In accepting the recommendations of the Planning Commission on the Food Security Bill, the National Advisory Council (NAC) has acknowledged what the government has been saying all along, that food entitlements cannot stretch beyond the food supply
After reaching out to millions of unskilled persons across rural India through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the centre now looks set to bring the tribals in its fold. The rural development ministry has constituted a work
Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Friday assured that his office will go paperless by 2011, at the press conference on teh sidelines of the apex committee meeting on the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The Apex committee on N
It took two many insults within as many days from the Pakistani foreign minister SM Qureshi for the Indian media to finally conclude on Friday afternoon that India-Pakistan talks had collapsed. But it will take the Indian establishment a lot more
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi`s opinion on ways to resolve the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka "once and for all" through political agreement. "My government will certainly
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has served a notice on the medical university here following a complaint by a teacher that he was denied promotion. Santosh Kumar, who is attached with the Pulmonary
With the Opposition continuing its indefinite dharna demanding CBI probe into alleged illegal mining in the state, the Karnataka Assembly was today adjourned sine die, cutting short the session by nearly a fortnight. The session whi
The near-fatal gas leak in the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) is an eye-opener to various cargo handlers importing hazardous chemicals, the country`s top pollution watchdog said today, asking them to prepare an emergency plan to prevent such situations.
The congress is gearing up to defeat any no-confidence motion that the opposition may bring in the Lok Sabha in the coming monsoon session from July 26, as the UPA-II government is 13 votes short of the half mark in the house to be able to sail th
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was in South Africa for the World Cup finals tie between Spain and Holland on July 11, according to a senior functionary of the government. Rahul is apparently a big-time sports buff: he had a
The centre plans to introduce a constitutional amendment bill regarding the general sales tax (GST) during the monsoon session of parliament. Unless ratified by eight states, the constitutional amendment cannot be signed by the Pres
The BJP today asserted its majority in the Karnataka Assembly and ensured passage of ten Bills, including one to amend Lokayukta Act to empower the anti-graft body with more powers, amid vociferous protest by the Opposition. Amidst
Opposition Congress today demanded resignation of BJP president Nitin Gadkari for giving clean chit to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank over the controversial allotment of 56 hydel projects. "The way the allotments
Stepping up their demand for resignation of two ministers for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore coal scam, opposition Congress and BJP today paralysed Orissa assembly for the third day today. "We demand resignation of the t
Vehicular traffic went off the roads in response to a 14-hour transport strike called by the Mizoram Road Transport Union (MRTU), the apex body of the state vehicle owners and drivers` associations today. Public transport vehicles includin
The Khairlanji Action Committee has alleged that the most important "caste factor" was diluted in the infamous Dalits killing case during the trial and subsequently when the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentence of six accused to
Haryana has rolled out a Rs 8.5 crore assistance package for farmers in the flood-affected areas of the state, officials said here today. The package included free and subsidised supply of seeds of different crops and making availab
Telugu Desam Party`s bus yatra to Maharashtra today to see the Babhli barrage being "illegally" built by the neighbouring state is nothing but an attempt to gain political mileage, a Congress MP said today. TDP chief N Cha
Flaying Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan for not conveying the resolution of the legislative council declaring disputed Karnataka region as a union territory to the prime minister, Shiv Sena MLC Ramdas Kadam today moved a breach of privileg
The opposition Congress and the BJP today accused Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik of being soft to ministers allegedly involved in the multi-crore coal scam. They claimed that the chief minister who had sacked many ministers ea
