Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the agriculture sector is likely to achieve about 3.5 percent annual growth in the 11th Five-Year Plan, but stressed on scaling it up to 4 percent or more in the next Plan (2012-17). Addressing the
The national disaster management authority (NDMA) said that the drill in Delhi for ramping up the city`s disaster preparedness was success; however, ambulances were in short supply. "There was a shortage of ambulances during the drill and
Kingfisher`s CEO and top officials were summoned today by the DGCA to explain the large-scale disruptions in the operations of the cash-strapped carrier even as government ruled out any bailout. The DGCA has asked senior officials of the
The Congress has demaned expulsion of seven BJP MLAs who had cross-voted in legislative council elections in favour of NC candidate in April last year. "We seek expulsion of the erring BJP MLAs under anti-defection law. They should be
A differently-abled woman passenger on a flight to Mumbai was offloaded by a private airline SpiceJet after the crew alleged it was not safe to have her on board. J Ghosh (40) was not allowed by the crew members of Spicejet`s Kolkata-Mumba
The centre on Friday moved the supreme court seeking review of its verdict holding that the Indian income tax department does not have jurisdiction to levy Rs 11,000 crore as tax on the overseas deal between Vodafone International Holdings and Hut
Overcoming the anti-incumbency factor, the Shiv Sena-BJP combine on Friday appeared set to retain the prestigious Mumbai and neighbouring Thane municipal corporations. In the 152-member Pune Municipal Corporation, where state`s ruling Cong
In what could be a first, a top central government bureaucrat said that the recovery of illegal wealth was crucial to the fight against graft. P K Misra, the secretary of the department of personnel, said on Friday that such property was the "
Seeking to downplay UPA ally Trinamool Congress opposing the creation of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), government today said it would take steps to resolve the issue. "The government will talk to them. The prime minist
Blaming women for the state of sanitation in rural India, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has said that it is women who prefer mobile phones over toilets – a reference to the well-known piece of statistics that India has more mobile
Amid complaints that schools were manipulating nursery admissions under economically weaker section (EWS) category by taking advantage of the sole distance criterion, some of them have now opted for Google Map to make the selection "fair and
Holding non-Congress governments responsible for lack of development in Uttar Pradesh in the last 22 years, prime minister Manmohan Singh today said only Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, can change this "bad situation" and
Stating that the existing 24X7 monitoring of industries for effluents in Tamil Nadu would be extended across the country, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan today also favoured increasing penalty for violators. Mooting self-regulation
Intensifying his offensive on the issue of National Counter Terrorism Centre, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said state governments would not tolerate Centre`s "authoritian" and "draconian" order on powers and funct
The plan for creation of the ambitious national counter-terrorism centre (NCTC) has come under attack from non-Congress chief ministers, including ally Trinamool Congress, but the centre rejected criticism that it would infringe on the states` pow
Text of Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha`s letter to the prime minister regarding the proposed National Counter-Terrorism Centre: “You are well aware of my strong commitment to supporting all measures and efforts taken f
Pulok Chatterjee’s perceived closeness to 10 Janpath is of little use in a clash of egos right at the top of bureaucracy. Cabinet secretary Ajit Kumar Seth has scuttled a proposal to grant Chatterjee, principal secretary to the prime ministe
The Congress Core Committee is meeting today to discuss ally Mamata Banerjee’s objections to the National Counter Terrorism Centre. P Chidambaram’s ambitious project, to be launched from March 1, has run into rough weather with several
The Delhi high court has asked the Delhi government-appointed administrator probing the Arya orphanage sexual abuse case to submit an investigation report within a week. A division bench comprising chief justice A K Sikri and justice Rajiv
The country`s richest civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, appeared headed towards a hung House, going by early trends and results. Counting for 10 municipal corporation polls held yesterday and elections to 27 zilla parishads a
