New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The cabinet meeting Thursday did not discuss the government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has come under attack from opposition parties and farmers. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government has decided to convene an all-party meeting Monday to discuss the sugarcane pricing policy following the growing political row on the issue. According to Congress ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government Thursday discussed the issue of allocation of third generation (3G) spectrum as well vacation of airwaves by the defence ministry for commercial use, but ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved a Rs 7266 crore package for drought relief and integrated agricultural development of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh that has been ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue ...

Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday claimed several senior opposition party leaders and legislators were keen to join the ruling Congress party ahead of the 2011 assembly ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Thursday decided to allocate Rs.100 crore for improving the amenities in the 115 camps for Sri Lankan refugees in the state and also for ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday rejected opposition calls that he should step down following the rout of his Left Democratic Front (LDF) in assembly by-elections. "The demand for ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet Monday cleared the proposal for the start of corporatization of the city's private bus service in order to phase out the bluelines. "At present in ...

Mumbai, Nov 8(ANI): The first meeting of the newly constituted Maharashtra Government was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here on Sunday. Ending a 16-day stalemate, the Congress ...

Mumbai, Nov. 8 (ANI): Maharashtra's newly appointed Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Deputy Chief Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday visited Buddhist monument, Chaityabhoomi, to take the blessings of Dr. B R Ambedkar. "Today is ...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 7 (ANI): In a memorandum submitted to the Malaysian Education Ministry, eleven Malay-Indian organisation have asked the ministry to allow Indian students to take Tamil Literature as an additional ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) With less than a year left for its start, the government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget to Rs.1,620 crore (Rs.16.2 billion/$344 million). ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget, saying more money was needed for security, creating a better environment, sponsorship and television ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget to Rs.1,620 crore (Rs.16.2 billion / $344 million) from Rs.767 crore. The decision was taken at ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The government Thursday more than doubled the budget for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to Rs.1,620 crore from Rs.767 crore. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting ...

Gandhinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was diagnosed with swine flu last week, has recovered and is expected to resume office work Friday, officials said Wednesday. Diagnosed with ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 4 (IANS) At least a dozen people were injured in clashes with security forces in eastern Nepal and curfew was clamped in another area in the region as ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) To provide speedy justice and reduce backlog of pending cases in city courts, the Delhi government Tuesday decided to open mediation centres across the national capital. ...

Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa asked Monday why the DMK ministers in the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government remained mute spectators when more than Rs.100,000 ...

Kathmandu, Oct 30 (IANS) With only 48 hours left for a new Maoist ultimatum to the government of Nepal to expire, the ruling parties Friday urged the former guerrillas to call off ...

Hyderabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Friday asked Governor N.D. Tiwari to accept the resignation of Women Development and Child Welfare Minister Konda Surekha. Unhappy over the Congress ...

Kochi (Kerala), Oct 28 (IANS) The ill-fated Thekkady boat that capsized in Kerala last month leaving 45 tourists dead had serious defects, K.S. Pyarelal, head of the department of shipping at the ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 28 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday asked Tamil Nadu to agree to its demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar as the present one had outlived its life. Achuthanandan ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Commuting in the capital on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses became costlier from Monday as the government hiked fares, and after a 30-year freeze steeply ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Travelling on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses has become more expensive with the government Monday hiking fares with immediate effect, including the Rs.12.50 student pass that ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (ANI): The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Monday decided to hike bus fares. "The fares have been increased for a period of seven years. This has been done ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus fares were Monday hiked with immediate effect, including the Rs.12.50 students' pass that after 30 years has been increased to Rs.100. The ...

Bhopal, Oct 23 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government Friday raised the retirement age of nursing employees in the state to 65 years from the present 60 years, an official said. "A cabinet meeting ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Friday warned that unchecked global warming could lead to conflicts over resources and called for transfer of capital and technology from developed ...