Detection of about 12 Swine flu cases in the last fortnight has put the health authorities here on an alert, as two patients are reported to be in a critical condition. While some of the cases have been detected in a "pro-activ
Eighty-four-year-old SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal today created two records in one go by becoming the Chief Minister of Punjab for the fifth time and the first in the reorganised state`s history to return to power for the second successive tenur
Indicating that the leadership feud in Uttarakhand Congress was far from over, Union Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday held consultations with his supporters while making it clear he would not quit the party. "I have always been loya
Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday announced further reduction in its flight schedule and said its promoter Vijay Mallya will meet pilots on Thursday agitating over delayed salary. Last month the company had informed the authorities that
Presenting a populist budget, Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday announced marginal hike in passenger fares ranging from 2 paisa per kilometre to 30 paisa per kilometre in various categories of trains despite noting that Railways was pa
India is losing thousands of crore per year due to illegal or unreported fishing from its water by foreign vessels, a report by international NGO Greenpeace released in the national capital said on Tuesday. “India’s lucr
Expressing concerns over the mismatch between the skills of the fresh graduates and talents required in the country, president Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for urgent steps to reverse the low employability ratio of graduates in the co
As the government readies for the 2012-13 union budget, slated to be presented in parliament on Friday, a new study shows severe underutilisation of funds and sluggish progress of different government schemes in the first ten months of the financi
Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna was today sworn in as chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Congress overruled a revolt by another MP Harish Rawat, who is said to have offered to resign from the Union government. 65-year-old Bahuguna,
Life expectancy at birth is improving due to better health facilities. But the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has been significantly high in India as compared to other developed and developing countries in the world, says the report `Understanding
Government of India is holding consultations with stakeholders on the Judicial Accountability Bill and has listed the matter for discussion in Parliament, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Tuesday. Hoping that the bill
State Bank of India (SBI) has no plan to provide fresh loan to the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. "SBI has informed that currently there is no such plan to provide addition
The government on Tuesday said it is likely to table a white paper on black money during the ongoing budget session of parliament, but maintained that there is no authentic estimate of the quantum of illicit wealth. "The white
Home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that NCTC was an "absolute necessity" and not an attack on the federal structure and maintained that even states opposed to some provisions of the body support its formatio
India has fallen by five places in the UN e-government survey 2012 from 119 in 2010 to 124 in 2012. The survey which was released on March 6, 2012 places the Republic of Korea at the top position followed by the Netherlands. United Kingdom
Disruptions on issues like Telangana, atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils, sub-quota for minorities, and shortage of fertilisers on Monday marred President Pratibha Patil`s Address to the joint sitting of Parliament. MPs raised slogans to pres
Trouble for cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines again erupted on Monday with at least 30 flights either being cancelled or clubbed as several pilots and other staffers failed to report for work to protest delays in salary payments. At
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and eight IAS officers on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jagan Mo
Despite the release of over 100 activists arrested during the ongoing Jat agitation here, rail and road traffic continued to be effected on Monday with protesters blocking several routes, officials said. Protesters blocked rail tracks and
Raising expenditure on education to 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), was one of the promises the Congress-led UPA made at the start of its first term in 2004. But (according to CBGA’s latest report) the present total public spending on ed
