Health, education, skill development and infrastructure will be the focus areas of the 12th five year plan. This was asserted in the full planning commission meeting on Thursday. The commission’s targets for the 12th plan (April 2012
The government may put off the next meeting of the joint committee slated for May 2 for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill. The controversy raging over a CD and allegations surfacing about former law minister Shanti Bh
The government may put off the next meeting of the joint committee slated on May 2 for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill. The controversy ragin
As the tussle seeking disclosure of names of people who have stashed black money abroad continues in Supreme Court, the Finance Ministry says it has "no authentic figures" about the quantum of money deposited in Swiss banks. The
The supreme court on Thursday issued notices to Orissa government, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the UK-based Vedanta`s Indian arm Sterlite Industries on a petition challenging cancellation of environmental clearance to Niyamg
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said it was a "national shame" that the practice of female foeticide was continuing in the country despite women breaking existing barriers to prove their worth in every sphere. "The
Admitting that there is little public tolerance now for the prevailing state of affairs on the issue of corruption, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that his government is committed to face this challenge boldly as people expect swif
Even after a year of its implementation, the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act is still in its infancy. Government schools in the national capital lack facilities and both teachers and administration are insensitive to the issue.
Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has expressed happiness at the letter written by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi assuring him that she does not support "politics of smear campaign" and that she was strongly committed to the institutio
Madhya Pradesh government has endorsed the transfer policy 2011-12 for its officers and employees. As per the policy, transfers can be effected from April 20-June 7, an official release said here today. A decision in this regard wa
Wheat procurement in Punjab continued to remain sluggish, with crop buying reaching just 11.98 lakh Metric Tonne (MT), 83 per cent lower than what was in corresponding period of last season. Government agencies and private millers procured
Stepping up its probe into the dealings of suspected money launderer Hasan Ali Khan, the enforcement directorate has approached the home ministry to find out if he has any links with terror outfits. In a letter to the home ministry, the ED
In a significant order, the Bombay high court has held that the union government cannot ban exports of any product with restrospective effect and further said that such restriction cannot be applied to concluded contracts where letters of credit w
A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of five corporate executives, who were named as accused by the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation scam but were not arrested. "All the bail applications have been rejected," spec
The Gujarat government on Wednesday transfered IPS officers P P Pande, G L Singhal and ACP Tarun Barot following a suggestion by the high court bench hearing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others. The three senior poli
Breaking the shackles of the past, the government on Wednesday said it is ready to accept participation of private players in internal security area but asked them to spend at least 5-7 per cent of their profits in R&D to get cutting edge tech
Not ruling out "strong measures" to deal with Somali pirates, the defence ministry on Wednesday said all steps would be taken to safeguard the ships transiting in piracy-hit areas of Indian Ocean region. "I think as a dete
The city police today told a Delhi court that it was still probing the sedition case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and four others for making alleged anti-India speeches last year.
Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee`s acclaimed book on cancer, `The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,` has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer prize in the general non-fiction category. According to the Pulit
