The Centre has asked the state governments to ensure that NREGA job cards are "complete in all respect" and verified before being issued as it will now be a valid document for opening a bank account.
Normal life was crippled across Kashmir valley on Wednesday in response to a strike called by separatists to protest the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The union minister said railway concessions for schools and colleges would now be extended to higher madrasas as well.
Junior doctors in J-K resumed work after reaching an agreement with the government,much to the relief of patients after the 23-day strike crippled health services across the state.
PM Manmohan Singh expressed the Centre's willingness to 'talk to anyone' having 'meaningful ideas' to promote peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
Asking Pakistan to destroy terror groups operating from its territory,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said if it showed sincerity and good faith,India will not be found wanting.
India on Wednesday dubbed as "most ridiculous" and irrational the allegation by Pakistan that it was funding Taliban. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said India considers Taliban as a dreaded terror outfit.
Bihar govt plans to modify its existing surrender policy for naxalites and make it more attractive by incorporating a rehabilitation policy for those willing to surrender.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to inaugurate the 119-km-long Anantnag-Qadigund Railway line at Vanpooh Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley.
Private English medium school punished two of its students for speaking in Telugu.
P Chidambaram said that the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express and passengers on board were safe and that the Centre has rushed a relief train to bring back the passengers.
Armed activists of a Maoist-backed group stopped the Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express and held up the prestigious train for several hours in a hostage-type situation.
Tribal agitators armed with axes,swords,bows and arrows smashed glass panes of the AC train and forcibly opened the doors before taking away the drivers.
Sky gazers had a celestial treat,as the Moon and the Jupiter formed a conjunction over the evening sky.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the abductors of Rajdhani train drivers to release the duo and said she is ready for talks.
Union Home Ministry has asked central forces to rush to the spot in West Midnapore district in West Bengal where armed tribals have surrounded a train.
The department will oversee the functioning of matters relating to finance,health and education of MCD.
Foreign Ministers of India,Russia and China pressed for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations with a view to making it more effective.
The alleged financial 'advantage' given to a French company while concluding the Rs 18,798-crore Scorpene submarine deal came up for discussion at a meeting of the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
Maoist leader Kishenji demanded security forces stop it as a condition for the release of two abducted drivers of Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani.
CPI-Ms 'silence' on allegations of irregularities in voters lists ahead of November 7 Kannur assembly bypoll could be viewed as a confession of the ruling party,Opposition leader Oommen Chandy alleged.
The Supreme Court has allowed stock broker Ketan Parekh,alleged mastermind of the securities scam of 1990s,to travel abroad for the treatment of his daughter.
Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said that India was against the militarisation of space but the country should aim to be the front-runner in the field of aerospace.
Police officer Atindranath Dutta,kidnapped by Maoists on October 20 in West Midnapore and subsequently released unharmed,violated service conduct rules by speaking to media.
India,Russia and China pressed for strict observance of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council against persons and entities by the countries concerned.






