Six more passport offices will be opened by Tata Consultancy Services, which will kick off the Passport Seva Project of the project. The passports will be opened in October.
 
The Rs. 100 billion project will help in reducing the time required for issuing the passport to just three days. ...

Union Transport Ministry has issued a strong warning to the states in which they states have been notified the cons of non-implementation of the high security registration plates (HSRP) for all vehicles.
 
"Non implementation of the scheme would definitely be viewed seriously by the ...

A brief about the Delivery Monitoring Unit (DMU), which has been set up in the Prime Minister's Office, was delivered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday.
 
The DMU has been implemented so that the progress of the flagship programmes of the government as well as its initiatives ...

Unique Identification Authority of India Chief, Nandan Nilekani, has announced that the UID will be made available for the Delhi citizens within a span of three years.
 
"Delhi as a state is much ahead in this respect than other states. With utilisation of this database (of Mission ...

The helicopter which carried Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy has been spotted after it lost radar contact. It has been spotted in Rudrakonda hill in the dense Nallamalla forests at a distance of 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool town.
 
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has disclosed ...

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh helicopter went missing in the middle of bad weather in a densely forested region since Wednesday morning.
 
According to sources, five Indian Air Force and one private helicopter have joined the hunt for the missing chopper that ...

The Sagar-based Government Medical College is expected to be recognized soon. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has requested the government to grant an early recognition to the institute so that it can start functioning.
 
Chouhan in a letter to Health and Family Welfare ...

Union government is planning to make all the websites go audible. This proposal has been put forward so that even visually-impaired have access to the websites.
 
Websites must adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This new standard, along with a screen reader, will make ...

Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the Biometric Attendance Control System, which is implemented at the home ministry offices located North Block, Jaisalmer House and Lok Nayak Bhawan. This automated attendance system is aimed at ensuring that employees come to work on time.
 
Taking ...

Union Petroleum Minister, Murli Deora, has demanded for a reconstitution of the empowered Group of Ministers, so that the allocation of gas from the Krishna-Cauvery basin, which is owned by RIL, can be decided upon.
 
Deora, who had a meeting with the Prime Minister’ principal ...

The UPA government has completed 100 days in office after it assumed power for the second time by winning the elections.  The work done by the UPA government is mixture of both good and bad work on certain fronts while stumbling on the diplomatic front with Pakistan as it grapples with a ...

The central government will be launching a 15-day online certificate course on the RTI Act on a trial basis. This course is aimed at creating awareness about the Right to Information (RTI) among citizens and government officers.
 
The course which is being offered by the Department of ...

Government has plans to introduce the concept of e-birth certificates, for which brainstorming sessions with the ID chief, Nandan Nilekani, is being conducted. He has been requested by the government to develop e-health cards and birth certificates for newborns.
 
"We were discussing it ...

The decision taken by the Union Cabinet to reserve 50% seats for women in rural Panchayats has been welcomed warmly by the National Commission of Women on Thursday.
 
"We are delighted," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told the reporters in New Delhi.
 
The amendment to the ...

The New Foreign Trade Policy has been announced by the Government on Thursday. This comes as a blend of fiscal sops and procedural reforms, which is an attempt towards reviving the merchandise exports, which has witnessed a decline in the past 10 months.  The new foreign trade policy is full ...

According to a government statement, there are no plans for increasing the prices of petroleum-based fuels. This statement was made by the government in wake of the increasing concern about the rise in prices of the global crude oils.
 
"We are not comfortable with the current ...

According to the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, “pervasive corruption” was having a negative impact on India’s image as it is causing a degrading of the country which is known for its secular values and "commitment to freedom”.
 
He was talking at ...

Union Minister of Tourism and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja will depart for Oslo, Norway today. The visit is for attending the meeting of the board of governors on the Urban Poor Fund International (UPFI) and road shows to promote India as a preferred tourist ...

Nitin A. Gokhale in his book "Sri Lanka - From War to Peace" reaveals that India played an important but covert role in the success of Sri Lanka against the LTTE. The book says Indian Navy provided vital intelligence in locating and destroying several LTTE rogue vessels laden with ...

The government has plans to come up with an “early warning system" so that incidents of corporate frauds can be restricted in future. The information was given by Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed on Friday in wake of the Satyam scandal that had rocked the ...

Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has said that government does not have any plans for the privatisation of Indian Railways adding that she would be the last person to do so.
 
"In some quarters there is mischievous talk that we are trying to privatise the railways. I'll be the ...

The Supreme Court has asked the central government’s opinion on the legalizing of gay sex between consenting adults. This came in view of the two fresh lawsuits that have challenged the Delhi High Court's verdict.
 
A notice has been issued to the central government by a bench of Chief ...

Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh has revealed that Indian government has received information on "an ongoing ploy of terrorist groups in Pakistan" which may strike India again. He stressed that cross border terrorism is still a major threat.
 
"Cross border terrorism remains a ...

A panel consisting of four people has been formed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look into the dispute over natural gas between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and the ADAG group.
 
The panel which is led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee includes Petroleum Minister ...

According to Indian PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will provide a single identity number and card to each of the Indian citizens.
 
Addressing the first meeting of the council that will advise the UIDAI, Manmohan Singh said: "Providing ...

Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mulherjee, released the draft for the proposed new Direct Tax Code that had the following salient features.
 
What is it meant for?
 
The Direct Tax Code will be replacing the existing Income Tax Act that had come into existence in 1961, which had ...

The Economic Advisory Council of the Prime Minister has been formed again with a new chairman, C. Rangarajan, who had been the governor of Reserve Bank of India.
 
The council has the authority to advise the prime minister on policy matters referred to it as and when it happens, along with ...

Economist Bimal Jalan, jurist Ram Jethmalani, journalist Chandan Mitra and Bollywood actress Hema Malini retired from the Rajya Sabha on Friday after completing their six-year terms along with two others.
 
Jalan said "I am leaving the house but I will continue to be a member of the ...

The bill seeking the extension of Delhi metro to NCR along with surrounding satellite twons has been approved by Rajya Sabha.
 
The Metro Railways (Amendment) Bill is required to have a legal cover for constructing, maintaining and operating Metro services in Noida and Gurgaon, work for ...

President Pratibha Patil on Saturday will inaugurate the Armed Forces Tribunal.
 
The Armed Forces Tribunal will help about 2.5 million armed forces personnel and ex-servicemen to launch their complaints and will lessen the burden of various courts.
 
"The president will ...