Several voluntary outfits including CPM (ML) Liberation and district Kishan Sabha staged a dharna in front of the East Godavari District Collectorate in Kakinada city protesting the auction of liquor shops. The organisations took ou
Registration of properties in Uttar Pradesh is likely to become costlier from July 1, as the state government has directed the district magistrates to revise circle rates. "Institutional Finance and Stamp and Registration Minis
Days after it provided access to Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley, the US has said Indian government would have been "very pleased" with the cooperation it had offered in the case but the country`s media appeared frustrated
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan today deplored the Centre`s role in handling the Bhopal gas tragedy case and said that the court verdict had brought "disgrace" to Indian judiciary. Both government and the judiciary
Efforts are on to provide photo identity cards to over 58,000 voters in six assembly constituencies in East Godavari district, a revenue official said. Revenue Divisional Officer Challa Vinay Mohan yesterday verified the photographs
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has said that as many as 4,261 corporate agents, out of the total 7,000 in the country, are not authorised to sell policies from March 31, this year. The IRDA, which displaye
The district police has been split and a new urban Guntur police district has been carved out following a notification to this effect by the Andhra Pradesh government, sources said today. The new Urban Guntur Police district, which
The United Naga Council (UNC) today demanded that the Manipur government should revoke the arrest warrant issued to the acting president of the All Naga Students Association Manipur (ANSAM) Davud Choro and UNC acting president Samson Remei.
BJP leader Rajnath Singh has accused the Congress-led UPA Government of not being serious about the menace of terrorism. Speaking at a function organised by a group of industrialists here last evening, the former BJP President alleg
JMM-sponsored Rajya Sabha candidate Kanwal Deep Singh has come under cloud following revelation that he still holds the post of chairman, National Meat and Poultry Processing Board, which is within the purview of office of profit. S
Meghalaya government today came in line of Opposition NCP`s fire following reports of fresh encroachment by Assam, less than a week after the two states agreed to constitute a chief secretary level panel to address the long-pending border dispute.
Railways gave top priority to safety and security of passengers and the ministry in co-ordination with state governments had taken security measures along the rail tracks, Minister for State for Railways E Ahmed said here today. The
Debunking the claims of his former deputy B R Lall in the Bhopal gas case, ex-CBI director K Vijayarama Rao today said that at no point in time was there any pressure from any quarter on the investigating agency to the case against Union Carbide c
Kerala government would soon take a decision on a committee`s recommendation to realise compensation of Rs 216 crore from Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Company Ltd for damages caused to people, chief minister V S Achuthanandan said.
Karnataka government has set a target of distributing two lakh houses and as many house sites to the poor across the state by April next, state minister forhousing Katta Subramanya Naidu said today. Naidu, who held a meeting with of
With the verdict on the Bhopal gas tragedy coming under all round criticism, Government today re-constituted a Group of Ministers to go into range of issues concerning the worst ever industrial disaster. Home minister P Chidambaram will he
The government has decided to rope in private partners to raise money for the maintenance of sports complexes such as the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and National Stadium after the Commonwealth Games (CWG), a report in The Times of India said. It is
Describing the verdict in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case as "disappointing", Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said the state government will challenge it in the High Court and seek enhancement of the sen
Every year, more than 100 students travel from different parts of the country to join the “Safdarjang family”, enrolling in the hospital’s academic wing, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC). Broken doors and windows,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a slew of sops amounting to over Rs 1,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir, assuring the state that the Centre would do all it can to support it. "Things have improved considerably, fund
