Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said that states lacked sufficient resources to implement the Right to Education Act, 2009 and demanded that the Centre meet the expenses on it cent per cent. `The states lack sufficient resources to i
Taking their bilateral relations to a new level, India and China on Wednesday signed an agreement to establish a hotline between Prime Ministers of the two countries. The agreement was signed by external affairs Minister S M Krishna and hi
The Delhi Industrial Development, Operation and Maintenance Bill, 2010, passed last week by Delhi assembly, was unlawful and illegal, Ved Prakash Gupta, chairman of MCD’s Master Plan-2021 implementation committee, said on Monday. The
A day after the Chhattisgarh bloodbath, the question is what next, how to tackle the Maoists who are at war with the state. While many strategies are being suggested, a key element -- of blocking their finances -- is overlooked. That is the ar
The members of Upper House of the Parliament are growing richer. More than 50 percent of the Rajya Sabha members are crorepatis, says a report released on Tuesday by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). “A total of 98 Rajya
Government employees are less confident about finding new jobs compared to their peers in the private sector, but are less fearful about job losses, a new survey released on Tuesday said. "Employees in the government sector are
The Railways could soon be raising as much as Rs 600 crores from leasing out some of the real estate it holds, a senior official has said. "We plan to lease 15 plots in different metros and Tier II cities on long lease this fiscal and
If the state governments’ performance in the implementation of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) last year is any indication, UPA’s chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s avowed agenda of reaching out to the
The Executive Council of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) decided on Tuesday that SC/ST reservations for faculty posts will have to wait for the UGC guidelines. “We cannot go ahead filling up posts until we get proper guidelines from
The Government is all set to roll out yet another social security plan that promises to provide a lifelong pension of minimum Rs 1000 a month to the unorganised sector workers. The pension can be still higher if the worker is able to voluntarily s
The Kerala High Court today observed that the fundamental right to freedom of expression in a secular state was not an `absolute licence` to hurt feelings of others. "Those who take the risk of scurrilous attack on divine personality
Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) has embarked on an ambitious plan of facilitating the creation of five lakh affordable houses by 2015 in co-ordination with the state Government. The total investment will be around Rs
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the SIT probing the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat to drop senior IPS officers--Geeta Johri and Shivanand Jha from its team and said the question of staying the trial will be considered after obtaining the state`
Non-governmental organisation Child Rights and You (CRY) today said though the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a welcome step, it was heavily under-funded. Based on earlier studies by the government, CRY had suggested for keeping aside 10
Maharashtra legislative assembly witnessed uproarious scenes resulting in two adjournments on Tuesday when the Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP demanded a statement from chief minister Ashok Chavan over the Mantralaya makeover project. Leader of o
Following allegations of corruption during filling up of vacancies, the Maharashtra government has stayed the employees` recruitment process of Yavatmal District Central Co-Operative Bank (YDCC Bank). Commissioner and registrar of co-opera
China on Tuesday dismissed reports that Chinese hackers have broken into top secret files of the Indian defence ministry and embassies around the world, saying that it was firmly opposed to hacking and regards it as an international crime.
The highest level of classified and restricted-access documents of India`s defence ministry, including several missile systems and details of a military intelligence officer, as also year-long personal emails of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama ha
Laying the foundation of a strong financial and economic partnership with the United States, India has invited US companies to invest in India’s vast infrastructure needs. After signing a joint statement with the US Treasury
The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will jointly work with the government of Maharashtra to chalk-out a plan for development of the port`s land that would benefit Mumbai city, a senior central government Minister said. "We propose to utilise
