India and Canada will sign a civil nuclear agreement during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s forthcoming visit to the G-20 Summit in Toronto later this month. The four-day visit commences on June 26. The agreement will be signed aft
The guidelines for off-grid and rooftop solar power generation under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) will be out around the middle of June. “They should be out around 16 June, 2010,” an official from the min
Commutation woes will now not play the spoilsport in your ringside Games experience. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will be starting a park-and-ride bus service During the Games, low-floor CNG buses will ply from the city`s two airp
Meghalaya home (jails) minister Augustine Marak today said while the jails in the state were over-crowded, two new prisons were coming up to ease the congestion. The total registered capacity of the four jails in the state is 540, b
Against the backof a raging controversy over alleged fake encounters in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave an assurance that government will "act" to ensure that security forces respect the rights of civilians wh
Terming Maoism as a "very complex" issue, Justice K G Balakrishnan, who took over as the chairman of NHRC today, said "due consideration" should also be given to rights of security personnel engaged in fighting the menace.
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party today accused Congress-National Conference coalition government of "misleading" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the ground situation in the state by restricting public movement and increasing
The Kerala High court today directed the state government to file a counter within 10 days on a writ petition by specialist doctors, challenging the newly introduced special rules. Advocate General C P Sudhakara Prasad informed the
Linking the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case with the nuclear liability bill, BJP today made a strong plea to the government to reconsider the draft legislation contending that it "shielded" private suppliers.
An empowered group of ministers today failed to arrive at a decision on freeing auto fuel prices from government control, but discussed the possible inflationary impact such a move would have. Freeing petrol and diesel prices would
The Vytilla bus terminal cum-mobility hub, expected to reduce traffic congestion in Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, is all set to come up with Chief minister V S Achuthanandan laying the foundation stone for it. Speaking on
Hailing India for leading economic recovery in South Asia, the World Bank has said that India will grow by 8.5 percent in 2010 and 9 percent in 2011. “The recovery of Indian GDP could be even faster than what is projected, but rising interes
Having cracked the whip on the scam-tainted Medical Council of India, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has cautioned the panel of doctors, which has replaced the body, against touts and asked them to take transparent and corruption-free decisions.
Disappointed with the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, activists, who have been fighting for justice for the families of victims, today said the eight persons have been convicted on "diluted" charges and they will appeal bef
A committee of experts will grade the sample toilet made by each of the 28 applicants eyeing the contract to construct 216 public toilet-cum-commercial complexes for the municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD). Applicants whose samples toilet
Vice-President Hamid Ansari arrived here today on a three-day visit to Czech Republic during which three agreements on economic cooperation, social security and bilateral investment promotion will be signed.
Bhartiya Janata Party veteran Lal Krishna Advani credits"Reds themselves" for the collapse of the Marxist citadel in Kolkata while stressing that Trinamul Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Bannerji served only as an instr
The CPI(M) state unit today urged the government of India to `use its clout` to ensure among other things, equality and autonomy to the Sri Lankan Tamils in that country. The party executive urged the Centre to take up the matter wi
"Conduct proper elections if you want us to pay house tax" - that is the message to the Haryana government from those who own properties in municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) areas In a meeting held on Saturday, resident repr
The procedure of Collegium appointing judges to higher courts may undergo transformation with the government toying with the idea of changing the system in the wake of allegations of lack of transparency and delays. Union law minister M Ve
