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Manipur to airlift life-saving drugs from Mizoram

After requesting Mizoram to help in transport of essential supplies through its territory to the state because of blockades by Naga students on two vital highways since April 16, the Manipur government today said that life-saving drugs would be ai

Co-operative banks no place for government money: HC

In a strong condemnation of the state of co-operative banks in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has said that government bodies should avoid depositing money with them to prevent "further loss". "It is a matter of concern,

Guj agri festival on from tomorrow

The Gujarat government is planning to issue 42 lakh new soil health cards and set up 85 new labs at Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and sugar factories in various parts of the state for testing 14 lakh soil samples every year, as it

Denied power, water Ooty locals protest

Around 50 people were arrested today when they attempted to picket local electricity board office demanding immediate restoration of power supply to their houses which was disconnected on a court order. The Madras High Court had ordered th

SIT takes over Hyderabad shooting investigation

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of city police today took over the probe into the killing of a police constable by three unidentified assailants even as Viqaruddin, said to be a member of the banned SIMI, was emerging as the key suspect.

Court defers order on Bofors case withdrawal move

A Delhi court today deferred the pronouncement of its order on a plea by a lawyer objecting to CBI`s move to withdraw the two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg

Mumbai desilting - down the drain

A field visit by Mumbai mayor Shraddha Jadhav,  on Thursday  revealed  BMC’s  deadline  of May 31 to complete pre-monsoon work on drains  far fetched. BMC had   claimed that 60% of the work was

Kishenji is well. Wants IPL scrapped. Well...

Maoists today called for a 48-hour bandh in five states from May 18 to protest against a slew of decisions taken by the Central Government including those concerning some PSUs. The bandh call has been given in Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand

NYT calls Delhi Metro `a feat bordering on the miraculous`

Delhi`s pride and emerging life-line, Delhi Metro, is drawing attention from outside. The prestigious New York Times has called it a miracle that demolishes almost every known stereotype about urban India. In an article that appeared in the paper

Mayapuri sitting on radiation hazard zone: Greenpeace

In what could be a disturbing report for west Delhi residents, Mayapuri locality still has radioactive contamination, says a Greenpeace field survey. “The investigation has identified six hotspots with one of them registering more than 5,000

New regulatory body for medical education soon

Government will soon be bringing in a law for the formation of an overarching body to regulate medical education in the country and till then a seven-member panel of doctors will replace the scam-tainted Medical Council of India, which has been di

Semester system for 12 courses as DUTA protests

Amid strong protests by teaching members but determined support from Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental, the Academic Council (AC) of the Delhi University on Thursday approved the introduction of semester system in 12 undergradute courses of the scienc

MP, who was also MLA and mayor too

Saroj Pandey, a 42-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader, figures in the Limca Book of Records for creating a national record: she is the first woman to simultaneously hold three elected positions – mayor, member of the Chhattisgarh assembl

After banks fatwa, Muslim seminary denounces insurance

After its fatwa that working in banks is un-Islamic, the Darul Uloom Deoband has now declared that opting for an insurance policy too went against the tenets of Islam. The "insurance policy is unlawful as it is based on interest and g

Is PM in two minds over fighting corruption?

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a three-member panel of experts to suggest measures to expedite the process of disciplinary and vigilance proceedings against corrupt officials, but on the other hand he is himself dragging feet in filling

Manipur seeks Mizoram`s help against blockade

With the indefinite economic blockade on highways to the state from Assam and Nagaland by Naga students crippling business, Manipur has sought Mizoram`s help in transporting essential supplies through its territory. An official stat

Omar keen on green energy for state

Chief minister Omar Abdullah today highlighted the need for harnessing green energy to the optimum and augmenting indigenous power production grid in power-deficient Jammu and Kashmir. "The assistance and funds coming from unio

Media imagined team`s indiscretions: team manager

he media is agog with sordid happenings in the West Indies involving the under-performing Indian squad, including a brawl with fans in a pub in St Lucia, but team manger Ranjib Biswal today termed the reports as its "imagination".

VHP opposed to caste-based census

Vishwa Hindu Parishad today opposed caste-based census, saying it would lead to caste based discrimination and strengthen casteist forces. "There should not be caste based discrimination. There was no caste based census after 1931, wh

Cong MLAs stage protest on last day of special session

The main Opposition Congress today staged a sit-in at the stairs of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, on the fourth and last day of the special session of the Assembly called to discuss development, to highlight water crisis, corruption and other issue

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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