Hopes to save a small reservoir, at the centre of a controversy in Gujarat, have been revived as the ministry of environment and forests have slapped a show-cause notice on the Nirma group which plans to set up a cement factory at the site of the
The supreme court on Monday refused to stay the Delhi high court order asking veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari to undergo DNA test in a paternity case. However, a bench comprising justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha made it clear that the
India has emerged world`s largest arms importer overtaking China which shared the second spot with South Korea followed by Pakistan, according to a report by a Swedish think-tank. "India is the world`s largest arms importer,&qu
An exclusive centre to train commandos on the lines of the National Security Guards (NSG) will soon come up in Kheda district of Gujarat as part of the police upgradation programme initiated by the central government. This commando
Alleging involvement of union minister P K Bansal in a shop allocation scam in Chandigarh, opposition BJP on Monday forced adjournments of both houses of Parliament. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled for the day, BJP members were on their
The new defence procurement procedure-2011 aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems and platforms for defence in as early timeframe as possible, minister of state for defenc
In a bid to register its third consecutive win in 2013 assembly polls in the state, BJP will reach the doorsteps of rural folk in Madhya Pradesh. "To win the 2013 assembly elections for the third time in succession, we have rol
Taluka level courts would be set up in all the 225 blocks of the state during the golden jubilee year of Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday. "To ensure that every person gets justice through the legal sys
In a new turn in the palmolein graft case, a Special Vigilance Court here today gave sanction for a further probe that could bring former Chief Minister and Congress leader Oommen Chandy under the scanner. The order o
Maharashtra mahila congress committee secretary Summan Agarwal has welcomed the decision to provide fifty percent reservation to members of the fair sex in local bodies. "I congratulate all women for the 50 percent reservation
The use of social media in bettering governance is a relatively new concept for our government but those few departments who have tried it are not only very happy with the experience they want to expand its use to the maximum. Participatin
As government departments have begun to use social media with some amazingly encouraging results, they are not only realising the power of this new tool but also some attendant concerns. Users of the social media outside the government are equally
Social media should look beyond a transactional role and aim to be transformational, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Friday. “If you see what is happening in Libya and elsewhere… This (the use of social
Hearing of the sedition case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and four others for their alleged anti-India speeches was today preponed by a fortnight by a Delhi court. The court
Against the backdrop of a budget proposal to introduce a five per cent service tax on healthcare, the NHRC today hoped that the government will not go ahead with any such move that will affect medical services to the common man. The Nation
The CPI-M today said there was "no confusion" within the party on the candidature of Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan for the upcoming assembly polls and the process to finalise the list of candidates in the state was currently on
With the government deciding to scrap the controversial deal between ISRO`s commercial arm Antrix and the Indian unit of a US firm, a notice of termination of the agreement for lease of premium space segment has been served to Devas. "
After sealing the seat sharing deal, the DMK and Congress today set in motion the process of identifying the constituencies where the two key UPA partners would contest in the April 13 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. "The first round of ta
High input costs are likely to continue to yank steel prices in the domestic market further even as demand is expected to remain high, Tata Steel today said. The steel major said prices of the alloy will continue to show an upward trend in near fu
The government is planning to make the electronic delivery of its services mandatory - a move that will phase out the manual distribution of services. A draft bill - the first of its kind in terms of its ambit and which will override previ
