Expressing satisfaction over the progress made in initiating peace parleys with northeastern militant groups, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said government was prepared to extend its hand of friendship to any group that wanted to hold talks.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that he was aware of the "nervousness in the corporate sector" over phone-tapping and asked cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar to look into the matter and submit a report within a month.
Cracking down on corruption, the Bihar government on Friday confiscated the property of an offcial convicted of corruption. Raghuvansh Kunwar`s houses - two in Patna and one in Samastipur - were appropriated by the state, with orders to run school
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has assured that major measures will soon be implemented to make capital a safe place. In the wake of the Dhaula Kuan and Mongolpuri rapes, Dikshit held a meeting with top officials on Monday, inc
The Delhi government will announce the guidelines for nursery admissions on Wednesday. Education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Monday that the all criteria for admissions will take the right to education (RTE) in to account
Motorists using the Connaught Place route to get to other areas will soon have to fork out congestion charges. Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta told Governance Now, "Delhi will be charging such motorists for congestion. If they want
The rural development ministry has proposed to organise NREGA Mela - annual fests where best practices in the implementation of the scheme can be shared at one platform. The mela, to be held on the annual day of the Act on February 2, wil
The Delhi government will soon appoint a board of five members who will inspect all homes in the city meant for the mentally challenged, elderly, beggars etc, which fall under the social welfare department, Delhi’s social welfare minister Ma
Ahead of the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visit, India has sought greater investment of Chinese companies in infrastructure despite its concern regarding security. “We would look for more Chinese investment in India especially in our growing i
Home minister P Chidambaram today sought to blame migrants to Delhi for crimes like rape, a statement that came under attack from political leaders, following which he withdrew it. "......nevertheless crime takes place because
The winter session of Parliament today ended without transacting any substantial business, going down in Parliamentary history as the only session virtually washed out due to standoff between the government and Opposition over 2G spectrum scam.
There has been an increase in the HIV incidence (number of new HIV infections per year) in Gujarat, which is considered to be low prevalence state, in the last couple of years, according to latest HIV estimates made available by National AIDS Cont
Firmly rejecting Opposition demand for a JPC to probe the 2G spectrum scam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched a blistering attack against BJP and asked partymen to expose its "double standards and doublespeak" on the issue o
The supreme court today favoured a central probe into the diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, in Orissa. "We are treating this matter seriously. We will give direction to the centre to hold i
The Delhi high court on Friday ordered AIIMS to float fresh tenders for opening a charitable pharmacy for distribution of medicines at nominal rates to the poor inside the hospital premises. A bench of justices S K Kaul and M L Mehta said
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today sought to downplay controversial remarks made by environment minister Jairam Ramesh at the climate change summit in Cancun, saying "don`t read too much into this". The prime minister`s response
Post 26/11, a section of the Congress leadership was seen playing religious politics after one of its leaders, A R Antulay, implied that Hindutva forces may have been involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, according to a confidential memo by the t
Former union telecom minister A Raja today said he will cooperate with the CBI to prove his innocence in the wake of the probe agency conducting searches at the DMK leader and his aides` residences in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
Tamil Nadu government has instructed district administrations not to grant no-objection certificate (NOC) for sale of agricultural lands for the purpose of converting them into housing plots or industrial sites, state Agriculture Minister Veerapan
