Raising a new demand on the women`s bill, Samajwadi Party on Monday sought 50 per cent quota to women in educational institutes as well as jobs. The demand was made by Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has already called for "reservation withi
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to create 2,000 more posts in the health sector, cabinet sanction for which will be sought shortly, the state assembly was informed today. This is in addition to the 4,000 posts created r
The controversial bill that sought to debar women in Jammu and Kashmir from their civil rights if they marry a non-domicile was today dropped from the Legislative Council after the government admitted a "technical flaw" in introducing th
Buoyed by the victory of the ruling BJP in city corporation election,Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said government would spend Rs 22,500 crore for boosting infrastructure in Bangalore. He termed the BJP capturing the B
Kerala State Co-Operative Consumer`s Federation Ltd has opened 3000 retail centres, where 25 items were sold at nearly 15 to 70 per cent less than open market price, to check rise in prices of essential commodities during festival season, an offic
All infrastructure arrangements for the conduct of the Commonwealth games, to be held at Delhi from October 3-14, will be ready by the middle of September with tight security cover provided for the event, a top official of the CWG Organising commi
The issue of granting India access to Lashkar-e Taiba operative David Headley is being taken up by the US government at the highest level, the US ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer said here on Monday before his meeting with home minister P
The Jammu and Kashmir government has provided Rs 70.49 crore from the calamity relief fund for immediate succour to farmers who suffered crop loss due to scanty rainfall last year, the legislative council was informed on Monday. While Rs 6
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday demanded that the central government meet cent per cent financial requirements under the right to free and compulsory education Act. "Though we welcome the new act for free and compuls
Tamil Nadu government would follow the guidelines of Madras High Court in setting up new court buildings in the state, law minister Durai Murugan told the state assembly, adding that frequent agitations by lawyers for court complexes were unfair.
Around 6,000 jobs will be provided to educated, unemployed migrant youth of Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister`s package for rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, a minister said today. "The process of recruitment against 3,000 pos
‘Currently, CSR funding is unequal to the task’ "I don’t think you can force a business to buy CSR credits. It’s not clear to me how funds generated by a CSR credit market wil
Consensus eluded the all-party meeting held here today to break the logjam over the Women`s Reservation Bill with the Yadav trio sticking to their demand for quota within quota and UPA ally Trinamool Congress joining chorus with them. Afte
Information on the attendance of ministers during cabinet meetings is beyond the purview of transparency law, the cabinet secretariat has held. It has said that attendance of ministers during cabinet meetings is exempted from disclosure un
Salt miners in Orissa`s Ganjam district have urged the state government to treat salt sector at par with agriculture and provide them necessary incentives as given to mine labourers. Production of salt had started this year, about a month
Bihar chief minister nitish Kumar has announced the state government`s decision to distribute land among the landless Paswan (Dusadh) community in an election year, a report in the Hindu says. Now, every landless memeber of the community w
In an embarrassment to the Omar Abdullah ministry, ruling National Conference members staged a walkout in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative council on Monday saying that the government was enacting a "policy for the death of Urdu language&quo
In an effort to end the impasse over the Women`s Reservation Bill, an all-party meeting was held on Monday to pave the way for taking up the proposed legislation for consideration in Lok Sabha when Parliament meets on April 15 for the second part
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging Centre`s decision to confer Padma Bhushan on NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal. A Bench headed by acting Chief Justice Madan B Lokur, after going through the original documents
Describing Naxalism as the country`s "first enemy," Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the menace would be completely rooted out in another two or three years. He said Naxalism has assumed gigantic proportions as it had n
