Irked with the statement of UNCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) India has remarked that the statement was irresponsible and uncalled for. The Foreign Ministry is livid against the statement of UNCHR that there has been violation of human rights by J&K security forces in dealing ...

Conceding to the request of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has issued a Rs 1000 crore immediate assistance for rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit state. He has also granted 1.25 lakh tones of foodgrains for the affected people in the region. ...

All the wait is finally going to get over soon. The government is all geared up to release the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The 5.5 million strong employees of the central government, who had been awaiting this notification with ...

The mega development plan for Assam introduced by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being hailed as 'visionary'. The plan concentrates on giving the education sector of the region a major boost, which eventually will provide the state a cutting edge.
 
Two rallies were scheduled in ...

Greater Noida Airport Project seems entangled in political imbroglio and legal clauses. According to sources the project could suffer damage because of changing political equations in Central politics. The latest development where U P Chief Minister Mayawati charged the UPA government, and deserted ...

In honour of Indian martyrs Khudiram Bose and Rajguru, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi unveiled two books based on them on Monday, August 25. The title of the book dedicated to Khudiram Bose is 'Martyr Extraordinaire - Khudiram Bose' and is authored by a faculty member of ...

Inflation has become a major issue in front of government and looking into that and particularly towards essential ingredients like pulses, government is thinking of subsidizing the same. Under new scheme government is examining the viability of subsidizing four lakh tones of pulses ...

The Union Cabinet finally gave the green signal to the expansion of the foreign ministry on Thursday, August 21, after a long wait. The Indian government announced after a meeting of the cabinet that 139 more posts will be created at the officers level and another 110 posts will be created for the ...

When judiciary itself wants to sow the seeds of transparency, the Ministry of Law says that judges are not open to public scrutiny through Right to Information (RTI). The Ministry of Law and Justice putting it more precisely has said that RTI does not cover Supreme Court and High Court judges. The ...

HRD Ministry has agreed upon the demand of IITs of de-reserving vacant faculty which does not get filled for a year. Also, the ministry admitted that it erred while asking IITs to reserve posts from the entry level of lecturer, as lecturer's job is now contractual, and how can those on contract be ...

Citing a list of 349 cases in SC against SIMI, the government of India has alleged that SIMI has become a grave threat to India’s peace, security, and integrity. The UPA government considers the fundamentalist outfit posing grand threat to secular India. Also, the Centre has argued that ...

Recognizing his relentless endeavor in promoting the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian Government conferred upon noted social worker and writer Prof N Radhakrishnan the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for 2007 on Wednesday, August 20, 2008.
 
It was senior Congress politician ...

RC Deka, currently in charge of examination department of AIIMS will likely be next director of the institute. According to sources Deka's name will now be forwarded to the Prime Minister's office by Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. There has already been too much tussle between Health ...

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) introduced by the UPA Government will soon see the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) providing assistance in its implementation. The NREGS provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment ...

After successful bidding for Pilot Passport Project, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in public-private initiative will start the same in Bangalore, and Chandigarh. Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs accepted the bidding from TCS. The deal according to some reports is worth Rs.10-15 billion. ...

The Centre has announced a new employment generation scheme to create over 37 lakh jobs. The new scheme will be merged with existing Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and the Rural Employment Generation Program (REGP). Finance Minister P Chidambaram told media person that the total cost of the ...

The bill giving effect to sixth pay commission’s recommendation to increase salaries of govt employees is likely to pass in Lok Sabha in coming session. The legislation is coming in the time when government is wishing to tighten up its public finances and widen the federal fiscal deficit. The ...

Chaturvedi Panel which was established by Prime Minister to understand financial position of oil firms and give recommendations has suggested for sharp increase in petrol, and diesel products. In its recommendation the commission has asked for hike in petrol prices by Rs 2.50 a litre per month till ...

Government has shelved a bill against corrupt judges. There has been much hue and cry about the issue of corruption in judiciary and there were voices asking for a legislation to check arbitrariness and corruption of judges. Now, according to some analysts government in effort to avoid ...

The chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC), 76 year-old C Rangarajan has resigned from the post. One hears that he is now going to take on a Parliamentary berth and will soon join the Union Cabinet. Succeeding him as the EAC chairman will be economist Suresh Tendulkar, ...

In its mission to expand India as a popular tourist destination, Tourism Ministry of India has decided to do a month long Incredible India campaign in Beijing, during Olympic. The campaign will showcase the country’s rich heritage and culture, and accordingly the campaign will be highlighted ...

SIMI had not even celebrated its victory in getting it out of banned organizations’ list; SC taking cognizance of a SPL (Special Leave Petition) by center stayed the order of Delhi High Court tribunal which had lifted the ban on it. The Islamic group was banned in 2001 WHEN its links ...

In a move that came as a shock to many, the police chief of Himachal Pradesh Ashwani Kumar was appointed as the CBI director on Thursday, July 31 by the government as it was widely believed that the plum posting would be offered to ML Sharma, designated as special director in the investigating ...

The government of India recently approved Rs 6.3 billion for its proposed National Mission on Medicinal Plants project. This news was announced after a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs led by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
 
‘The scheme will be ...

India’s science and technology minister Kapil Sibal has said that India will be able to wrap up nuke deal with US by September end. He affirmed that India is confident of getting the support of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group. His comments have come in the eve of his visit to Finland and ...

Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukharjee has said that India is committed for nuclear non-proliferation. Talking about the issue of resistant voices coming from Pakistan opposing Indo-US nuke deal, he said that every country is sovereign and is entitled to have its own view, and so has ...

Indian government shedding its apprehensions on the safety and security concern on the issue of installation of mobile towers on defense land has allowed telecom operators to do same now. After this landmark shift in policy of government telecom operators would be able to install their towers in 62 ...

Fali S Nariman, senior advocate talking on behalf of government said that the structure was not man made and was made by some superman and he himself destroyed the same. He presented Center’s stand on the issue before a bench of CJI, K G Balakrishnan, and justices R V Raveendran and J M ...

In order to fill up the serious shortage of experts in the healthcare industry in India, the government is contemplating allowing Indian doctors with foreign PG degrees to return and practice at home. There is a strong possibility that the Indian government will soon start recognizing postgraduate ...

J K Dutt a 1971 batch IPS officer of W. Bengal cadre is widely expected to become next chief of CBI. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended his name for the post after the superannuation of Vijay Shankar on July 31. Other than J K Dutt, special director of CBI ML Sharma of Rajasthan ...