Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday said a government cannot be run only by those who know how to build roads, rebuffing transport minister Kamal Nath`s charge that the plan panel was an "armchair advisor"
Nimmi and Naina, both students of class two at a school run by a Trust in the Yamuna Khadar area, do not know when they will be able to attend school next. They are shifting with their five siblings and parents to a place in Ghaziabad. Some offici
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit met prime minister Manmohan Singh on July 1 to update him on the city’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games. There was not much in the papers on what exactly she told the Prime Minister. Sheila didn&rs
Soon, when you board a DTC bus, chances are you will be buying your ticket from a woman. The transport authority has selected 30 women who will be trained to work as conductors on its buses. Now, 20 more female conductors are expected to be recrui
The Chattisgarh government has decided to recommend farmers for the Padma awards. The state`s agriculture minister Chandrashekhar Sahu today said that the state government will recommend names of successful farmers for the Padma Bhushan, P
As he grapples with the difficult situation in Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said the recent developments have "dented" the credibility of his government and his own image but made it clear that he would not run away as he wa
Tamil Nadu government today made its first appointment as part of giving jobs in government service to those who studied in Tamil medium right from elementary school. Chief minister M Karunanidhi had announced during the valedictory of the
Rajkot city Congress unit has decided to protest Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC)`s decision to impose water cut from July 12. RMC officials have slapped water cut from every third day from July 12 as the main reservoirs in the city are
Facing criticism over inadequate air services in the Northeast, government would soon appoint a consultant to advise on the scope and viability of strengthening air connectivity in the region, including linking the state capitals with major metros
Kerala High court today directed the state government to inform it of the reasons for not using force to evict the encroachers at various places in Wayanad district. The direction in this regard was issued by a Division Bench, compr
The draft of the ambitious green mission to increase the forest cover and enhance eco-system services will be finalised by the month-end and then submitted to the prime minister, union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh said today.
Expressing "great anguish" over hazardous waste lying in now defunct Union Carbide Factory even after 25 years of the Bhopal gas tragedy, environment minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government is looking at safe ways of its disposa
The Supreme Court today took exception to the failure of states and union territories for their failure to respond to NHRC`s suggestions on eradication of child and bonded labour. It warned their failure to do so by the next date of
The Delhi University (DU) has sought more time from atomic regulator AERB to submit its final reply on the radiation exposure incident in the national capital in April. Exposure to radioactive material Cobalt-60 in the scrap market in Maya
As a salute to pharmacists, the government will soon be instituting a National Pharmacists` Day, health minister Ghulam Nabi azad revealed at a seminae on pharmacy education here on Friday. He said that the pharmacists are not only dispens
A transparent healthcare delivery system is needed in India which should reach even the lowest sections of the society, said minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi here on Friday at the third Medical Technology Conference 2010 organised by th
Karnataka cheif minister B S Yeddyurappa today proposed to give suo motu powers to the Lokayukta to investigate all public servants except the cheif minister, ministers, legislators and public servants nominated by the government. R
The controversy over “no-go” areas refuses to go. Even after Jairam Ramesh, the environment and forests minister, freed 10 percent of the “no-go” area for mining a couple of days ago, he has been asked to make more concessi
I will soon see another Rs 1230.90 crore, a part of which is paid by me and many like me, made into giant posters and glossy banners which will be visible in all the metro trains and stations, under the government’s National Programme for Pr
