Former union minister and Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar has demanded introduction of a new Nagpur-New Delhi Duranto Express and also increase in the frequency of Nagpur-Mumbai Duranto, which runs on a tri-weekly basis. Muttemwar, in a
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal may soon find himself in a soup over the S-band spectrum controversy. Sibal was a part of the space commission that cleared state run Antrix Corp`s S-band spectrum deal with Devas Multimedia in 2005. As the min
The Congress party’s presidentship has become a “family monopoly”, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) LK Advani writes in his blog dated 6th February, 2011. In his blog Advani talks about Belgaum in Karnata
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos sustainable development was a much talked about topic. Indian delegates discussed about inclusive growth and sustainable development on media. But what does sustainable development mean? Can it become a
Indian Airlines pilots, aggrived by frequent delays in remittances of salaries and a wide gap between their pay and that of the pilots of Air India, are planning a st
CBI on Friday quizzed the former telecom minister A Raja on the unified access services (UAS) licencing issue. The agency is believed to have posed sixteen questions to Raja, armed with the original files of the telecom department and the
The one-member committee of retired supreme court judge Shivraj Patil has faulted the department of telecom (DoT) for first seeking opinion of the law ministry on the procedure for the 2G spectrum allocation and then ignoring it. It also n
The coal ministry plans to circulate a note on enhancing coal production in the next cabinet meeting, asking that the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) consider all coal blocks irrespective of its No-Go policy for mining in forest areas f
Doctor’s strike at the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital here came to an end on Friday evening almost two days after it began. The services at the hospital resumed from 5 pm with all the resident doctors and interns joining duties.
White ambassador cars with red/blue beacon lights and screeching siren, running down the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand is a common sight. With the launch of operation control and data centre (OCC) th
Senior BJP leader L K Advani will be arriving here on Saturday to flag off a campaign against the Central government, highlighting the issues of corruption and price rise. With many prominent leaders having already arrived in town to back
Bank accounts of a trust backed by Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje and its trustees have been frozen in connection with the probe into the seizure of a huge amount of foreign currency from a transit home of the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has approved formation of a ministerial panel, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, to sort out environmental issues hurting coal production. This comes in the backdrop of ever widening demand-supply g
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said steps have been taken to tame inflation but the government has no magic lamp to bring it down immediately. "You cannot expect that there is any magic wand or like Alladin`s magic lamp t
Congress on Friday made an attempt to draw the opposition into ending the deadlock over a joint parliamentary committee probe into the 2G scam. Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told the assembled media persons at a press conference
Indians abroad will now be able to register themselves as voters in India under the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules notified on Thursday. The government has also published a new Form 6A for enabling the overseas electors to appl
Madras high court on Friday directed the government not to allow any person to draw and sell ground water until the Tamil Nadu Ground water Act was notified. A division of bench comprising justice Elipe Dharma Rao and justice D.Hari
With his government under attack over various scams, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday spoke out against corruption, saying that it strikes at the roots of good governance, dents the country`s international image and "demeans us
The government is mulling over a fast track approval of PSUs` proposals for acquisition of natural resources like oil, coal and mines overseas, without going to the cabinet, a top official said. An empowered committee headed by cabinet sec
Amidst uproar by the Opposition members, Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi on Friday addressed the joint house on the opening day of the budget session of the state legislative assembly. As soon as the proceeding of the House started, the o
