The Centre is planning to introduce a public procurement policy that will require all its departments and PSUs to target over a stipulated period at least 20 per cent of their annual purchases from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME sector)
The Delhi High Court has asked the IIT Council, the joint admission board of IITs, and the ministry of human resource development to clarify the process of selection through the annual joint entrance examination (JEE). The three respondents
Criticising Jammu and Kashmir for poor fiscal management, the country`s apex auditor CAG has said the state administration has been continuously failing to "regularise" a whopping Rs 71,088 crore expenditure incurred cumulatively over th
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the auction of 3G spectrum which starts on Friday and dismissed a petition challenging the process saying objections raised against it were "misconceived". A bench headed by acting
The Himachal Pradesh government is trying to facilitate self-employment among youths through beneficial schemes like Deendayal Kisan Bagwan Yojna, Doodh Ganga Yojna and apple rejuvenation programme, the state Assembly was informed today. R
Punjab`s wheat output is unlikely to find many private buyers during the ongoing rabi season due to the high cost of lifting caused by "excessive" taxes and availability of the crop at lower rates in Uttar Pradesh. "The enti
Acting tough against its striking employees, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday directed the police to check attendance in offices, prepare dossiers and videograph "trouble-makers". The fresh order came after the employ
A day after several prominent organisations opposed transfer of tribal land to Lafarge in Meghalaya, local villagers where the mines of the French cement giant are located came out in support saying they have been benefitted by the mining operatio
New Delhi Demanding immediate steps to curb price rise, the four Left parties today staged demonstrations across the country during which chiefs of CPI-M and CPI Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan courted arrest here on Thursda
Maharashtra government is cosidering the demand of increasing pension of folk artists in the backdrop of Golden Jubilee year of the state, a state minister said. "We would consider increasing pension of folk artists and I would convey
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Thursday announced to hold its next national executive meeting in Patna in view of the ensuing Assembly elections in the state in September-October. The party office-bearers, holding first meeting since after t
The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to examine whether Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) have any right to represent India in international sporting events. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan while posting the matter for hea
Government is "very carefully" looking into reports of hacking of sensitive data at the National Security Council, Secretariat and other key ministries by some Chinese computer network. Investigations have suggested that co
Dry fruit traders across Maharashtra have started an agitation against the levying of 12.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) by the state government. On March 30, the Maharashtra Government had issued a notification by which it increased VAT
India and Australia on Thursday inked a major education deal to expand exchanges in the sector as both sides sought to take their "relationship forward" after a series of vicious attacks on Indian students, including one that turned fata
The Bhartiya Janata Party headquarters is agog with speculation over return of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti to the party, following her meeting with party veteran Lal Krishna Advani and president Nitin Gadkari here on Wednesday.
The government will bring an anti-torture law to ratify a UN Convention against torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment or punishment. "The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal to introduce the Prevention of Torture Bill, 201
India on Thursday asked the Victorian government to share data about the prosecution being made in cases of attacks on Indians in the Australian state, arguing that it will increase the level of comfort in the community. Union human resour
Acknowledging that "something went wrong" in the worst-ever Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, Government on Thursday decided to set up an inquiry into the incident that claimed lives of 76 security personnel. "We have taken a d
Judges of lower courts in half a dozen states, including Gujarat, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, will get a three-fold increase in their salary as the governments of these states have agreed to implement recommendations of the Judicial Pay Com
