All efforts are being made to make Chandigarh India`s model solar city. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is now trying to expand the base of solar power users in the city by promising a 50 percent subsidy to those using it,
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), to facilitate setting up of certified facilitation centres (CFCs) under ACES (Automation of Centra
Among all insurgent groups in India, the Maoists are the worst violators of human rights, says a study. “The Maoists have been responsible for brutal killing of their hostages after abduction,” the report further adds. The repo
Ask Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, the one who has taken up cudgels for the green cause, why his ministry has been flouting its own rules in letting mining activities in non-forest areas. The answer: Ramesh regrets. Yes, t
Four out of the five patients admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after an exposure to radioactive waste at the Mayapuri scrap market in west Delhi have shown improvement. Though the blood platelet count
India, a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), was not invited to a luncheon meeting hosted by US vice president Joe Biden, where he professed that the grouping and his country had similar goals on nuclear security and non-proliferati
Almost a month after India`s key negotiator on climate change Shyam Saran quit the post, environment minister Jairam Ramesh today said he will be heading the country`s climate talks teams at international fora. "I will be India`s chie
Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast on Tuesday a handsome 8.2 per cent GDP growth for India, but cautioned that policy makers will have to do a tight balancing act to protect growth from rising prices. “India’s rebound from th
The Central government will hold another all-party meeting this week to arrive at a consensus on the Women`s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, union minister V Narayanasamy said today. "Our government is determined to reserve one third o
Amid an outcry over their diktats against marriages in same sub-castes, a grand assembly of self-styled caste councils on Monday struck a defiant note vowing to fight in courts for the seven people convicted a fortnight ago in honour killing of a
For the first time since the merger of the two national carriers, Air India`s losses have started to show a declining trend, with civil aviation minister Praful Patel saying that the "worst is over". "Earlier the losses were
Showcasing history in new light, literally, is now high on the government agenda in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. The ministry of culture with financial assistance from the ministry of tourism will lighting up 20 centrally-protect
A city civil court has dismissed the Indian Air Force`s plea seeking a stay on construction on a plot in suburban Santacruz alleging that the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) had illegally encroached the land. Accordi
Goa is now looking at social networking websites to salvage its sagging international tourist inflow which has taken a severe beating since last couple of years. Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), the state government run agency,
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has warned the officers of stern action if irregularities were detected in implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. "Stern action should be taken against offic
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it will not allow cultivation of genetically modified brinjal and the earlier assurance given in this regard by chief minister M Karunanidhi was "final". "The chief minister had said
An adjudicator under the Information Technology Act has directed ICICI Bank to pay Rs 12.85 lakh in compensation to an NRI customer who lost Rs 6.46 lakh due to fraudulent access to his bank account. "The bank failed to put in place a
With the public showdown between Lalit Modi and Shashi Tharoor over the Kochi team`s stake-holding structure snowballing into a major controversy, the BCCI has decided to convene a meeting of the IPL Governing Council within 10 days to discuss and
After battery-run buses and ‘golf carts’, battery-run cycle rickshaws have become the latest tourist amenity in the city of Taj Mahal. The blue and green cycle rickshaws can be seen zipping across the Taj area and other tourist
The country needs a debate on the vulnerability of the electronic voting machine (EVM) before it is used in any of the forthcoming elections said Telgu Desam Party (TDP) president Chandrababu Naidu in the capital on Monday. He was speaking
