The possibility of RBI tightening monetary stance further in its April 20 annual review meet became greater today with apex bank saying it could take more steps to contain inflation, even as food prices eased a bit to 16.22 per cent. "
The security forces are the biggest killing machine in the country. This has been confirmed by a startling revelation by the national human rights commission (NHRC) which says that half of the cases of police encounters referred to it for investig
The government and a prominent Muslim political group today welcomed the Supreme Court`s lifting the stay on Andhra Pradesh government`s move to provide four per cent quota in jobs and education for backward members of Muslims while BJP said reser
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah on Thursday said he was in favour of abrogation of Official Secrets Act of 1923 which has become an "anachronism". "The Official Secrets Act needs to be abrogated,"
The Centre on Thursday said it has constituted an expert committee under the telecom ministry to suggest ways to boost indigenous development of hardware and software sector to cut down its import bill. "An expert committee headed by
Facing allegation of delaying project approvals, the Environment Ministry has decided to clear only those proposals which are prepared by government accredited consultants - a move aimed at ensuring transparency and expediting the process.
The scheme for modernisation of police forces in Union Territories, including Delhi, was today extended for two years till 2012-13 and Rs 458.45 crore earmarked for the extended period. The scheme, launched for UTs in 2006 with a provision
A hospital information management system (HIMS), a website, and an audit system have led to handsome growth in efficiency, revenues and uptake of public health services in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government claimed on Wednesday. There
Ahead of the coming Commonwealth Games, the NDMC will intensify its anti-tobacco drive under which those found smoking in public places will be fined and illegal street vendors selling such products removed. The Health Department of the ci
Additional Director General K P Raghuvanshi was removed as the head of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on Friday, days after he was criticised by the Centre for disclosing some information following the arrest of two suspected terrorists here.
Maharashtrians are now paying 50 pc more for essential commodities than they did five yars back, according to the state economic survey. The rise was observed mainly due to increase in prices of rice, wheat, tur dal, moong dal, potato, oni
Two unusually dressed men with bulging cloth bags slung over their shoulders enter a dhaba. They dig into their bags and place handfuls of currency coins onto a table. By the time Mahesh Kumar, the dhaba owner, comes over to attend to them
Power shortage, recession and competition resulted in closure of 44,997 small scale and 845 medium and large scale industries in Maharashtra during 2009-10. The closures left 1,97,798 workers in the small scale and 1,53,786 persons in the
Karnataka, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, AP have been ranked as leaders in e-readiness assessment as per the India e-Readiness Assessment Report 2008 released by Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The
Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), one of flagship schemes under ruler development ministry, aimed at building house for the poor has not been doing well with only 50% of the target achieved during 2009-10 (till January). According to the figures su
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), expressing his readiness for questioning in the murder of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffery in Ahmedabad during the 2002 riots.
Cell phone towers will soon run on solar power instead of diesel generators. The ministries of new and renewable energy and of telecommunications are working on converting almost all mobile phone towers into ‘green towers’ by using sol
District authorities of Muzaffarpur in Bihar have made it mandatory for students appearing in annual examinations in state-run primary and high schools to state their caste in answer sheets failing which their results would be withheld. A
The budget proposal to charge 10 per cent service tax on air travel may not be rolled back, as the government expects to raise between Rs 600 and Rs 1,000 crore annually through the measure. Maintaining that the government plans to explore
The government has accepted a labour ministry proposal to raise the ceiling of benefit under the Employees Deposit-Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh, a move that would help over 4.71 crore EPFO subscribers. "T
