The Puducherry building bye-laws and zoning regulations 1972 has been amended to make rainwater harvesting compulsory for construction of new residential or commercial buildings and educational and health institutions. The amendment was ma
India has been facing a volley of cyber attacks, and it is time for the army to step in. The word comes from Defence Minister AK Antony who has asked the top brass of the armed forces to coordinate closely with various national cyber agencies and
American firms, which played a key role in the passage of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, are unlikely to engage in atomic trade with India if New Delhi does not become party to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, which
Shashi Tharoor on Friday rejected Opposition demands for his resignation as minister of state for external affairs by asserting that the allegations against him on the IPL issue were "baseless, ill-founded and ill-motivated". In
This summer the railway passengers can hope to get adequate water supply in the booths and taps at the railways stations as well as on board. The railways have chalked out a detailed plan to strengthen water supply at the three important stations
Shashi Tharoor might be ducking Lalit Modi`s bouncers but the abrasive commissioner of the Indian Premier League is keeping them coming. Within an hour of Tharoor`s written statement in the Lok Sabha, where he said nothing in Particular
Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned for as long as eight hours over the financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body as Income Tax officials left his Worli-based office early today. I-T offi
Health secretary of the Ayush department S Jalaja has said that the doctors practicing Indian medicine are willing to work in the rural areas and their expertise should be tapped in areas where doctors practicing modern medicines do not reach.
Qutub Minar, Humayun’s Tomb and Lal Quila in New Delhi will now look up to the sun to meet their energy needs. The three must-see places on the itinerary of most foreign tourists coming for the Commonwealth Games will soon start producing th
The Rural Development Ministry is trying to breath new life into the much-talked about but nearly-dead PURA project. In it`s new avatar PURA (Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) will morph into a public-private-partnership (PPP) project f
With the government mulling amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Army Chief General V K Singh has said any dilution in the law will "impinge adversely" on the operations of security forces in troubled states of the
BJP today cited the uproar created by some Congress members in Lok Sabha during the debate on Dantewada naxal attack to accuse the government of growing intolerance and an attempt to gag the opposition, alleging it was this which led to the Emerge
Major opposition parties today came out in Parliament giving full backing to the government in the anti-Naxal fight but attacked the "severe division" in the Congress party and the treasury benches it felt would hamper the offensive.
Out of sanctioned posts of 120 for additional public prosecutors, a total of 47, besides 8 posts for chief public prosecutor, are lying vacant in various trial courts in the city, Delhi government informed the High Court on Wednesday. Fili
In a bid to crack down on illegal trade of organs, government on Thursday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to regulate private hospitals and clinics across the country. The Clinical Establishments Bill, which was introduced by union heal
India`s GSLV-D3 powered by homegrown cryogenic engine for the first time failed in its mission as the rocket carrying a communication satellite deviated today from its path and went out of control shortly after its lift-off from the spaceport here
Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi will arrive in Delhi on May 5 for a three-days stay. He is scheduled to meet the president, the prime minister and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to invite them for the World Tamil Conference to
A crucial debate is on in the Lok Sabha, opposition leaders are hitting the government hard and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is livid. She, however, reads a chit she has just got and suddenly she is cool again. What was the message? “Keep co
Resuming the budget session after the recess, the Lok Sabha on Thursday repeatedly plunged into pandemonium and adjournments. And the surprising part was that Sonia Gandhi was the one who orchestrated the scenes. Trouble started when, duri
There is no escaping streetscaping in the run-up to Commonwealth Games. Drive along major roads across New Delhi and you will find central medians being split, battered and restored with similar slabs of concrete. Even as you struggle to d
