The Delhi High Court today restrained civic body Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from sealing illegal mobile phone towers in the capital. In a brief hearing, Justice Kailash Gambhir orally asked the MCD officials present in the court
Union minister Jairam Ramesh offered to resign following his controversial remarks against home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has turned it down, PMO sources said today. Environment
Rajya Sabha will soon bin paper for good and go digital. While the House will have paper documentation for members who insist on the same, it will offering special incentives to members who go the paperless way. Conceived by the Ra
Acknowledging the need of increased security in the Indian cities, home minister P. Chidambaram said India will take help from United States and Britain to improve urban policing. “We are now trying to work with New York and
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today exuded confidence that the economy will surpass the IMF projections of 8.8 per cent in 2010 and 8.4 per cent the next year, but admitted the benefits of faster economic expansion are yet to percolate down to
Talks between the Centre and NSCN (IM) failed today over the proposed visit of T Muivah to his native village in Manipur, with the rebel outfit maintaining that he will go ahead with his plan. The talks lasting one-and-a-half-hour w
A Delhi Court today sentenced fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years imprisonment for entering into criminal conspiracy with public servants, including a Delhi Police inspector, during 1999 to 2001 to influence investigatio
Accepting that there is ‘huge trust deficit’ between government and people in the Naxal-affected areas of several parts of India, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram promised on Wednesday more inclusive growth in such areas. “We w
Mumbai is not the only place where urban opulence co-exists with slums. As per the data procured by the government there are now 188 odd cities and towns in India where inhospitable living conditions for urban poors exist in increasing number of s
Opposing the proposed ban on use of plastic in Rajasthan, an association of plastic manufacturers today said over 400 industrial units would face closure and thousands of employees rendered jobless if the order is implemented from August one this
International Olympic Committee has threatened to take "protective measures" against India if the sports ministry does not put on hold its regulation that seeks to limit the tenures of sports bosses in the country till its meeting with t
The Union ministry for urban development doesn’t seem to agree with the famous Persian poet’s description of Kashmir as heaven on earth. The ranking of 423 class-I Indian cities on 19 parameters of sanitation, commissioned by the minis
The government today said that the revised draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), aimed at simplifying the tax structure, would be released for public debate in one-two months. "The revised draft will be ready within a month or two,&qu
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that retail price inflation would come down rapidly in the coming months and hoped that the country would exceed the growth projected by the International Monetary Fund. "I expect in
Union home minister P Chidambaram today visited the CRPF headquarters here to take stock of the operations in naxal-hit states. The visit comes in the backdrop of a spate of Maoist attacks which killed over 80 personnel recently.
Defence minister A K Antony today called for a "timely, transparent and judicious" process to procure weapons and equipment for the armed forces. Inaugurating the biennial three-day defence accounts controllers conference here, A
The country is facing a huge shortage of over 60 per cent nurses in health care and hospital administration, the government said today. "Around four lakh nurses in the country are in active service. Around 10 lakh more nurses are requ
Industrial output maintained its double digit growth for the sixth consecutive month at 13.5 per cent in March, but was lower than expected. For the year 2009-10, industry grew by 10.4 per cent, up from 2.8 per cent in the previous financi
Having identified several Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh, the state archaeology department will be launching efforts to discover other such dwellings believed to be lying in ruins in Rayalaseema region. "The famed Chinese traveller
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan will soon convene an all-party meet to solve the unrest over the land acquisition in Kinaloor near Kozhikode for an industrial park, which witnessed a clash between local people and police last week.
