Bowing to demands by several political parties, government today said it has decided to include caste in census and the formality of endorsing it is expected at the next Cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lo
Those waiting for a decked up Connaught Place (CP) will have to wait. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will take at least two more years to beautify CP, restoring it to its past glory. This project includes a uniform look for all th
In the race to attract more and more investment in the state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is banking on skilled workforce, abundant natural resources, continuous power supply, peaceful industrial work atmosphere, a si
Corporate restructuring, not unlike medical surgery, involves transformative treatment based on professional diagnosis. It is a corporate management term that refers to the act of partially dismantling and then reorganising a company for the purpo
Senior Gujarat IPS officer Geeta Johri`s allegation that the CBI was intimidating her to depose against former state home minister Amit Shah in the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter rocked both the houses of Parliament. The calcula
The union ministers and ministers of state will now require the prime minister`s prior approval before proceeding on official foreign tours and they will also have to keep the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) informed even about their private
Finally, it took the Supreme Court to discipline Sharad Pawar, our food and agriculture minister. “Tell your minister that free food distribution is our order, not a suggestion by us”, the apex court curtly told the government
An FIR has been filed against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 28 others by the Vigilance Bureau, accusing them of forgery and criminal conspiracy while awarding contracts to a Hyderabad-based company for rural electrification.
The state government appointed commission of inquiry, looking into 17 death cases lodged in the Valley from June 11 to July 19, met for the first time since its formation about a month ago and decided to set up its sub-offices at Anantnag and Bara
Twelve people were convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years while 75 others acquitted today in three separate cases relating to the communal riot in Kandhamal. The three cases were disposed by two fast track c
The Orissa government on Monday said it will move Supreme Court challenging the Centre`s approval of forest clearance to Polavaram irrigation project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh without taking its view. "We will challenge th
TRS today warned it would respond seriously if police cases are filed against the students of Osmania University over the attack on the teachers from non-Telangana regions. "Workers from Nalgonda and Karimnagar were beaten up i
Union government is planning to introduce a series of legislations to reform the education system in the country and the Parliament will soon discuss National Vocational Education Bill, HRD minister Kapil Sibal said here today. Deli
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that his government would take all possible help to ensure the welfare of labourers from Jharkhand, who went to Leh to work in construction companies, stuck there after the cloud burst hit
Public sector bank employees will go on a nation-wide strike on September 7 to protest the issue of new bank licences to private sector banks. "Around 10 lakh bank employee from 27 public sector banks, 18 foreign banks, 26 priv
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday recorded the statement of former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, an accused in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case. The statement was recorded on a complaint filed by Zakia, wh
Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced various measures his ministry would be taking to improve the health delivery in the country at the 11th conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare held here on Monday. To control i
An embarrassed UPA government dropped the Enemy Property Bill listed for debate and passage in the Lok Sabha on Monday as it found itself falling between two stools. The related Ordinance will now be allowed to lapse. This is the result of
An embarrassed UPA government dropped the Enemy Property Bill listed for debate and passage in the Lok Sabha on Monday as it found itself falling between two stools. The related Ordinance will now be allowed to lapse. This is the result of
The Delhi University Teacher`s Association`s (DUTA) Executive Committee in its meeting on Monday decided to make the university non-functional from 31st August onwards - if the vice chancellor Deepak Pental`s term is extended after he retires this
