In the wake of recent accidents at mining sites in Goa due to heavy rains, a revised set of safety norms would be issues to the mines that will have to be complied with during monsoon, a senior official said today. Centre`s director
Ahead of the 64th anniversary of the Independence Day of India, a retired professor has approached the Bombay high court challenging the use of the word `Sindh` in the national anthem `Jana Gana Mana` and has sought to replace it with the word `Si
Charging the previous DMK regime with adopting "wrong approach" on the power and water fronts, the ruling AIADMK today said it accorded high priority on addressing these issues. "The wrong approach (of the previous re
In tune with New Delhi’s policy to have at least one college in each district of the country, Arunachal Pradesh is all set to establish six model degree colleges in educationally backward districts of the state. Education mini
Stepping up its attack on the government, BJP today demanded suspension of question hour in parliament to discuss the commonwealth games `scam` and the privilege motion against sports minister Ajay Maken. "BJP demands suspensio
Faced with a vigilance probe in the palmolein oil import case, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday shed the vigilance department from the bouquet of portfolios held by him. Chandy took the decision a day after the court o
The supreme court on Tuesday issued notice to the CBI seeking its response on the bail pleas of Unitech Wireless` managing director Sanjay Chandra and director of Swan Telecom Vinod Goenka, accused in the 2G scam case. A bench comprising j
Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday allocated portfolios to new ministers while retaining with him the departments of finance, mines, information and tourism. In announcement of the portfolios tonight after the expansion
Immediately after the parliament was adjourned for the day on Monday, the government swung into action organising compromise talks with the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and struck a deal by the evening to put both houses back on the rail
Seeking to allay fears in the wake of the economic problems in the US, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said India`s fundamentals are strong and the country is in a better position than other nations to meet the challenge although t
The government today indicated it may lower the Rs 40,000 crore disinvestment target for the current fiscal in view of the recent bloodbath in the stock markets on account of global uncertainty. "It is difficult to say, if the
Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today asked the pollution authority to lift samples of the slick. "I reviewed the m
In fresh trouble for former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the special Lokayukta court today issued summons to him and 14 others to appear before it on August 27 in connection with a private complaint against them alleging denotification of lands
Air India is in a total mess and the BJP has directly blamed prime minister Manmohan Singh for it. Moreover, the main opposition has alleged that "proper procedure" was not followed by a team comprising the PM’s principal secretary
The NDA on Monday gave separate privilege notices in the lok sabha and rajya sabha against sports minister Ajay Maken`s statement on the Commonwealth Games. Maken, in a suo motu statement on the CWG, had put the blame on the BJP-led opposi
With the opposition demanding the resignation of Sheila Dikshit after the CAG report on irregularities in CWG projects, government on Monday said it will respond only after the public accounts committee takes a view on the issue. Law minis
You can’t grab protest realty. That is UPA’s holier-than-thou rejoinder to Team Hazare’s request for permission for a month-long protest in support of the Jan Lokpal bill at Jantar Mantar. Delhi Police, in its letter to the prote
In a setback to Suresh Kalmadi, the Delhi High Court today refused permission to the Congress MP, lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with CWG scam, to attend the ongoing Parliament session and imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on him. "
Severely rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General for irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today evaded a direct reply to the charges saying her government will put its view before Public Accounts
Severely rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General for irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today evaded a direct reply to the charges saying her government will put its view before Public Accounts
