All services at Delhi government-run Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital stayed suspended for the fourth day today as the transformer which caught fire on Friday hasn’t been repaired yet. Patients had to travel to nearby hospitals for treat
Opposition BJP today created uproar in Rajya Sabha over Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee`s rally at Lalgarh backed by Maoists and asked why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was silent on the Railway Minister`s alleged hobnobbing with Left-wing extr
Government has set up a special control room in the Ministry of External Affairs to streamline the collation and dissemination of information on foreigners affected in the recent flash floods in Leh. "Information about Indian
The government today assured the Lok Sabha that it was ready to consider any kind of inquiry into alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects after the event was over. "We are ready to consider any kind of inquiry aft
Andhra Pradesh government has submitted proposals to the Centre for developing road network in seven Maoist-infested districts in the state. The state government has sought Rs 1160 crore for developing 117 roads and constructing 26
The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply. The application addressed to the Finance Ministry was transferred to the Bankers` Bank for a
Punitive action has been taken against officials responsible for instances of rotting of foodgrains at various FCI godowns, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a Calling Attention n
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has waded into the controversy over corruption in Commonwealth Games, saying Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi should resign if his name figures in a CBI inquiry. "If his nam
Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee has raised a storm that the union government will find hard to ignore. "I believe Azad had been murdered. It was unjust,” she declared at a public rally in West Bengal’s Lalgarh yesterday ref
The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply. The application addressed to the Finance Ministry was transferred to the Bankers` Bank for a reply on
BJP today found unlikely allies in the Left parties as it attacked railway minister Mamata Banerjee`s alleged support to the Maoists and her questioning of the encounter in which Maoist spokesman Azad was killed. As soon as the Hous
This could be the Planning Commission`s best move till date - an online portal where citizens will get to help mould the 12th five-year-plan. Speaking at the National Conference on Public Governance here on Tuesday, the commission`s deputy
Aiming to increase voter turnout in the coming Assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission has planned to rope in a popular personality to publicise about exercising voting rights, as Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni had done for Jharkhand.
The oil spill from Panamanian ship MSC Chitra, which ran aground off Mumbai harbour after Saturday`s collision with another vessel, has stopped, the Coast Guard said today. "The leakage of oil from the ship has stopped on its o
In what has been termed as ‘mammoth system failure’ by the vigilance department of the Western Railways, the railways has been robbed of more than Rs one crore. The matter relates to cash receipt (CR) books from which the railw
Seeking cooperation from all quarters for making the Commonwealth Games a success, Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said a total of Rs 28,054 crore have been spent on the games out of which Rs 16,560 crore was given to the Delhi Gov
Parliament today passed a bill providing for a mechanism to resolve disputes between financial regulators as an ad hoc arrangement. The government is still working on a permanent body to settle the inter-regulator disputes such as t
The Bombay High Court today directed the Centre to take steps to comply with Supreme Court`s 1997 orders on implementation of N N Vohra report on nexus between mafia and politicians/bureaucrats. Vohra Committee was set up after the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tomorrow to discuss the current situation in the Valley and ways to resolve it. During the meeting, fro
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today urged Maoists to stop violence and hold talks with the government. "Let the peace process start from today. Let Bengal show the way for entire India. Let violence and killings stop
