Railways` preparedness for tackling emergencies is not upto the envisaged levels, with less than 25 per cent of the frontline staff trained to handle disasters or mishaps in many divisions, a Parliamentary panel has said. The committee fou
Team manager Ranjib Biswal`s report on India`s disastrous Twenty20 World Cup campaign in the West Indies is being examined by the BCCI and appropriate action will be taken on its basis, Board spokesman Rajiv Shukla said here today. Shukla
Just about everybody in Himachal Pradesh seems to have heard of Dasmal, a small village 170 km from the state capital and 10 km off the Shimla-Manali highway in Hamirpur district. It has neither inspired Rudyard Kipling, who came visiting the stat
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to fell 699 trees, trim 369 and transplant 493 to make way for 19.54 km monorail project, stoking more concern over continued heating up of the mega city. “We will have t
The Planning Commission today set targets to augment the country`s infrastructure this fiscal, including adding 20,359 MW of power generation capacity and 2,500 km of highways, its deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here. The goal
India on Monday sought comprehensive reform of international financial institutions to enable enhanced capital flows and infrastructure investment in developing markets, which it said will strengthen recovery from the worst global economic crisis
President Pratibha Patil today gave her assent to an ordinance dissolving scam-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI) and replace it with a seven-member panel of eminent doctors. The panel will be in charge till the next one year, H
Karnataka Excise Department collected a revenue of Rs 7,500 crore through sale of liquor during 2009-10, excise minister B Renukacharya said today. In April this year, the revenue collection from excise rose by 24 per cent to Rs 567 crore
The police today cracked down on anti-Posco agitators, mostly women and children, at Balitutha, the entry point to proposed plant site, firing teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse them, injuring at least 20 people. The security pe
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
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,
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
