Apex tribal council Naga Hoho today questioned the Centre`s sincerity on its assurance to replace Manipur police with central paramilitary at Mao gate on the inter-state border to instill confidence among the Naga villagers so that they could retu
NABARD would bring five lakh farmers under its Joint Liability Group scheme on the lines of SHGs to enable small and marginal farmers across the country get financial credit for sustaining agricultural activities, a top NABARD executive said today
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has decided to increase the age limit for state government servants and officials of state corporations/boards as well as Home Guards to apply for other government posts. According to the decision in a meeting ch
Defence minister A K Antony on Thursday said the government attached "highest priority" to coastal defence, including the island territories, and asked the Navy to expedite acquiring assets and implementing security measures approved aft
Selling price of power generated by gas-based plants will go up by up to Rs 1.20 per unit on account of the hike in the price of natural gas, government said today. However, how much of it would translate into consumer tariff would depend
To do away with an acute shortage of teaching staff in the rural areas, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to re-appoint retired teachers. The decision to re-appoint retired teachers was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Madhya Prad
A high powered meeting chaired by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held at the Secretariat has decided upon a time frame of three years to implement the 70 points passed at the special session of Assembly, to turn MP into a gold
Defence minister A K Antony on Thursday ruled out for now any change in the defence production policy to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from existing 26 per cent to 100 per cent as suggested by the commerce ministry recently. &q
Defence minister A K Antony today said the government strategy to tackle the Maoist menace was "not for public debate" but any decision taken would be binding on all, including his ministry. "These (issues like deployment of
The railway police here have set up a separate wing for a speedy inquiry into bogus rail tickets, passes and availing tickets under the VIP quota by submitting bogus letters. "In the recent past, there has been an increase in c
Naxals have hijacked a truck carrying a whopping 16.5 tonnes of high-grade ammonium nitrate explosive which was on its way here from Vishakapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Police have launched an operation to track the explosive which was
Over 40,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas of Andhra Pradesh even as cyclone Laila appeared to be weakening gradually today and is expected the cross the state`s coast near Machilipatnam. Laila remained "practically statio
Food inflation rose to 16.49 per cent for the week ended May 8, mainly due to high prices of vegetables and fruits. Inflation rose by 0.05 per cent from 16.44 per cent in the previous week. On a weekly basis, onions turned expensiv
A sessions court here today deferred to May 25 verdict on plea for enhancing sentence of former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh defe
Fourteen oil tankers of a goods train derailed and caught fire when Maoists blew up a railway line between Dighwara and Pipra stations in West Champaran district early on Thursday. Around 200 Maoists blasted dynamites to blow up the railwa
Over six months ago, a contractor for construction labour in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district asked Aalam if he was interested in working in Delhi. He was told that the work would go on for around 8 months and he would get his wages on time.
With a view to giving impetus to e-governance, Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday decided to create Common Service Centres (CSC) through 3,366 Lok Mitra Kendras across the hill state. The CSCs to be established by department of informat
The government has issued a set of security guidelines to all states to be circulated among major schools and advised steps to be taken in the event of a possible emergency situation. The home ministry guidelines include deployment
The Allahabad High Court today ruled that physical disability would not result in denial of license to a person for running a fair price shop just because the handicap may require him or her to take the help of friends and family members to do bus
Consensus eluded a high-level meeting on Wednesday to finalise a viable economic model for setting up of 2,500 schools in public-private-partnership mode. The meeting chaired by HRD minister Kapil Sibal, remained inconclusive on the issue
