Higher prices of milk and pulses drove food inflation up to 16.35 per cent for the week ended March 20 and this could, in turn, contribute to overall inflation touching double digits. Food inflation had hit a four-month low of 16.22 per ce
RPG group company, KEC International, has announced the setting up of a state-of-the-art new tower testing station at Butibori, Nagpur, the largest of its kind in the world. The new station is a significant step by the company towards reta
In order to encourage farmers to adopt drip irrigation system in the water scarce areas of Kutch, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) would provide 25 per cent subsidy to the farmers on installing the system, which will be in addition t
Madhya Pradesh has procured 5.29 lakh metric tonnes wheat under Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the country by offering an additional Rs 100 per quintal bonus to the farmers, officials said. The state has procured 5.29 lakh metric tonnes of
Assam has become the first state in the country to enact a legislation seeking to ensure right to health for everyone in the state. The Assam Public Health Bill, 2010, which was passed unanimously by the Assam Assembly yesterday, made it m
Around 22,400 employees have retired from service in Kerala in one go after the LDF government`s decision to make March 31 the common retirement date, throwing up the challenges of fresh postings and payment of retirement benefits. The ste
Warning that India and China could ill-afford misperceptions on policy, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has said that pursuit of an ambitious agenda by the two countries can put bilateral relations on a sound footing. "Whe
Delhi Technological University students who have been continuously protesting and demanding for the conversion of DTU back into Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), were on Wednesday lathicharged, when they protested outside All India Congress Comm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the government was committed to ensuring that all children irrespective of gender and social category have access to education and fund constraints would not be allowed to hamper implementation of the th
For the first time ever, five quacks who were running private clinics in Sangam Vihar in south Delhi were convicted by a district court on Monday. The quacks - Raja Ram, Raj Bala (female), G. Roy, S.K. Biswas and B.P. Verma – w
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is planning a four-day holiday with her family from April 6. While her destination is not a secret for security purposes, sources say she is going to Shimla. Between playing with her grandchildren and being
Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh, facing criticism from his cabinet colleagues on several issues, has defended himself, saying his ministry was committed to protecting ecological security of the country. When Ramesh said no to
The trial of the lone surviving Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed concluded today almost a year after it commenced in a special court which will pronounce its verdict on May 3. In
Despite hundreds of crores available under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Andhra Pradesh government failed to set up any new Community Health Centre (CHCs) and Primary Health Centre (PHCs) in the four year period from 2005-06 to 2008-09, sa
Seeking to revive talks that have been on freeze for almost three years, India today proposed dialogue with Iran to discuss impediments in implementation of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. Petroleum minister Murli Deora
Maharashtra government has indicated that food prices would reduce further as there has been a good crop yield in kharif season. "A good crop has been yielded in kharif season across the state which would definitely bring down the foo
The government is considering a drop in the cut-off percentage by population in designating a district as `minority concentrated`. Union minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Wednesday that the government is considering a propo
Political posturing has begun over the Central concessional industrial package for Uttarkhand which expires on Wednesday night. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has claimed that the Centre has curtailed the package, which was origin
Hit by a shortage of officers, the government has decided to hire its retired employees to contribute in the conduct of the mammoth Census exercise covering 1.2 billion residents spread over 35 states and Union Territories. The government
Government today said it is committed to providing reservation to the backward sections among Muslims, a recommendation also made by the Sachar Committee that went into the issue of socio-economic condition of minority communities. "W
