Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has asked the concerned departments to gradually shift government offices to city outskirts in order to decongest traffic. While building new offices, Omar said, the government departme
Kapil Sibal’s two-part article in the Hindustan Times (‘A free-floating entity’ and ‘
Lifting its stay, the Kerala High Court today permitted the UDF government to proceed with allotment of 50 per cent of seats it had reserved under state quota in post graduate courses in self financing medical colleges. The order in
Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran met the prime minister Manmohan Singh at his residence on Thursday. Maran, a leader of Congress`s UPA ally DMK, came under a cloud ever since reports of his involvement in the 2G scam - during his stint as t
Air India (AI) may soon get another equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore from the government. Prime minister Manmohan Singh told a group of editors on Wednesday that he would take all possible measures to revamp the ailing carrier. Singh said
Though informal labour market constitutes 93 percent of Indian economy, there is no legislation for their inclusive development resulting in the absence of decent work environment and livelihood for their skills and capabilities.
Anna Hazare and his team could not meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. At the time of filing of this report, Gandhi had not confirmed her appointment with Hazare. Yesterday, the social activist had said that he wanted
The government is all set to finalise the structure of the food security bill, food minister K V Thomas said on Wednesday. The food security bill will recognise the woman as the head of the family for households that are set to benefit fro
With Manmohan Singh personally favouring bringing the post of prime minister under the ambit of Lokpal, the Anna Hazare team today suggested he should show his commitment in this regard as he did on the issue of nuclear deal with the US. &
Asserting that he has no hesitation in subjecting himself to the jurisdiction of Lokpal, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wenesday ruled out inclusion of higher judiciary within the ambit of the anti-corruption ombudsman. Bringing higher j
In a bid to tackle black money and tax evasion, the government is bringing a new law in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament in August to clamp down on `benami` deals. One of the provisions in the proposed law is to empower th
Three rounds into the admissions season at Delhi University, most students and even some colleges remain unaware of the requirement of anti-ragging affidavits from applicants. University Grants Commission (UGC) and supreme court had passed
The principal opposition in parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party, is all set to boycott the all-party meet on Lokpal Bill convened by te prime minister on July 3. Taking the plea that the centre should first introduce the Lokpal Bill in parliament,
Poor infrastructure, dangerously dilapidated school buildings, lack of teachers and quality education, and dirty, non-functional toilets - these are some of the factors crippling the education sector. A post-facto social audit of the imple
The Anna Hazare team today met CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat here to explain the civil society position on the Lokpal Bill ahead of the all party meeting on the issue. Civil society activists Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi
Adults above the age of 30 and all pregnant women in Delhi`s slums will be screened for diabetes and hypertension as part of a campaign by the union health ministry and Delhi government`s department of health to check the spread of these two
A supreme court injunction on Wednesday barring the West Bengal government from returning the land to farmers in Singur has brought relief to Tata Motors. The court observed that the Trinamool congress (TMC) government returning the land w
The planning commission has been incorporating the World Bank’s recommendations in its approach to the 12th five-year plan, a large group of activists has alleged, also opposing the plan panel’s move to have key social initiatives revi
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the economy will grow by around 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal despite the conscious decision of the Reserve Bank to sacrifice growth to contain inflation. "I am still holding the
It is learning time for rural development (RD) ministry officials. The ministry has devised short-term courses for making the officials proficient in the various details of its flagship programmes. The training will start from next m
