Federation of Mizoram Government School Teachers (FMGST) today criticised the government for engaging school teachers in the ongoing Census 2011 work to the detriment of the interest of the students. A press statement issued by the FMGST s
Admitting that inflation posed a serious threat to the growth momentum affecting the poor and vulnerable sections, prime minister Manmohan Singh today favoured waiving mandi, octroi and local taxes, which impede the smooth movement of essential co
Mr. Jairam Ramesh Hon`ble Minister of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan CGO Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 Dear Shri Ramesh, We are writing to publicly challenge yo
India is not expecting any "concrete" or "final pronouncement" at the climate conclave in Durban later this year on four key issues, including one pertaining to emission cuts. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, however
The ghosts of the 2002 Gujarat riots continue to haunt chief minister Narendra Modi. The weekly magazine Tehelka claims to have dug up a carefully buried indictment of Modi by the special investigation team (SIT) probing the riots. Accordi
In the last few decades, the negative fallout of the green revolution of the 1960s in Punjab has been continually highlighted in reports of sick soil, declining yields. A new report by Greenpeace blames government apathy for the state of affairs.
The government today told the Supreme Court that once a bureaucrat is given a vigilance nod for appointment as secretary, no further clearance is required for empanelment for appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner. "Once a pers
The ministry of New and renewable energy is soon going to generate electricity using corn cobs. After successful projects of electrification through rice husk the villages in Bihar will see electricity generation using corn cobs. Sources in
Lalita, a shy 15-year-old girl is a household name in and around Sherpur village nearly 60 km from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. For two years, she was the lone student in her village’s government girls’ middle school, which has since beco
Ten days after a child molestation case by a senior resident doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) made headlines, the health ministry and the AIIMS administration finally sacked the accused doctor on Wednesday night based
The commonwealth games organising committee (OC) spent Rs 33 lakh to save its image which was tarnished in the wake of corruption allegations. On November 10 last, the OC issued advertisements in 21 newspapers carrying details of its expen
With the changing technology in medicine the curriculum of the medical courses taught in the country should also change, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr RC Deka here on Tuesday. “The doctor-patient r
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said growing corruption was paving way for a shift towards anti-Congressism in national politics but parried a question on whether he was ready to lead any such opposition move. "The situation i
Railways today said they could do nothing to avert the mishap involving ITBP job aspirants in Uttar Pradesh as repeated announcements made to discourage them from travelling atop trains proved ineffective. "Travelling atop trains is u
Dissident JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Prasad Kushwaha today questioned the Nitish Kumar government`s commitment to clean up the system from corruption by merely seeking declaration of assets from its ministers and demanded that all politicians be
Delhi government on Wednesday asked MCD to implement the guidelines quota for students from economically weaker section (EWS) in those primary public schools which have been functioning after getting recognition from the civic body. The de
All is not well with the rural employment guarantee scheme NREGA. This admission comes not from the civil society groups but from the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson and Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi. "I want to shar
Delhi`s St. Stephen`s college is looking at investing Rs 130 crore to revamp the college by 2050. While celebrating 130 years of its existence on Tuesday, the college unveiled a master plan or vision for 2050 for the college. The college is planni
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to Haryana government and members of State Public Service Commission (HPSC) on a petition challenging the appointments made to Haryana Civil Services and allied services in January this year.
Former telecom minister A Raja and his aides, former personal secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth behera have been remanded to the custody of the CBI for the next five days. The three had been produced by the agency befo
