
The Railways is mulling a shift in tatkal booking timings to start at 10 a.m. instead of the present 8 a.m. The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is seeking the Railway Board`s approval for the move. IRCTC hopes
A meeting of chief ministers from Naxal-affected states today unanimously cleared the decks for creation of a Unified Command and deployment of additional helicopters to bolster anti-Maoist operations. The meeting, which was chaired
Spurred by an increase in oil prices, the overall inflation continued its double-digit run for the fourth straight month in a row at 10.55 per cent in June, mounting pressure on RBI to raise key interest rates in its July policy review. Th
In a fresh strategy to combat the Maoist menace, the government today asked Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to create a unified command for anti-Maoist operations and to appoint a retired major general of the Army as its member.
The supreme court on Tuesday relaxed its 17-year-long rigid stance on the 50 per cent cap on reservations, said a report in the Asian Age. Passing two major ord
The Reserve Bank deputy governor K C Chakrabarty on Sunday said that managing prices is the bank`s main priority, and Friday’s decision to raise key short-term lending rates was aimed at containing inflation, at an event organised by A
The centre’s move to establish a unified command in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to fight the Maoists is nothing more than a cosmetic exercise. Not only has such a step made no material difference in the fight against insu
The government would not interfere in the affairs of regulators, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said. He was speaking at a function organised by UTI Mutual Fund’s Investor Education Initiative, ‘Swatantra’, i
Former Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai amassed Rs 24.19 crore in his name and his wife’s name, between August 1996 and November 2002, when he ruled medical education in India. More private medical colleges churned out do
Is the the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGs)all about just digging up the earth to provide some work to villagers or do they create any assets like roads or ponds? The answer, going by the the rural development ministry`s own admi
The ministry of railways has decided that 1st Class/2nd AC complimentary card passes issued to freedom fighters/their widows will also be valid for travel in 3rd AC of Rajdhhani trains and chair car of Shatabdi/Jan-Shatabdi Express trains along wi
Words may or may not have capacity to heal but they can surely harm a politician’s prospects. The latest, if less publicised, casualty among the motormouth ministers appears to be the minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi. No, the Lok
A boy died in Kanpur this month as he could not be given timely medical treatment allegedly due to the roadblocks created as part of security measures that go with the prime minister`s visit. This, of course, was not the first time the PM`s visit
If you want to know what the Indian government does not want you to know about Swiss banks` operations, let`s begin with some backgrounder. Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) is in a severe crisis over charges of financial frauds, being access
In the midst of opposition protests in Karnataka over the illegal mining issue, state governor H R Bharadwaj met president Pratibha Patil on July 13. The governor along with his wife met the president over breakfast, rashtrapati bhavan sou
The Delhi High Court rapped the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for the chaotic condition of city roads in the rains, according to a report in the Hindu. "
The first branch of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a federal agency set up in Delhi for terror probe in the wake of the 26/11 attacks, has gone to Hyderabad rather than Mumbai thanks to logistic reasons like accessibility.
The finance ministry is fully committed to the expeditious implementation of the UID project and all funds required for its smooth rollout by UID Authority of India will be provided, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee clarified on Monday.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is, many argue, the one initiative of the UPA that helped it win a second term. It has, experts say, changed the social landscape in villages. But now the government has admitted that many vil
