The GoM on Bhopal has recommended that a global tender be floated inviting waste management companies to come and clear up the mess that Union Carbide left behind 26 years ago and which Dow refuses to touch today. The entire cleaning up of
The ministry of urban development on Monday signed MoUs with IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, IIT Warangal and CEPT University Ahmedabad for setting up of Center of Excellence (CoE) for Urban Transport Planning and Development. These institutes w
An eight-member team of `Committee on Petitions` of Rajya Sabha MPs today visited Blind Peoples` Association (BPA) here as part of its series of consultations with NGOs on the issue of taxing anonymous donations. The committee led by BJP M
Congress today cleared decks for the entry of United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) (unattached) legislator Anatanasio `Babush` Monserratte into the party fold. Chief minister Digamber Kamat told reporters outside his official residence tha
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and some states on the growing cult of honour killings being reported across the country. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik sought response from the respective g
A recent Supreme Court order allowing bamboo harvesting in sanctuaries could pose a threat to the endangered tigers, feels the government which has decided to seek reconsideration of the direction. A decision in this regard was taken at a
Amid the growing rift with JD(U) in Bihar, BJP today said a decision on continuing the alliance will be taken by party president Nitin Gadkari after consultation
A Rs 1,500 crore package for enhancing compensation for the kin of those who died and those debilitated in the Bhopal gas disaster was today finalised by a Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambar
One memory that the border security force (BSF) has completely deleted from its records pertains to the killing of nearly a dozen soldiers by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) along with some villagers. A patrol party of the BSF had inadvertently straye
The GoM on Bhopal gas tragedy is understood to have today decided to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal liability, seek extradition of former UCC CEO Warren Anderson and cleaning up the complex by burying
Bihar`s ruling allies JD(U) and BJP were in open war on Sunday with the latter daring chief minister Nitish Kumar to snap ties following the Gujarat flood aid row. Angry over Kumar returning the Rs five crore flood relief money to the Nare
Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh, who is in the eye of a storm over the issue of safe passage given to the then UCC Chairman Warren Anderson in the wake of the Bhopal gas tragedy, has sought to lob the ball in the Centre`s court and the party de
Getting central funds for tourism development will no longer be a holiday for states. The union tourism ministry`s new set of rules will now make sure that states travel long and hard before they get to a sanctioning. The cen
The Goa government has assured to review the latest cess imposed on hospitality industry, the lifeline of the state`s economy, following protest from the tourism industry players. "The government will re-examine the issues rais
In a snub to Narendra Modi after his government advertised Kosi flood relief donations, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has returned Rs 5 crore given by the Gujarat chief minister for the flood victims. Kumar has returned the Rs 5
Very soon, students seeking admission in engineering and medical examination will appear for single entrance exam. In order to reduce the multiplicity of entrance examinations for admission to higher education, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Fri
Indians interested in Africa`s growing agricultural sector are welcome to invest in Botswana through joint ventures, the assistant agriculture minister O. S. Molebasti told Governance Now in an interview. On the question of Indians owning
The spurt in rural school-dropout rates among girls once they hit puberty is proving to be quite the worry for the government. Noting that the rise could be linked to the lack of separate toilets and other facilities needed by adolescent girls in
Naga students in Manipur today suspended their over two-month-old economic blockade of two national highways that had caused a severe shortage of essential supplies to Manipur. The "temporary suspension" came ahead of the
Nearly 60 lakh school teachers in the country are likely to get insurance and housing facilities with state education ministers today welcoming the proposal. HRD minister Kapil Sibal, who held discussions with state education minist
