Dry fruit traders across Maharashtra have started an agitation against the levying of 12.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) by the state government. On March 30, the Maharashtra Government had issued a notification by which it increased VAT
India and Australia on Thursday inked a major education deal to expand exchanges in the sector as both sides sought to take their "relationship forward" after a series of vicious attacks on Indian students, including one that turned fata
The Bhartiya Janata Party headquarters is agog with speculation over return of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti to the party, following her meeting with party veteran Lal Krishna Advani and president Nitin Gadkari here on Wednesday.
The government will bring an anti-torture law to ratify a UN Convention against torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment or punishment. "The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal to introduce the Prevention of Torture Bill, 201
India on Thursday asked the Victorian government to share data about the prosecution being made in cases of attacks on Indians in the Australian state, arguing that it will increase the level of comfort in the community. Union human resour
Acknowledging that "something went wrong" in the worst-ever Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, Government on Thursday decided to set up an inquiry into the incident that claimed lives of 76 security personnel. "We have taken a d
Judges of lower courts in half a dozen states, including Gujarat, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, will get a three-fold increase in their salary as the governments of these states have agreed to implement recommendations of the Judicial Pay Com
The National Human Rights Commission has condemned the killing of more than 70 CRPF and district police personnel by the Naxalites in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday and said that the aggrieved families would be suitably compensated
The country`s total telecom subscriber base rose by 10.4 per cent to 562.16 million in October-December 2009 over the previous quarter, telecom regulator TRAI said today. The subscriber base for wireless services (GSM and CDMA) increased t
The government today banned foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. "FDI will be prohibited in the manufacture of cigarettes, whether it is for domestic consumption...or for exports," home minister P Chidambar
Not since they went looking for Private Ryan or, more somberly, the Rwanda massacres have so many armed and trained soldiers been ambushed and killed in one fell swoop as did happen in India on bloodsoaked Wednesday. The massacre of as many as 90
The union cabinet has approved divestment in the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to mobilise a total of RS 16,000 crore through both further public offers (FPOs) and sale of government equity, home minister P Chidambaram said here on
Solar power will now illuminate more than 3,000 villages in Orissa under the Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP). The programme is being implemented by the Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA), according to a report in Bu
The Union cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss a strategy to take on the Maoist rebels in the country. The meeting comes in the backdrop of Tuesday`s massacre of 76 CRPF personnel in Chattishgarh`s Dantewada district. Home minis
Reliance Industries (RIL) on Wednesday said it has commissioned the country`s first one-megawatt (MW) solar plant to power a stadium to be used in the upcoming CommonWealth Games. The company`s solar energy initiative, RIL Solar
IT Minister A Raja today welcomed any suggestion that would strengthen cyber laws and enhance online information security, a day after reports of Chinese hackers cracking into sensitive Indian government department websites. "We amend
The Congress seems to be negotiating with Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh to get a Rajya Sabha berth for Captain Satish Sharma. Since Sharma`s term would expire shortly, he has to be elected from the Rajya Sabha. If Ajit Singh`s RLD si
The chewing tobacco or the gutka industry must be regulated alongside maintaining stringent checks on the sale and consumption of cigarettes in the country to check tobacco related diseases, said Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the World
Students of Delhi Technological University (DTU) decided on Wednesday to suspend their agitation for a few days to give government some time to consider their demands. "We will attend classes till Friday and will decide further action
In more trouble for N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court directed the veteran Congress leader to file a response on why DNA test should not be conducted on him to ascertain the allegation made by a man claiming to be his biological son. The co
