New drugs enter the market every new day and make their way to new markets mainly in developing countries, says a report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Lax regulations, populations in economic transition let drug
Justice N Santosh Hegde, perhaps the only performing Lokayukta in the country, submitted his resignation on Wednesday citing systematic lack of cooperation by the Karnataka government. The man who headed the most potent anti-corruption unit in the
Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh today rejoined the party nine months after he was summarily thrown out for writing a controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. At a function organised to announce his re-induction
The Delhi government is keen to provide computers in Madarsas to enhance employment opportunities for students, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said here on Thursday. Dikshit, while addressing an Urdu Editor’s conference, said that the Urdu has b
Tightening the noose around former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a corruption case, the ED has obtained an additional Letters Rogatory to gather evidence from Dubai where one of Koda`s Pune-based associates allegedly invested Rs 270 crore
Annual food inflation rose to 16.90 per cent for the week ended June 12 on high prices of pulses, vegetables and milk. The annual rate of price rise of food items in the previous week was 16.12 per cent. Prices of pul
Main Opposition Congress in the BJP-ruled Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) today criticised the civic body for its alleged failure in implementing the Centre-sponsored Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY), a housing scheme for the poor.
The union ministry of health and family welfare has asked the state authorities to keep a strict vigil on use of carbide gas for ripening of fruits. Use of carbide gas for ripening of fruits is prohibited under rule 44 AA of Prevention of Food Adu
Here is a businessman, who went to court with a public interest litigation – relating to Mumbai Police and the safety of the common man – but all he got from the court was punishment, of Rs five lakh, for filing a “frivolous&rdqu
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today described as unfortunate the resignation of Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, but maintained that he could not give any commitment on granting suo motu powers to the institution. "Hegde`s r
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has come in the way of smooth ties between BJP and Janata Dal(U) in Bihar and it is now turn of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi of BJP to repair the damage, as he spent an hour with JD(U) president Shar
The union cabinet on Thursday will consider a change of design for some of the currency notes. This will be introduced in 2012 in the highest denominations like Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes. This change is being brought about keeping in mind
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will declare open the Tirupati Intrenational Airport on July 9, at Tirupati. He is expected to stay overnight and have a darshan of Lord Balaji. On the next day, he will drive down to Kalahasti to dedicate to the nati
The union cabinet is likely to consider on Thursday declaring October 14 as a national holiday to commemorate the Commonwealth Games in India. A note to this effect is being put up by Department of Personnel.
With the DU administration and the Delhi University Teachers` Association (DUTA) at loggerheads over the semester system, varsity teachers are treading a tightrope between their professional and associational obligation. While heeding the
After decades of turning its back on commuters` needs, the Delhi Transport Corporation is now talking of addressing the city`s bus-woes. With less than four months left for the Commonwealth Games, DTC officials are hoping to rus
The World Bank has committed 21 per cent of its US$9.3 billion of lending to India for the year ending June 2010 on infastructure, but the country wants more funds for energy, transport and other infrastructure. "The demand for additi
A circular doing the rounds in the rural development ministry has sent its babus to the study table. They are frenetically preparing for a test to be held on July 6, which, if they fail in, earns them an adverse entry in their ACR (annual
The World Bank today said its total lending to India will touch USD 9.3 billion for the fiscal ending June this year. The total expected lending this year includes USD 2.6 billion in interest-free credit and USD 6.7 billion in the f
Will India achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline? It certainly does not look so, says a report of an UN study, With only five years left for the target year, the report says that the South Asia is not expected to era
