With a view to use Singapore`s expertise in cleaning up the highly polluted Cooum river in the city, Tamil Nadu government today inked a pact with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). The Memorandum of Understanding with SCE, an age
For empowering women, Uttarakhand government has increased the gender budget by nearly Rs 200 crore for 2010-11. Concerned over the skewed sex ratio in the state, the state government has earmarked Rs 1417.75 crore for gender budget, meant
In a bid to resolve dispute over harvesting rights along river Yamuna, a local court has directed Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to maintain status quo along the border. Kairana Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sant Kumar directed senior officials of
Maharashtra government has taken up the modernisation of the police force on a war footing, providing them with the latest equipment, advanced weaponry and armoured vehicles, Governor K Satyanarayanan informed the state legislature here on Thursda
Long queues and and a even longer list of ticket-less travellers seems to have spurred the railways` policymakers to go for innovation. The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has invited tenders for an ICT-enabled unreserved ticketing s
The centre is upset with states delaying wage payment to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The rural development ministry in its a performance review meeting has come down heavily on states that do not pay wage
The rural development ministry has decided to use information and communication technology (ICT) tools for the effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). It has directed all state governments
Determined to go for mining of bauxite in Kalahandi district in a joint venture with Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (SIL), the Orissa government today said it has no information about reputed companies withdrawing their investment from Vedanta gr
After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, a Bihar MP was welcomed with a garland of currency notes. But there was a difference since the expelled JD(U) MP Ejaz Ali found the garland in tatters no sooner it was put around his neck today.
The Census 2011 can have more detailed questions on disability, thus identifying more diasbled people, if authorities agree to activists` demand. The census commissioner has at least agreed to consider recommendations from represent
At the home ministry, officials are busy preparing detailed strategies on how to tackle insurgencies in the northeast, how to battle Maoist rebels – and what to do with the growing mounds of wastepaper in North Block. A letter
Work on action plans to bring down pollution in critically polluted areas in Delhi will begin soon, Central Pollution Control Board chairman S P Gautam has said. “The work on studies to reduce the pollution levels in these areas will begin w
If things go the right way, Orissa`s first attempt to harness tidal power for generating electricity would be in the form of a 1,236 MW plant along the creeks in Mahakalpada in the Mahanadi deltaic region. SPI Ports Limited, a priva
Noted social activist Anna Hazare, who is on an indefinite hunger strike here, has said that the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra was wasting people`s money by allowing ministers to spruce up their already well-furnished cabins.
The Karnataka government has booked 78 cases against 113 officials on charges of irregularities and misappropriation of funds in works taken up under NREG scheme, Minister for Rural development Jagadish Shettar infored the state assembly today.
Former CJI Y K Sabharwal was not considered for the post of National Human Rights Commission chief because of "adverse media and other reports" about him, the home ministry has said. Former chief justices R C Lahoti and Y
In a brazen act of defiance, Mayawati today ignored the opposition outcry over her being adorned with Rs 1,000 notes and was again garlanded with currency notes to the tune of Rs.18 lakh. The garland comprising notes of various deno
In good news for medical students, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today announced that there would be an additional 10,000 post-graduate medical seats in the country in the next couple of years. At the annual convocation ceremony
After deciding to make Class X board exam optional, India`s premier school board CBSE is set to go global by introducing a new syllabus for international students and would affiliate any school from any country from the next academic session. The
In an effort to bring down road accidents in the state, Haryana Government has finalised an Integrated State Level Traffic Plan for highways. The plan would be implemented in all the districts and monitor traffic rules on national and state Highways
