The proposed second airport for Mumbai, at Navi Mumbai, will not only impact environment but also reach the saturation point in 25 years, a new study by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has pointed out, even as environment minister Jairam Ra
Resident doctors at Delhi`s Safdarjung hospital have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 1 if their demands for permanent security arrangements and basic amenities are not met by the administration. In a notice on displ
A set of wide ranging recommendations submitted by the six working groups, the rural development ministry formed in March this year to monitor and review the working of the NREGA, will not be implemented anytime soon. “Many of t
For the sixth year in a row, over 4.7 crore subscribers of retirement fund manager EPFO are likely to get 8.5 per cent interest on their deposits in the current fiscal. "EPFO`s apex decision-making body, the Central Board of Tr
A comprehensive law on Code of Criminal Procedure will be brought within a year as the code had become "very old", Home Minister P Chidambaram said in the Rajya Sabha today. "I agree that there should not be a pieceme
Parliament today enacted a new law to enforce stricter regulations for foreign contributions in form of gifts, funds and other forms to individuals and social organisations in the wake of changed internal security environment and large fund flow.
In an apparent balancing act, the Congress today appeared to have distanced itself from the "saffron terrorism" remarks of Home Minister P Chidambaram saying, terror has no no colour. With BJP and Shiv Sena seeking to rake
In a move that will be welcomed by Mumbaikars, BMC today lifted the water cuts in the city for a month due to the ongoing festival season. The city has been facing water cuts since June last year due to scanty rainfalls. Currently,
The indefinite "Chakka-Jam" called by Bihar Motor Transport Federation (BMTF) entered its third day today with around 2.5 lakh trucks and 70,000 buses going off the roads in the state. "Around 2.5 lakh trucks and 70,0
Seven years in the making, the whistleblowers’ bill or the "Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010" was finally introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday. [For the text of the bill see the
Bihar’s growth story – though 11 percent growth rate in the state GDP is being questioned now – has an interesting fallout: Punjab’s farmers are facing a severe labour crunch, especially during the peak season of paddy tran
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) would shortly undertake work for site selection to set up nuclear power projects in Madhya Pradesh and other states. Addressing a press conference here last evening, NTPC chairman-cum-ma
The CBI has told the Supreme Court that the prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a disproportionate assets case cannot be dropped as it has found cogent, credible and admissible evidence against her. In an affidav
In our May 1-15 issue, we carried a report, “Tribals put faith in Gandhian humbug”, saying how two primitive tribes, the Dongaria and Kutia Kondhs of the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, were fighting a Gandhian battle for their rights again
The five-member Justice (Retd) B N Srikrishna Committee, appointed by the Centre to look into the Telangana statehood issue, will start drafting its report from September 15. "We shall complete our consultation process by Septe
Maharashtra, having over 7,000 kms of national and state highways, today became the first state to have a website dedicated to road safety and curb mishaps. The first of its kind website, www.highwaypolicems.in, has been developed b
BJP today found itself isolated in the Rajya Sabha in its protest against Home Minister P Chidambaram`s statement on rise in saffron terrorism with Left and other opposition parties joining hands with Congress to target the main opposition.
The Supreme Court today restrained the Gujarat government from entrusting the Ishrat Jahan encounter case to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan which is probing the post Godhara communal riots in the st
In a major diplomatic row, defence exchanges between India and China have been put on hold after the latter refused permission to Northern Army Commander Lt Gen B S Jaswal to visit that country because he comes from "sensitive" Jammu and
Learning about finances was never this easy. The State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday launched its first series of financial literacy comics with an aim of spreading awareness about its financial inclusion schemes. The comics features popular chara
