What is seen as the result of the success of family planning programme, the enrolment of children in schools in Kerala has been declining steadily over the last few years. The trend has rendered a large number of primary schools eco
Amid a walkout by Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition, the Kerala assembly on Monday passed a resolution alleging that chief minister V S Achuthanandan was ignored during the recent visit of prime minister Manmohan Singh to the s
The Jammu and Kashmir government has sought sanction for 6,500 more anganwadi centres from the central government in order to bring all areas under integrated child development scheme (ICDS). "The Centre has been approached for
The Sikkim pradesh congress committee (SPCC) on Monday alleged that the state government has failed to control the shortage of food supplies and essential commodities in the state due to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s (GJM) indefinite bandh.
The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has stated that its meeting with the Air India management over the Indian Airlines pilots` wage issues will be its last attempt at negotiations. Further delay in remittance of salary for the month of
Former telecom minister and senior BJP leader Arun Shourie will appear before the CBI for questioning on February 21 in connection with the agency`s probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy since 2001. "I rung up the
Foreign Minister S M Krishna’s gaffe at the UN General Assembly in reading the Portuguese Minister’s speech borders on the absurd and underscores three distinct facets. That these ministers do not do their homework.
The expert group formed by the health ministry to look into the harmful effects of gutka and other forms of smokeless tobacco has submitted its report stating that gutka causes cancer and that it should be banned, said one of the group members.&nb
Rich renewable energy (RE) states like – Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttrakhand posses 65 percent of India’s small hydropower resources but remains largely untapped, says a World Bank India report released on Friday.
The farce could not have been sustained for too long. And it has indeed been nailed conclusively. Even as the prime minister`s office (PMO) feigned ignorance of the S-band spectrum allocation for proverbial peanuts to a private entity, Devas Multi
The palmolein import graft case, in which central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas figures as an accused, was posted to February 26 by a vigilance court here on Friday. Enquiry commissioner and special judge S Jagadees adjourned the case
The Central Administrative Tribunal today refused to review its earlier order quashing the appointment of 25 Doordarshan News anchors and reporters on the grounds of irregularities in their appointment. A CAT bench headed by chairman V K B
Army has started using bio-metric finger printing technology for recruitments in Jammu and Kashmir to tighten the noose on touts and impersonators operating during job rallies. "We have used bio-meteric finger print technology at recr
The Air India management`s apathy over the issue of pay parity with Air India pilots and salary remittances delays has prompted the Indian Airlines pilots to protest with a work-to-rule agitation from February 12 (midnight) onwards. The mo
BJP today asked the government to bring the motion for the formation of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on February 22 and said it would not boycott the Presidential address to both Houses of Parliament. "We would expect the gov
An assembly line of graceful pots and vases greet you as you enter Kumbharwada, or the colony of potters, in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum cluster. From shapeless mud to attractive pots, some left for drying, others on display for sale, Kumbh
Maharashtra BJP today demanded that state Governor K Sankarnarayanan grant sanction to the investigating agencies to conduct proceedings against former Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with the Adarsh Housing
The supreme court on Friday sought the Centre`s response on a plea by Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru for transfer to a prison in Jammu and Kashmir from Tihar jail. Guru, who has been sentenced to death for plotting the December 2001
Street and homeless children here are excited about their enumeration and are spreading awareness about it through their own newspaper and roadside meetings. Homeless on the streets across India will be enumerated on February 28 under the
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie told the Indian Express that he had apprised prime minister Manmohan Singh of the nature and scale of the 2G scam after he realised its enormity and alerted the then CBI director as well. Shourie said t
