July 08, 2010 02:02 IST
As part of its plan to infuse about Rs 13,400 crore towards development in 35 districts worst hit by the Naxalite problem in nine states...
Thu, Jul 08, 2010July 07, 2010 01:55 IST
Sparring between India and Pakistan over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Jammu and Kashmir continues with Pakistan...
Wed, Jul 07, 2010
July 06, 2010 01:49 IST
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked that he be relieved of some ministerial responsibilities...
Tue, Jul 06, 2010June 28, 2010 01:55 IST
Pointing out numerous deficiencies in the implementation of the UPA governments flagship Mahatma
Mon, Jun 28, 2010June 25, 2010 00:55 IST
In a move to streamline coordination between ministries over vexed issues referred to the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM),the government has decided to make the Cabinet Secretariat the nodal point for all EGoMs....
Fri, Jun 25, 2010June 25, 2010 00:50 IST
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security will have to wait for formal views from the National Advisory Council (NAC) before its next move on the governments promise to legislate a National Food Security Act....
Fri, Jun 25, 2010June 23, 2010 23:57 IST
After losing his post-retirement job in the MP government,former Bhopal SP Swaraj Puri has been appointed as one of the Eminent Citizens for monitoring the UPAs flagship
Wed, Jun 23, 2010June 22, 2010 04:33 IST
Social activists have criticised the outcome of the Bhopal gas case as a failure of governance and asserted that former Union Carbide ...
Tue, Jun 22, 2010June 22, 2010 03:39 IST
To supplement developmental activities in Naxal-hit areas,the Central government is all set to invoke the provision of the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas...
Tue, Jun 22, 2010June 21, 2010 04:07 IST
Ironic it may sound,but over 80 years after Mahatma Gandhi undertook Dandi march,efforts to build a memorial to the famous milestone of Indian freedom struggle will seek inspiration from Rajiv Gandhi Memorial at Sriperumbudur.....
Mon, Jun 21, 2010June 18, 2010 03:53 IST
The Indo-Pak row over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project is getting more serious than New Delhi had earlier anticipated...
Fri, Jun 18, 2010June 17, 2010 02:53 IST
As the legal dispute between India and Pakistan over 330 MW Kishanganga hydel project heads to the international court of arbitration...
Thu, Jun 17, 2010June 15, 2010 03:21 IST
With prices of pulses skyrocketing,a Working Group of Chief Ministers has suggested to the government that Indian companies...
Tue, Jun 15, 2010June 03, 2010 01:03 IST
With the proposed food security law likely to get a momentum after the formal constitution of the National Advisory Council (NAC)
Thu, Jun 03, 2010June 01, 2010 00:30 IST
The Indian government plans to shift to mandatory jewellery hallmarking system replacing the voluntary system which started in 2001.
Tue, Jun 01, 2010May 28, 2010 01:49 IST
With an eye on the proposed National Food Security legislation,the government has set up an expert panel for identification...
Fri, May 28, 2010May 27, 2010 02:26 IST
Rural Development Ministry has drafted a model law to usher in a system of conclusive property titles with title guarantees through registration of immovable properties.
Thu, May 27, 2010May 26, 2010 03:33 IST
Pakistan has acted on its threat to move the International Court of Arbitration seeking a legal interpretation of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty...
Wed, May 26, 2010May 17, 2010 03:56 IST
After facing the Opposition-sponsored cut motions on urea price and fuel price hike during the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament,the government has now decided to speed up the process of implementing nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime.
Mon, May 17, 2010
May 15, 2010 03:57 IST
There's ill feelings between the two parties just when it seemed that SP was moving towards evolving a working relationship with the Cong.
Sat, May 15, 2010May 14, 2010 23:59 IST
In A move to cut out middlemen from agricultural trade at the local level,183 local mandis in 15 states will soon have electronic price ticker terminals...
Fri, May 14, 2010May 13, 2010 01:44 IST
Three months after Environment Minister Jairam Rameshs controversial decision putting the commercial release of genetically modified brinjal...
Thu, May 13, 2010May 06, 2010 23:48 IST
With wheat procurement in Uttar Pradesh down by about 40 per cent from last year,the government has decided to relax quality norms to facilitate higher purchase of the crop from the state....
Thu, May 06, 2010
April 29, 2010 02:20 IST
India and China have signed an agreement for sharing flood-related hydrological data for Brahmaputra during the monsoon season.
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
April 23, 2010 01:06 IST
The four-month monsoon season beginning June is likely to bring normal rainfall to the country,and provide huge relief to the govt.
Fri, Apr 23, 2010





