Ahead of the all-party delegation`s visit to Kashmir Valley next week, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today held deliberations with senior party leaders on the strategy for the troubled state. Senior leaders and Union Ministers Pranab Mukh
Amid discussions with India on lawful interception of data sent from BlackBerry devices, the smartphone maker, Research in Motion, has said it cannot compromise the security architecture of its enterprise solution. The company is continuing
Over 482 persons were arrested and action has been initiated against 59 others by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for their involvement in adulteration of eatables, officials said here. "In all, action has been taken against 541 pe
Capgemini India has launched Calorie, a global hub for innovations in energy, utilities and chemicals (EUC). The new lab will be located in Navi Mumbai. Demand for energy in India will double in the next five-six years. There is about 40 p
As incessant rains brought respite to water-parched Mumbai, complaints of water contamination shot up in the city, civic officials have said. According to the data available with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), of the
A foreigner who is studying in Delhi shares the experience of dealing with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO). For obvious reasons, the student prefers to remain anonymous. All of us foreigners have to go thr
Eminent lawyer and former law minister Shanti Bhushan submitted a list of 16 former chief justices of India (CJIs) in a sealed cover in the supreme court today claiming that “eight (of them) were definitely corrupt, six were definitely hones
The fragile system of the railways and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) could have triggered a great disaster last Saturday. The railway track adjoining the Akshardhan temple was in for trouble when waters from the swollen Yamuna collected along the trac
Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh share registration of three items each by the Registrar of Geographical Indications this year to provide recognition of the intellectual right of producers and artisans on them. These are Paithani sare
As India appears to be seriously off track on a number of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Rajya Sabha deputy chairman K Rahman Khan has called for parliament to step into the matter and monitor the commitments. “Parliaments have
The worldwide maternal mortality rate may drop by one-third, but Africa and South Asia still have different stories to tell, according a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank and the World Health Organisat
A higher floor space index (FSI) for redevelopment of dilapidated, cessed and unsafe buildings in Mumbai will be allowed under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 2010. “We will allow higher FSI in these areas but under the
The honey that you buy, believing it is pure, natural and healthy, is very likely to be contaminated with high levels of antibiotics, which is fed to bees, and is bad for health. This is the finding of a new study by the Pollution Monitoring Labor
As part of the public relation exercise kicked off with the prime minister`s informal meeting with over a dozen senior editors on September 6, it is now the turn of the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) to invite more than 150 journalists for an infor
Linking the turmoil in Kashmir to anger and pain among Kashmiri youth who grew up in "conflict and brutality", Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today said their "legitimate aspirations" must be respected and a magnanimous approach a
Following is the text of the statement issued at the end of the all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir today: "Leaders of various political parties who attended today`s meeting made valuable suggestions on ways and means to res
In what may be a windfall for crores of employees in public and private sector, the Provident Fund Trustees today decided to give a higher interest rate of 9.5 per cent for 2010-11 on their retirement savings. The steep one percenta
A US official on Wednesday expressed his unhappiness with the civil nuclear liability bill passed by the Indian parliament, saying New Delhi should ensure the legislation is consistent with international norms. Robert Hormats, under secret
Movement of dozens of trains passing through Delhi have remained affected during the past few days after the Yamuna swelled above the danger mark and the railway authorities had to close down the bridge connecting Shahdara and Old Delhi railway st
The rural development ministry has proposed a separate cadre of `panchayat service` for focused and effective implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes such as NREGA, Indira Aawas Yojna (IAY), Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), B
