After two years of deliberations, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has diluted its plans of building a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) to carving dedicated bus lanes on three routes. The first stretch of the bus lan
Targeting Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping the Cabinet meeting on Jharkhand today, CPI(M) said she was a minister of the entire country and not of any particular constituency or state. "Being a cabinet minister, you are c
India`s exports increased by 36.2 per cent to USD 16.88 billion in April, the sixth consecutive month of growth. Last April, exports had shrunk nearly 30 per cent to USD 12.4 billion under the impact of the worst recession in 60 years that
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is all set to enter the first phase of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation to manage all information and functions of a business in modular software package as well as common database and will seamlessly in
Taking a cue from Rajasthan and Kerala, Maharashtra government has decided to implement a Rs 200 crore pre-matric scholarship programme for 13.63 lakh tribal students in the state, beginning this academic year. The ambitious programme enta
Eleven eminent persons, including businesswoman Anu Agha and agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan have made it to the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
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In view of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games the Ministry of Tourism has introduced interest subsidy scheme for upgradation of guest houses in the national capital territory (NCT) of Delhi. The scheme comes into being from immediate effec
The government has virtually cleared decks to name Pulok Chaterji, a loyalist of the Gandhi family, as cabinet secretary next year. The union cabinet on Wednesday amended the service rules to give a second extension of one year to K M Chan
The information and broadcasting ministry is mounting a Rs 660 crore National Film Heritage Mission to restore and preserve for eternity the Indian movie classics by digitising them before their prints are lost for ever. The mission is proposed to
Former defence minister George Fernandes has vacated the official government bungalow and moved to his private residence in south Delhi. The firebrand politician of the Emergency era has been in a coma. On Monday, his family decided to vac
Prime Minster Manmohan Singh will release the UPA`s `report to people ` from his official residence at 7 pm on Tuesday. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of the alliance will be present on the occasion. The report will be avai
The Bharatiya Janata Party is now projecting Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its role model as it brainstorms `good governance` at a conclave in Mumbai on June 5-6. The meet, to be attended by senior party leaders – especially chief
It’s official! Twelve science courses will finally be taught in the Delhi University under the semester system from the coming session. But some questions remain. Is it required? Are we ready for it? Can the infrastructure of this university
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has found discrepancies in the petitions submitted by the three power distribution companies (discoms) to the chief minister’s office in Delhi on May 3. In the detailed letters se
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a castle and one day a handsome prince rode by, saw her, fell in love and promptly married her, after which they lived happily ever after. That was in a perfect world. In the rea
A team of Indian investigators arrived in the US today to interrogate for the first time David Coleman Headley, accused of helping Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists carry out the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The team comprises officers of the Nat
The union cabinet today recommended to President Pratibha Patil to impose Central rule in Jharkhand after the resignation of chief minister Shibu Soren ahead of a trust vote in the Assembly. The cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prim
Maharashtra state information commission Suresh Joshi has recommended that not more than 100 pages of information should be provided free of cost to RTI applicants belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category. According to Joshi, RTI ap
The CBI has tightened its noose around a prominent real estate builder who is believed to have played a key role in bribing two officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) arrested by sleuths early this week. A general ma
