Exceeding all hopes, the auction for spectrum today ensured Rs 106,336 crore to the government, over three times the original estimate, with successful bidders for Broadband Wireless Access committing over Rs 38,617 crore. Internet Service
Even as industrial production expanded at a whopping 17.6 per cent in April, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he was hungry for more. "My appetite is infinite. I would have been happier, if it was 20 per cent," Mukher
After the political setback in Jharkhand, BJP will fine-tune its election strategy in poll-bound Bihar at its National Executive meeting beginning here tomorrow. The two-day meet will see the launch of the party`s campaign in the key state
Meghalaya government has decided to solicit public opinion on a bill that envisages reforms on the municipal act, paving the way for holding of first ever civic polls in the state since it attained statehood. The Meghalaya Community Partic
Government would infuse additional equity of Rs 1,200 crore into Air India over the next few months and review its performance to decide on the future course, civil aviation minister Praful Patel has said. He, however, said there was no de
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the implementation of results of the tests conducted by the Uttar Pradesh government for recruiting 35,000 constables. The order was passed by Justice Bala Krishna Narayana on a writ petition filed by on
The four member NIA team has concluded questioning of Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley and has headed back home, Indian ambassador to the US Meera Shankar said today. "This (the questioning) took place over several d
Differences between the home and defence ministries on the use of special forces of the Army and setting up of a unified command centre for anti-Maoist operations today came to the fore at the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) which ended withou
The suspense over what the re-constituted National Advisory Council’s mandate would be is over. Going by the agenda decided at its first meeting on Thursday, which was chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the 14-member advisor
Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University Prof Deepak Pental`s term is set to expire in August. To search for a new VC, DU`s Executive Council (EC) has constituted a search committee on Thursday. Two members recomended by the EC are Rajagopala Chidambar
A decision on the legal right of the poor to get wheat or rice at Rs 3 per kg was deferred today as Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar could not attend the meeting of a panel of ministers on the Food Security Bill on health grounds.
The government is understood to be considering changes in the nuclear liability bill, including a proposal to a crucial clause that would compel a foreign nuclear supplier to provide for compensation in case of accidents due to wilful action or gr
Surging prices notwithstanding, the government today hiked the minimum support price of pulses by up to Rs 700 to a maximum of Rs 3,170 a quintal but support for paddy has been increased by a meagre Rs 50 a quintal. The MSP for pulses, con
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a Rs 497 crore project under Mission Clean Ganga of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) for Varanasi. The project will set up a sewage treatment plant of 140 million lite
Oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) today said that it has extended the bidding date for Mehsana-Bhatinda mega gas pipeline project, by over a month. "We have extended the last date of bid submissio
The Sri Krishna Committee, set up by the Centre to examine and resolve the Telangana issue would wrap up its public consultation process next week and begin field visits thereafter, a top panel member said today. "So far so goo
The government today allowed exports of over 30,000 tonne of non-basmati rice to the Maldives, even though there has been a ban on such shipments since 2008. The decision was taken by an empowered group of ministers on food which me
Despite its declining political fortunes since the 2008 panchayat polls and last year`s Lok Sabha elections, the Left Front in West Bengal would celebrate its 33 years in power on June 21. The programme to be held at the Netaji Indo
The government today upgraded its micro irrigation scheme to a national mission with an outlay of Rs 8,032.90 crore, to save scarce irrigation water. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the implementation of th
Congress today found itself hemmed in by attacks from within and outside with its leaders blaming the then party governments at the Centre and Madhya Pradesh over the escape of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson after the gas tragedy in De
