The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) today said the ongoing water cuts in the city would continue as of now even though all the six lakes have received good rainfall since June 1. "Monsoon has arrived. All the six
In a bid to help those left out to be counted in the on-going census, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has set up a series of helpline numbers to assist people in registering for the head-count. "We have come
People of four villages in Talaja taluka of the district are opposing the 6000 MW nuclear power project proposed to be set up in the region as part of civilian nuclear cooperation between India and the US. Villagers from Mithivirdi,
Malaysia today said the much awaited Malaysia-India comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) will be signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s visit later this year. "The CECA is on track; the issues still
Three days after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the police here had released the then Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson and two others on bail by "deleting" in the complaint a stringent charge under the IPC against them, trial court sources sai
Amid strong public reaction to the judgement in the Union Carbide case, the government is understood to be looking at legal position to check if Carbide India`s non executive chairman Keshub Mahindra could be barred from taking directorship in any
The Delhi Transport Corporation`s (DTC) fleet of buses, the main transport-medium in the national capital, is being utilised to just 60 percent of its capacity. The DTC has as many as 5082 buses. Presently, each bus runs 180 km per day on average,
Special mobile police teams will be formed to keep a check on rising incidents of snatching money bags and robberies near banks, a senior police official said here. "Robberies and snatching incidents have been increasing alarmingly ne
A committee set up by the Madhya Pradesh government to look into the trial court judgement in the Bhopal gas tragedy case will examine all legal aspects including any fresh evidence, its chairman said today. "We are examining e
To ensure that the medical device in the market are of good quality, the health ministry will soon introduce Central Drug Authority bill in the parliament under which all the medical device will have to be registered with the ministry, said minist
Holding the "wrong" industrialisation and other policies of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government responsible for the defeat of Left Front in the recent West Bengal civic polls, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan today said they need to
The trial court in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case has held the owners of the Union Carbide pesticides plant, the Indian government and "to some extent" Government of Madhya Pradesh responsible for the "magnitude" of the disaster.
Karnataka government has decided to implement a Rs 1300 crore storm water drainage and sewerage project in ten assembly constituencies in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (city corporation)limits. It was decided to borrow Rs 6
The finance ministry is likely to recommend freezing and closure of bank accounts found suspicious during the ongoing exercise by banks to collect information under the `Know Your Customer`(KYC) norms. Banks in both the national and
Charging the NDA government of failing on all fronts, the Congress today said that the party would soon come out with a `chargesheet` against the present dispensation. "We will go to the peoples` court with facts and figures and prese
Over five lakh children in the national capital are likely to succumb to prostitution, the rising demand for labour and displacement from their homes during the upcoming Commonwealth Games here, estimate rights activists. The govern
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alongwith traffic police is gearing up to monitor water logging in the city by installing CCTVs at major traffic junctions in the metropolis. The civic administration has written to the t
The trial court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case had issued an arrest warrant against former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson last year but the CBI had failed to give any written response to it, according to court sources. They said the war
The tight liquidity condition in the system is unlikely to persist beyond the short-term once the government start spending and money from bond redemptions coming in to the system in the approaching weeks. Over Rs 65,000 crore is ex
Information and broadcasting secretary Raghu Menon has advocated the need for a three tier regulatory mechanism for media in the country. Inaugurating a seminar here on `Marketing Responsibly` organised by the Advertising Standards
