Reserve Bank of India today said it will intervene if inflation does not decline to Central bank`s targeted level by March 2011. "Inflation may come down to RBI`s projections, if it does not we will have to take steps," RB
Chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Qureshi has vetoed the idea of compulsory voting in India. "Democracy and compulsion don`t go together," he told journalists while releasing consultation papers on electoral reforms here on Thursday.
In a move to weed out corruption, the Nitish Kumar government today decided to scrap the existing allocation of funds for Local Area Development (LAD) scheme for MLAs and MLCs in Bihar, in principle. A decision to this effect, which would
With terror threats looming large over the civil aviation sector, an advisory council of experts will be set up soon to deliberate on and recommend measures to step up aviation security. This was disclosed by Civil Aviation Minister
Corruption in awarding contracts in Commonwealth Games (CWG) has "tarnished" the image of the country, a Delhi court noted today while dismissing the bail applications of two former Organising Committee officials associated with the mega
The Supreme Court today rejected a plea for expunction of its controversial, `something-rotten-in-Allahabad High Court` remark, saying it stood by its suspicion that some of its judges, not all, are suffering from uncle judge
After one of its spokesmen attacked Ratan Tata, BJP today sought to distance itself from the industrialist`s criticism of NDA government`s telecom policy, saying it did not want to get embroiled in corporate wars. "BJP has no i
The government today told the Supreme Court that the issues raised by Tata chief Ratan Tata in his petition relating to the Nira Radia tapes require investigation. Sources said that the affidavit filed by the government has maintai
The WHO Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) guidelines for the disabled were released in Delhi on Friday at a national seminar of CBR India network, aimed at creating a more inclusive atmosphere in development. The guidelines, a joint col
Differences have cropped up among officials of the Madhya Pradesh flying club over whether it comes under the purview of the right to information (RTI) act of 2005 or not resulting in delay in getting information from the premier institute of the
The toll-free number, 1091, a helpline run by the Delhi police for women in distress, has not been working for some time even as city authorities have spared no attempt at making the number publicised in the backdrop of the Dhaul
Delays in prosecuting the corrupt is one of the biggest reasons for thriving graft in the country, apart from a nexus between the politicians and bureaucrats, according to Karnataka Lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde. “If we have a syst
Delhi is mulling a move from the lottery system for admissions in schools at the nursery level. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit is learnt to have come out against the drawing of lots to admit children in schools at a meeting with education minister
Under attack from opposition parties and NGOs back home, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday admitted to "nuancing" of the Indian position that it will not accept internationally legally binding emission cuts. He said th
A day after the supreme court favoured the probe into 2G scam covering the time since 2001, the government today announced setting up of a one-man panel to look into the spectrum allocation procedures and policies during 2001-2009, a period that i
The government is deliberating the formulation of a comprehensive national competition policy so that the businesses across the sectors could be deterred from indulging into unfair competition practices, which they apparently do to cope with th
Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad urged the scientists here on Wednesday to translate technologies from various disciplines of biological sciences into forms of treatment which can benefit patients. He was speaking at the consultative committee of
The government on Thursday turned the heat on the NDA and other parties by mooting a JPC on Parliament stalling by the opposition over their demand for a JPC to probe the 2G scam. “Look at the scam that has been caused due to obstruc
Tata group chairman, Ratan Tata, in a strongly worded letter, has replied to the open letter written by the Rajya Sabha MP and former mobile promoter Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Chandrasekhar in his open letter published on December 8 had
