November 26th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday said the state had to take cautious step towards land acquisition.Bhattacharjee also advocated a nationwide land acquisition policy.
"We have to move ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for modification of the Trade Marks Amendment Bill, 2007 with certain consequential changes on the basis of recommendations contained ...
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November 1st, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 1 (ANI): The people of Coorg in Karnataka today held a peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding the creation of an autonomous region of Coorg.
They are demanding for ...
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October 28th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice has stated that the Supreme Court and High Courts should charge corporate commercial bodies a higher fee for ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21(IANS) Recommending financial and functional autonomy for the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a parliamentary panel Tuesday criticised the trend of IAS officer and bureaucrats holding key posts in ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Noting the crucial role played by physiotherapists and occupational therapists in health care, a parliamentary panel has recommended that their pay structure should be revised."The committee strongly ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 9:33 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Law Minister H R Bhardwaj has said that he stood for the primacy of the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justices of High Courts ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A fresh bill is to be tabled in parliament to provide adequate representation to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the civil services and in government ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Cases of corruption in Indian public sector banks have come down by 50 percent following steps taken to make systemic changes in the banks, according to the head ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): The Government today approved amendments to the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) Bill, 2007.
The AERA Bill seeks to establish an independent regulatory authority ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Reducing the urban-rural divide, energy security and water conservation - these are some of the themes former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be teaching at the Indian Institute ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) With an eye to the general elections, the ruling Congress party is making a last-ditch effort to push the Women's Reservation Bill, proposing a new formula to ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sanjay Singh
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Indian government's missive to all carriers to name an ombudsman by Aug 1 to address the grievances of air passengers has been given a ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The women's reservation bill is likely to be passed in the coming monsoon session of parliament, E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, chairman of a parliamentary standing committee, said here Thursday. ...
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June 21st, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Kurseong (West Bengal), June 21 (ANI): The unrest in West Bengal's Darjeeling District where protesters have intensified their movement for a separate Gorkhaland, is casting its shadow over schools as students ...
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June 21st, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan is to adjudicate on the sensitive spectrum issue that could see the defence forces vacating idle radio frequencies for civilian communications like ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Fresh attempts by the ruling Congress to push through the Women's Reservation Bill by reducing the percentage of reserved seats from 33 to 20 or 25 may ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI
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By Pankaj Yadav
New Delhi , June 9 (ANI): Senior Congress leaders, mostly women parliamentarians from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, today met at AICC headquarters under the chairmanship of Pranab ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Leading political parties Saturday added more members to a parliamentary panel that is discussing the controversial Women's Reservation Bill, which is facing opposition from some parties including ...
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May 30th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The central government Friday gave its unconditional approval for the modernisation of the Kolkata airport. The Rs.20 billion project is expected to begin in next two months, ...
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May 30th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by admin
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By Pinaki Das
Agartala, May 30 (ANI): A six-member team of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce visited the Akhaura Land Custom station here and met with officials and the business community. ...
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May 27th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Political parties ranged for and against the contentious women's reservation bill in parliament clashed Tuesday at the first meeting of the standing committee on 33 percent quota ...
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May 27th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): The Parliamentary Panel on Law has said that it is in favour of a federal crime agency, including giving special powers and intelligence know how.
E ...
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May 27th, 2008 - 10:55 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): The key Parliamentary Committee on Women's Reservation Bill will meet here today to come out with a report on the contentious issue.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee ...
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May 27th, 2008 - 1:12 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The modernisation of the Kolkata airport project is set to take off soon with the Public Investment Board (PIB) meeting this week to approve the Rs.20 billion ...
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May 23rd, 2008 - 2:09 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was forced to ban futures trading on some items because of political pressures even though there was no rationale for doing ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 12:51 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A parliamentary committee will meet here Thursday to look into complaints and issues concerning modernisation of the country's airports, a top government official said Wednesday. According to ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by admin
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By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has not codified the quota for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in ...
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May 20th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat has been inducted into a key Parliamentary panel to study measures related to the Womens Reservations Bill, which ...
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