The Cabinet on Thursday approved the amendment in the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994, by introducing the New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010 in the Parliament. The Bill shall be introduced in the next session of the Parliamen
RBI deputy governor K C Chakrabarty today said that the policy measures will depend upon the changing economic environment and the current inflation is still within RBI estimates. "If things change fast, there will be more meas
Now that the idea of replacing the public distribution system (PDS) with direct cash transfers (DCT) – in which the beneficiaries get the subsidy amount directly in their bank accounts – is gaining ground with the Delhi government pois
Ahead of the pilot project to identify the below the poverty line (BPL) population, the rural development ministry has come out with a comprehensive list of those who will be automatically included in the BPL category and those who will be automat
CPI(M) today threatened to launch an intense agitation if the NDA government in Bihar failed to ensure physical possession of land to lakhs of peasants holding `parchas` by June 26. "We will further intensify our agitation if Nitish K
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today supported caste-based census in the country saying caste is "a fact of life". "There should be a caste-based census. Caste is a fact of life and it is a reality so there should n
Five cases of corruption in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam have been registered by CBI, which claimed to have recovered over Rs 13 crore allegedly siphoned off from Council`s fund. "Two persons were arrested
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee may not meet officials of Dow Chemicals, the new owners of Union Carbide that caused the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, during his visit to the US next week. "I am not aware that this issue is on the
The union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is not in favour of allowing new helipads to come up in the metropolis, Bombay High Court has been told. Maharashtra government is considering allowing helipads on rooftops in the
With assembly polls in some states due by early next year, the Election Commission today expressed concern over the "alarming proportion" of "paid news" and directed officials to closely monitor poll-related reports. &q
Students from weaker economic backgrounds can now hope to get education loans at interest rates as low as four per cent per annum, with the government considering an institutional mechanism for ensuring affordable access. The confer
Food inflation may see a further increase in the weeks to come, but that is no reason for alarm as the rise is more a result of low base effect, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. As of May 29, food infl
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) started by Government of India, will be offered in all 95 Head Post Offices in Andhra Pradesh, a top official said today. "All 95 HPOs in Andhra Pradesh are identified as Point of Presence Service P
The CPI(M) today dubbed as "discriminatory" the government`s order asking state-owned BSNL to pay higher licence fee for 3G spectrum than private operators and demanded its withdrawal. "While the private operators hav
In an apparent bid to accelerate setting up of new power projects in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has given industry status to power sector, state official sources said today. A proposal in this regard was approved during
In a bid to provide jobs to nearly five lakh registered unemployed youth, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set up an employment facilitating agency (EFA) in the state. "The EFA has been tasked to oversee the functioning of employm
Demanding five per cent reservation to the community in government jobs, a faction of Rajasthan Gujjar Arakshan Samiti today held a `dharna` at all 33 district headquarters and submitted a charter of demands to the collectors. In Jaipur, l
India today said it has offered to buy air tickets for return of its 105 nationals lodged in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek after they were evacuated from violence-hit southern Kyrgz towns. Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prak
Ahead of Friday`s crucial meeting in Lausanne, IOA secretary general Randhir Singh today advised the sports ministry not to pursue its "brinkmanship" over the contentious tenure limitation guidelines, warning it may lead to a disaster wh
