The expert group formed by the health ministry to look into the harmful effects of gutka and other forms of smokeless tobacco has submitted its report stating that gutka causes cancer and that it should be banned, said one of the group members.&nb
Rich renewable energy (RE) states like – Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttrakhand posses 65 percent of India’s small hydropower resources but remains largely untapped, says a World Bank India report released on Friday.
The farce could not have been sustained for too long. And it has indeed been nailed conclusively. Even as the prime minister`s office (PMO) feigned ignorance of the S-band spectrum allocation for proverbial peanuts to a private entity, Devas Multi
The palmolein import graft case, in which central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas figures as an accused, was posted to February 26 by a vigilance court here on Friday. Enquiry commissioner and special judge S Jagadees adjourned the case
The Central Administrative Tribunal today refused to review its earlier order quashing the appointment of 25 Doordarshan News anchors and reporters on the grounds of irregularities in their appointment. A CAT bench headed by chairman V K B
Army has started using bio-metric finger printing technology for recruitments in Jammu and Kashmir to tighten the noose on touts and impersonators operating during job rallies. "We have used bio-meteric finger print technology at recr
The Air India management`s apathy over the issue of pay parity with Air India pilots and salary remittances delays has prompted the Indian Airlines pilots to protest with a work-to-rule agitation from February 12 (midnight) onwards. The mo
BJP activists today staged a protest against JKLF chairman Yasin Malik`s visit to Ajmer and demanded that the separatists leader be asked to leave the city. BJP workers led by party MLA Vasudev Devnani burnt an effigy and shouted slogans a
BJP today asked the government to bring the motion for the formation of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on February 22 and said it would not boycott the Presidential address to both Houses of Parliament. "We would expect the gov
An assembly line of graceful pots and vases greet you as you enter Kumbharwada, or the colony of potters, in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum cluster. From shapeless mud to attractive pots, some left for drying, others on display for sale, Kumbh
Maharashtra BJP today demanded that state Governor K Sankarnarayanan grant sanction to the investigating agencies to conduct proceedings against former Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with the Adarsh Housing
The supreme court on Friday sought the Centre`s response on a plea by Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru for transfer to a prison in Jammu and Kashmir from Tihar jail. Guru, who has been sentenced to death for plotting the December 2001
An apex Naga students body has reiterated its demand for total review of the existing government policy on job reservation for the backward tribes of the state since 2007. Naga Students Federation (NSF) reminded the government about its ea
Street and homeless children here are excited about their enumeration and are spreading awareness about it through their own newspaper and roadside meetings. Homeless on the streets across India will be enumerated on February 28 under the
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie told the Indian Express that he had apprised prime minister Manmohan Singh of the nature and scale of the 2G scam after he realised its enormity and alerted the then CBI director as well. Shourie said t
2G bribes made former telecom minister A Raja richer by Rs 3,000 crore, says a Times of India report citing estimates from CBI and enforcement directorate investigations. The two agencies link Raja`s windfall to the shifting of the o
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dedicated to the nation the first phase of the Rs 6,250 crore International Container Transhipment Terminal at nearby Vallarpadam island that would help exporters access mainline container vessels calling at the
While expressing disappointment at the low 1.6 per cent industrial output growth during December, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said monthly numbers do not reflect correct picture of the economy. "IIP numbers are very unfort
Truly, words play mischief. Equality, equity, equitable... all of them get accommodated, I believe, if human rights are our central concern. Despite such an expanding vocabulary, the concern still remains in the back burner. Somehow, the sense of
Speculative trading, one of the major factors behind spiralling food prices in India and consequent food inflation, has now become a major concern for the top international body United Nations. “Yes, indeed. Financialisation of agric
