Former MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who staged a show of strength here today, virtually dared the Congress to take action against its MLAs and MPs who are with him saying the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh will fall if they withdraw su
Bihar has formulated the draft right to service bill, which, if becomes a law, is not expected to go down well with the government servants. Under the Bihar rajya seva dene ki guarantee vidheyak, 2011, government servants will have to finish routi
As the government grapples with high prices of essential commodities, prime minister Manmohan Singh today held a meeting with senior ministers to find ways to tame food inflation which has crossed 18 per cent. The meeting attended by finan
The Maharashtra government today decided to recommend to the Governor the suspension of state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari for his alleged role in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Tiwari should not attend office
The government has never conducted the audit of national defence fund (NDF), the corpus of which is Rs 723 crore. The cabinet secretariat gave this information in response to an application filed under the right to information (RTI) act.
Delhi may soon become the only city in the country to have parking meters for mechanised parking on the lines of top world cities. A meeting presided over by chief secretary Rakesh Mehta on Monday cleared a pilot project for install
Over 400 select outlets across the city including the Mother Diary stores will sell onion at Rs 35 per kg from tomorrow against the retail market price of Rs 60-65 per kg. Delhi food and civil supplies minister Haroon Yusuf said the
Asserting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not given any direction on the pricing of spectrum in 2007, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said prima facie it was evident that procedure to allocate spectrum lacked transparency. "
The Uttar Pradesh government today directed officials to initiate legal proceedings against a private medical college here for improper bio-medical waste disposal. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Environment M
Fuelled with "adequate force" and enthused by the elimination of at least 14 rebels in a span of 10 days, Orissa government today said it was now ready to prevent Maoist attacks and take on ultras in jungles and hideouts. Orissa
Amidst controversy over its figures of revenue loss on account of allocation of 2G spectrum, government auditor CAG today said it stood by the report submitted to Parliament late last year. "CAG stands by its report on 2G spectrum hun
Canadian Parliament is all set to ratify in February the civil nuclear deal with India, giving a fresh boost to bilateral cooperation even as the two countries are expected to seal a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in the next
The government has quietly dropped a move to haul up the ministers for corruption as it does not figure in the terms of reference of the eight-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, appointed last week to cons
Slamming the Centre for its alleged apathy towards according special status to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that special treatment is necessary for sustaining the existing GDP rate. "We have to sustain the existing GD
Pakistan government today appeared divided over resuming onion exports to India with the Agriculture Ministry not not averse to lifting the ban but the Commerce Ministry has some reservations. A meeting was held in the Commerce Ministry on
In a move that could further push up Onion prices, traders in Nashik and adjoining areas today went on two-day strike against tax raids and disrupted supply to contracting traders from other states who are being forced to sell the vegetable at &qu
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has informed Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram, who had asked him to visit Delhi immediately following Friday`s firing in Lalgarh, that he would be able to come only in the third week of this mon
Additional closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will keep a vigil on Sheetla Ghat, Dashashwamedh Ghat and Chittaranjan Park area in the wake of the terrorist attack that rocked the town on December 7 last year. The installations are p
The Income Tax department today surveyed business premises of big onion and vegetable traders including at Azadpur wholesale market here to detect hoarding and illegal profiteering. IT sources said the officials of the IT department began
The supreme court on Monday sought reasons from parties involved on why the 2G licenses should not be revoked. Hearing a petition demanding the revoking of the licenses, filed by former law minister and Janata party president Subramaniam S
