Maintaining that US` response to climate change is "disappointing", environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday appealed America to better its emission reduce commitment before it was too late for the global community. Ramesh ex
The next time you are disgusted by offensive content on television, take heart. The government is watching it too, to help it filter broadcast media content. The information and broadcasting ministry`s watchdog, the electronic media monitoring cen
Clean transport - no pollution, no noise and safe travel - is what the personal rapid transit system (PRT) has promised to provide to the residents of Gurgaon and Amritsar. If all goes according, the PRT system which presently exists at London Hea
Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday ensured that the nursery admission guidelines will be issued in the next few days. The Delhi government is consulting its legal department on Nursery admission guidelines which, the
The tug-of-war in Parliament on the 2G spectrum issue intensified today with non-NDA opposition parties declaring that nothing short of a JPC will suffice and wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appear before the panel. "Th
Aviation regulator DGCA today directed all Indian carriers to show route-wise and date-wise airfares on their websites by Wednesday evening and ensure transparency so that flyers do not feel cheated by high ticket prices. A fresh directive
The Supreme Court today sought a response from Jammu and Kashmir government on the Rs 1,618- crore special package offered by the Centre for restoring properties of and providing jobs to Kashmiri Pandits who migrated from the Valley in the wake of
Union Minister Selja has asked Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to review the decision of the state government to acquire 1852 acres of "fertile" land of Panjokhra and other five villages close to Ambala City for setting up I
The Orissa assembly today witnessed uproarious scenes in the wake of government filing a complaint that an `important file relating to multi-crore mining scam` was missing from the secretariat as the opposition termed this move an attempt to defle
Ignoring the Delhi high court order to consider the objections raised by the civil society, the government has appointed four members to the national commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR). On November 22, the ministry of
The Gujarat high court today allowed the special investigation team (SIT) to take voice samples of two post-Godhra riot accused in the Naroda Gam case for matching it with the audio-video evidence. Justice M R Shah, hearing the SIT`s appea
The urban development minister Jaipal Reddy on Sunday said that the government must organise disincentives for private transport. "There is a need to offer incentives for public transport but we must organise disincentives for private transpo
Controversial CVC P J Thomas appears to have got a breather with the Supreme Court today issuing notice to him on a plea seeking his removal from the key post which will now be heard on January 27. The apex court also issued notice to the
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee today flayed chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for his controversial statement "Left or death", and urged the people to choose either development or continuation of CPI-M in the next assembly election
Paving the way for construction of French nuclear reactors in the country, India and France today signed a general framework agreement and four other pacts for deeper bilateral cooperation in the atomic energy sector. After delegation-leve
The reason for the success of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in Ahmedabad is the connectivity from the nearby societies to the bus stop, I P Gautam, municipal commissioner of Ahmedabad said on Saturday. He said that there is a provis
Joint commissioner of police (Traffic), Delhi, Satyendra Garg criticised the foot over bridges (FOBs) and underpasses in many parts of the city. “Underpasses have totally failed and majority do not use the FOBs at many places in
While the media has been involved in an act of self-flagellation in the backdrop of the Radia tape expose what has escaped the scrutiny is the role of former revenue secre
Sanghvi, Sanghvi/Yes, Papa... Fixing columns?/No, Papa… Telling lies?/No, Papa… Show me proof/How Dare You? That twisted nursery rhyme sums up some of what top editors of India did and most of wh
The urban development ministry on Friday sought a reimbursement of Rs 2,100 crore it had spent on buying 15,000 low-floor buses to perk up auto sector during economic slowdown but drew a cold response from finance ministry which said it does not h
