India will soon have a new programme for better menstrual health of adolescent girls, said health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Monday. “Adolescent pregnancies present themselves a great challenge for maternal health. The risk of
There`s no way out of this mess. With the Delhi government stepping up efforts to clear out as many as 1,800 Blueline buses from Delhi roads, read NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Corporation) routes, starting September 15, commuters will indeed find the
The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a petition by an NGO seeking to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with 2002 riots, till September 27. A division bench of Chief Justice S J Muk
The government today introduced Direct Taxes Code (DTC), offering much lower benefits than in the original proposal, that seeks to increase tax exemption on income from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh and fix the corporate tax at a flat 30 percent.
People earning more than Rs 10 lakh a year may save up to Rs 41,040 in income tax, if slabs proposed by the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill come into effect, experts said. Similarly, tax burden would reduce by Rs 21,540 for those earni
The Prime Minister`s Office on Monday cleared appointments of the chairmen of eight nationalised banks and promotion of 10 general managers as executive directors. PMO over-ruled the objections from the Establishment Officer and also from
Four months after a Delhi High Court appointed committee highlighted the dismal conditions of construction workers at Commonwealth Games sites, not much has changed. According to the findings of the People’s Union for Democratic Righ
Slum dwellers in the capital have joined hands to press for not only a budget the size of the Commonwelath Games spending for their housing but also the implementation speed to match. While the campaign initiated by the United Volunteer As
BJP today said the charges levelled by senior IPS officer Geetha Johri against the CBI in the Sohrabuddin encounter case should be investigated and demanded a debate on the issue in the Rajya Sabha. "The Supreme Court had direc
A special CBI court here today adjourned till September 7 hearing on the bail application of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Special CBI Judge G K Upadhyay a
The Supreme Court today allowed UP Chief Minister Mayawati`s plea seeking postponement of hearing in the disproportionate assets case relating to her declared wealth going up from Rs one crore in 2003 to Rs 50 crore in 2007. A bench
Efforts to wean away Maoists from the path of violence seems to be making progress going by the response to the government`s surrender packages announced in Jharkhand and West Bengal a month back. Jharkhand has made a headstart with
Punjab`s first mega food park, which will involve capital infusion of up to Rs 150 crore, would be developed at Fazilka in Ferozepur district by a consortium led by agro unit International Fresh Farm Products. "The Union Minist
Ramdas Bapuji Ubale-Ghadegaonkar, an RTI activist and a Shiv Sena functionary, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Nanded in Marathwada region of Maharashtra,
Is Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani qualified to be on the board of a key advocacy group on the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? Some civil society groups in India have questioned his appointment a month ago, while a UN official h
For the fourth time, the government has played mischief with the nuclear liability bill. The BJP completely missed it and the Left realize the mischief only partly when the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 was passed in Lok Sab
For the last time on Friday, the parliamentarians decided their salary and allowances themselves as in future the responsibility will be bestowed on an independent permanent mechanism to decide their raise. Piloting a Bill in the Lo
The Madhya Pradesh government has drawn an ambitious plan to generate 800 MW of power through solar, wind and biomass by 2013, to bridge the widening gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the state. "We have embar
In a new turn in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, senior Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Geetha Johri has accused the CBI of pressurising her to implicate some political leaders, including arrested BJP leader Amit Shah. In a cu
Days after a move to confer doctorate on Vishwanathan Anand by the University of Hyderabad sparked a row over his nationality, the varsity`s vice-chancellor today said dates for the convocation of the world chess champion would be decided soon.
