The challenge of climate change is a godsent opportunity for Indian businesses to develop technology, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said at a conference on Tuesday. Speaking at the 5th Sustainability Summit organised by CII, Ramesh said that
With the economy expanding by 8.9 per cent in the July-September quarter, the government today exuded confidence that the GDP growth rate during the current fiscal would exceed 8.75 per cent. "Amid all the depressing news there
Stung by Lavasa`s "unfair attack", Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said there was "no prejudice" involved in his ministry`s show-cause notice to the company for constructing a hilly project near Pune and it need not fe
Ahead of the all-party meeting convened by Speaker Meira Kumar to end the logjam in Parliament, leaders of the Opposition NDA met here today and decided to stick to their demand for a JPC probe in the alleged irregularities in 2G spectrum allocati
The CBI today carried out searches at 11 premises, including residences of four aides of CWG Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi, in connection with alleged irregularities in a Rs 107 crore contract for the Games result update system and registere
IPS officer Amar Pratap Singh was today appointed the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for two years succeeding Ashwani Kumar. The Appointments` Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cle
Continuing with his attack on diesel-guzzling cars like sports utility vehicles (SUVs), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today asked the users of such cars to pay full market price for the fossil fuel which is being sold at subsidised rates for
NGOs and activists working for the rights of the NREGA workers have come together to oppose biometric project under PPP in NREGA. A statement signed by the likes of Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Jean Dreze and several other civil society members,
Barkha Dutt, group editor of NDTV news channel, will go on air tonight at 10 pm and submit herself to questioning by a panel of four journalists over the Radia tapes. Dutt has been under increasing pressure to come up with a credible explanation e
The special court hearing the 2002 Gulburg Society riot case today asked civil society group and media to help it find the truth by putting forward their views on various aspects of the case. Designated Judge B U Joshi while passing
Writer Arundhati Roy, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others were today booked on charges of sedition by Delhi Police for their "anti-India" speech at a seminar here last month. The filing of the FIR came following a di
The NDA government in Bihar will constitute an ombudsman to probe corruption charges and recommend action against the guilty elected representatives and officials associated with local bodies in the state, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi s
The Punjab and haryana High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal seeking details of the "religion and faith" of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the RTI Act, saying the petitioner was trying to encroach on their privacy
Nursery admissions in the capital`s schools will start from January 1, 2011, education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Monday. The process will continue for three months before ending on 31st March. After meeting with the heads of t
Indian Medical technology industry is expected to grow from $2.75 billion in 2008 to $14 billion in 2020, says a Federation of Indian chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) – Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) report on medical technology in I
The government on Monday moved to clear some of the 2G muck by sending showcause notices to 85 of the 122 companies which got 2G spectrum licences despite being inelligible for the allocation. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal informed the press that t
After the Delhi government claimed that it will not demolish the Millennium Park bus depot, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, a green NGO has now written to the president, Pratibha Patil, to intervene in the matter. In a letter to the president, the NGO has sa
Chief executive officers (CEOs) of the business process outsourcing (BPO) units could now be held responsible for not ensuring safety of their employees, police commissioner B K Gupta said while briefing the lieutenant governor (LG) Tejendra Khann
The environment ministry on Monday said there were loopholes in Lavasa Corporation`s reply to its notice for alleged violation of norms in its 25,000-hectares hill city project near Pune. "There are some loopholes in Lavasa Cor
