With India and United States likely to discuss foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail during US president Barack Obama`s India visit, Walmart, the American retail giant has pitched for 100 percent FDI in the retail sector. “Hundr
The transport department authorities are awaiting the notification from Delhi lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna regarding the phasing out of Blueline buses from the national capital. Presently, these private buses have been kept away from Lutyen
Even though government budgets are rationing of public money for governance, Indians do not get to know much about the budgets that the government presents annual budget. Indian budget is still not fully open to public, says a survey condu
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today indicated that the final decision on the much-delayed Navi Mumbai airport project may be taken on November 7. "The final decision on the Navi Mumbai airport project is likely to be taken
Terming as wide and comprehensive the working parameters of the committee probing the alleged fraud in Commonwealth Games, former CAG V K Shunglu said the panel will go into every complaint to arrive at a logical conclusion within the stipulated t
Delhi`s third mega Lok Adalat on Sunday made a strong case for more like it. Over one lakh cases were resolved in a single day as binding judgements were handed out on matters as complicated and compoundable as recovery suits and injunction suits
OPINION Rajiv Gandhi once said that out of every rupee spent by the government on poor people only 10 paise actually reach their intended beneficiaries. In case you have not heard, the Garib Kalyan Melas
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health a state of “complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. But in India besides clinical interventions which target physical healt
The Delhi Transport corporation isplanning to add 200 new buses to its fleet but may not have enough space to house them, fear senior offcials at the transport authority. Presently there are 40 depots housing buses to capacity. With the co
The Delhi government on Monday decided bar Blueline buses from running in new Delhi municipal corporation (NDMC) for an indefinite period. The government had earlier decided to phase out as many as 1,600 buses from the NDMC area for a mont
Indo-US relations have moved away from grants, aid and disagreements, said US government officials in New Delhi. “Disagreements will often come. We will find a way to take care of these things,” said the official in the backdro
Jean Dreze, noted development economist who played a stellar role in formulating the national rural employment guarantee law in the previous UPA government and was made a member of the reconstituted National Advisory Council, is furious with the a
Stepping up his attack on the Bihar government, Rahul Gandhi on Monday drew parallels between the development claims of Nitish Kumar and the failure of NDA`s `India Shining` campaign, predicting that the state government would bite the dust in the
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav on Monday launched an unusually strong personal attack on the Gandhi-Nehru family and said Rahul Gandhi should be thrown away in the Ganges. "These people with the symbol of hand (Congress party
The supreme court (SC) on Monday sought the attorney general`s opinion on Amar Singh and Jaya Prada`s plea that they should not be disqualified as members of parliament (MP) after their expulsion from the Samajwadi Party. A bench head
The central vigilance commission (CVC) has formed a "special cell" comprising senior officials to look into complaints of corruption related to Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. Sources said the special cell, which is functional
Telecommunication department has decided to insist on mobile phone operators for obtaining clearance from the wildlife division of the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) for setting up mobile phone towers in view of the possible ill-effects
The supreme court on Monday refused to expedite proceedings against Congress MP Raja Ram Pal and 10 former parliamentarians in the infamous `cash-for-query` scam. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran dismissed the PIL seeking "fas
People of the Narmada valley marked their 25 years of struggle against big dams last weekend without much fanfare, quite clearly because their struggle has gone out of public discourse and national consciousness. A sad comment indeed given the sem
Observing that infrastructure deficit was posing a major constraint to India`s growth, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said an outlay of over USD one trillion was envisaged for infrastructure projects during the next Five-year Plan beginni
