Delhi health minister Dr A K Walia on Wednesday told the members of United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a conglomeration of resident welfare associations (RWAs) protesting power tariff hikes, that it is difficult to bring discoms under the ambi
Two years after the Delhi high court ordered it to make high security registration plates (HSRP) mandatory for all vehicles plying in the national capital, the transport department seems to have arrived. If all goes well, the first dawn of the new
Arvind Kejriwal, social activist and member of Team Anna, has welcomed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s commitment on Lokpal but added that the passage of the bill will be more assuring than empty words. “We sincerely hope the
The Centre is all set to supply rice at Re 1-a-kg to all below poverty line families under the proposed Food Security Act, according to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister`s office. AP has launched the Re 1-a-kg rice scheme on Novembe
The tussle between the Air India and the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) staff is still on. A letter written by pilots union reveals that the impasse between the two also sometimes leads to delay or cancellation of flights. Indian Co
Ghulam Nabi Azad formula envisages a Telangana Regional Development Council which may not be palatable to those agitating for the separate state as they say the experiment of such a council earlier was shortlived. The formula contemplates an econo
The Delhi High Court today sought CBI`s response on the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others arrested for their alleged roles in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Issuing notice to the CBI, Justice V K Shali sought the prob
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee met prime minister Manmohan Singh here late tonight and is understood to have briefed him about his talks with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Mukherjee`s meeting with Singh came within
Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak prime ministerial meeting, India on Wednesday said the trust deficit with its neighbour was “shrinking” and there was a very positive atmosphere. Talking to reporters on his
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In an apparent jibe at coalition partner NCP, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that some coalition constituents in Delhi and in the state behave as if they "own" their departments. "In Delhi, I ha
Stampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 1,000 lives in the last 10 years in the country. Before today`s stampede at an ashram in Haridwar which claimed 16 lives, there was a huge melee at the fam
Former minister in the Narendra Modi government I K Jadeja was on Thursday questioned in-camera by the Nanavati Commission with regard to the 2002 Godhra train burning incident and the incidences of communal violence in the state that followed.
A designated TADA court on Thursday rejected jailed gangster Abu Salem`s plea to stay the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast trial and proceedings in the Pradeep Jain murder case on the ground that a Portuguese court has terminated his extradition.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was on Thursday granted conditional bail by the high court in a land scam case, paving the way for his release from jail. Justice B V Pinto allowed the bail application of Yeddyurappa, who wa
Dubbing as "obsolete" the prevailing system of appointment to senior posts in railways which involves Cabinet clearance, railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday pitched for a "drastic change" in the process. "Th
Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned of an intense agitation if the Maharashtra government fails to announce an appropriate remunerative price for sugarcane growers. "Government should take the decision before the patience of the farmers ends.
Concerned over embezzlement of funds meant for MNREGA, the Centre is planning to set up special courts across the country to expedite cases related to irregularities in the rural employment scheme Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh o
The cross-fertilisation of ideas across the country has continued unabated, despite lack of physical exhibitions of grassroots innovations in different parts of the country. A Rs 5,000 bamboo windmill innovation by Mehtar Hussain and Mushtaq Ahmed
The committees set up by the Centre and Tamil Nadu Government to resolve the standoff over the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant met here on Thursday for the first time when representatives of the protesters presented a charter of demands including
