Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.
May 07, 2009 22:55 IST
With the number of people coming to railway stations to see off or receive passengers ever-increasing,the short-staffed Railways Protection Force...
Thu, May 07, 2009April 22, 2009 02:51 IST
As many as 250 polling booths located in the Naxalite affected areas have been identified for repolling....
Wed, Apr 22, 2009April 18, 2009 00:31 IST
The six BSF personnel who were killed in Jharkhands Latehar district during the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 16 could have escaped death...
Sat, Apr 18, 2009April 16, 2009 01:46 IST
Even as Naxals carried out fresh attacks on Wednesday ahead of elections,in Bihar,Jharkhand and Orissa...
Thu, Apr 16, 2009April 16, 2009 01:28 IST
Arunachal Pradesh has reacted with shock over Chinas move to block Indias $60-million project for the state at the Asian Development Bank...
Thu, Apr 16, 2009April 10, 2009 08:34 IST
Unshackling itself from a security plan confined to government agencies,the Organizing Committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi...
Fri, Apr 10, 2009April 04, 2009 08:41 IST
There is new hope for revival of the Kashmir Railway project with the elevation of Rakesh Chopra.
Sat, Apr 04, 2009April 03, 2009 01:27 IST
Ajmal Amir Kasab,the lone surviving terrorist of the November 26 Mumbai attacks,is now being guarded 24x7 by as many as 75 commandos...
Fri, Apr 03, 2009April 02, 2009 01:39 IST
India is readying its first batch of search and rescue canines which will be able to sniff out victims buried at disaster sites without handlers.
Thu, Apr 02, 2009March 30, 2009 08:36 IST
Post 26/11,Centre is actively considering issuing arms licences in bulk to private security firms to enable them to have more armed personnel on their rolls.
Mon, Mar 30, 2009March 25, 2009 09:20 IST
The Mumbai terror strikes have multiplied the demand for 'eligible' manpower with private security companies going on recruitment sprees.
Wed, Mar 25, 2009March 17, 2009 13:41 IST
The organisers of the Indian Premier League submitted a re-revised tournament schedule to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Tue, Mar 17, 2009March 14, 2009 00:41 IST
A 273-year-old abandoned railway bridge over River Kabini in Karnataka the oldest railway bridge on the Indian Railways network...
Sat, Mar 14, 2009March 13, 2009 17:02 IST
Ministry of Home Affairs advises IPL organizers that it may not be feasible to hold the matches as per the devised schedule submitted by them on March 7.
Fri, Mar 13, 2009March 11, 2009 02:33 IST
As trouble brews all over its neighbourhood,India is set to send a high-level delegation of senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs....
Wed, Mar 11, 2009
March 10, 2009 10:45 IST
Learning from its 60-hour gunbattle during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks,National Security Guard is set to upgrade its weapons profile.
Tue, Mar 10, 2009
March 09, 2009 10:45 IST
Learning from its 60-hour gunbattle during Mumbai terror attacks,National Security Guard is all set to upgrade its equipment and weapon profile.
Mon, Mar 09, 2009March 05, 2009 01:13 IST
Miffed over the fact that security guards employed by some private security agencies are wearing uniforms having distinct similarities...
Thu, Mar 05, 2009March 02, 2009 12:15 IST
The Indian Police Service is 557 officers short of its sanctioned strength,the government has revealed. Fifty-six per cent of these vacancies...
Mon, Mar 02, 2009February 28, 2009 23:32 IST
Twenty-four years after the leakage of methyl isocynate gas from the Union Carbide factory killed over 10,000 people,UNESCO is all set to forward to the Government of India a representation.....
Sat, Feb 28, 2009
February 27, 2009 11:47 IST
In 2005 the MP Govt had announced plans to set up a memorial at the site of the factory and a team of architects were also commissioned.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009February 26, 2009 01:58 IST
More than two years after a train fire arising out of explosions on the Samjhauta Express killed 68 people,the Indian Railways appear to be dragging its feet on a slew of R&D measures....
Thu, Feb 26, 2009February 24, 2009 00:20 IST
It is now official. Having spent close to Rs 80 crore on introducing additional longitudinal middle berths in 6,125 AC 3 and Sleeper Class coaches over the past few months.....
Tue, Feb 24, 2009February 21, 2009 00:39 IST
Politicians writing books being the flavour of the season,this one,for a change,comes from a serving civil servant.
Sat, Feb 21, 2009February 20, 2009 16:56 IST
Sudhir Kumar,who is considered to be the brain behind success story of Indian railways,has authored a book whose foreword has been written by none other than the Prime Minister.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009



