New Delhi, April 11 (PTI): Controversy dogged the Joint Committee set up to draft an effective Lok Pal even before it starts its work with Gandhian Anna Hazare on Monday asking HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to resig
Dimapur, April 11 (MExN): One-day training programme on Right to Information Act 2005 was conducted at Calvary Baptist Church, Phezhu, Jotsoma on April 9. The participants numbering 50 were NGOs and Church Yout
New Delhi, April 10 (PTI): The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to finalise the much-awaited draft of the food security bill at its meeting on April 25, even as the issue related to the number of p
Indian activist Anna Hazare, 73, displays to his supporters a government notification after breaking his hunger strike in New Delhi, April 9. (AP Photo) NEW Delhi, April 9 (Agencies): Social acivist Anna H
Kashmiri boys play cricket at a closed market area during a strike in Srinagar, April 9. Shops and schools in Indian-controlled Kashmir are closed to protest the blast that killed a moderate Muslim religious le
NEW Delhi, April 9 (Agencies): Fujifilm has launched 12 new digital camera models in India. The company has introduced the following cameras: AV200 and AX300 (A series), JV200, JX300 (J series), FinePix X100, T
New Delhi, April 9 (Agencies): Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday admitted that corruption is hurting inclusive growth in India and the benefits of the economic growth are not reaching a large section
Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare participate in a protest against corruption, in the backdrop of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, in Hyderabad, April 8. The 73-year-old Hazare, an Indian activist ha
NEW Delhi, April 8 (Agencies): The government is getting serious about curbing irrational use of antibiotics. The Union health ministry has formalised a National Policy for Containment of Antibiotic Resistance
NEW Delhi, April 8 (PTI): India can get information on secret bank accounts from Swiss authorities for cases dating from January 2011, once the revised taxation treaty between the two countries is ratified by t
New Delhi, April 7 (PTI): A day after the Government referred its $9.6 billion deal to a panel of ministers, UK’s Cairn Energy Plc today said it has extended the deadline for completion of the sale
New, Delhi, April 7 (Agencies): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today assured the principal Opposition BJP that India is keeping a strict watch on Chinese presence in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and i
A man salutes the Indian flag during a protest against corruption in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Indian activist Anna Hazare has been fasting for a third day Thursday to push for parliament to creat
LUCKNOW, April 7 (PTI): BJP on Thursday alleged that the Mayawati-led government in Uttar Pradesh was involved in scams to the tune of Rs 2.54 lakh crore and said the party would soon submit a report on it alon
New Delhi, April 7 (Agencies): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the new guidelines for appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), following which the government today set the ball rolling fo
Indian national Gopal Dass stands on an immigration desk at Pakistani border post Wagha along the Indian border following on his way to his country on April 7. Das was set free after 27 years following an appea
London, April 7 (Reuters): A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cookin
New Delhi, April 6 (Reuters): India’s record grains output in 2011 may prompt the government to allow wheat exports, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday, boosting the prospect of overseas sales o
New Delhi, April 6 (PTI): In the face of new challenges posed in aviation security and safety, the government will soon take a “fresh look” at the concession agreements signed with private par
New Delhi, April 6 (Agencies): Eyeing fast-growing smartphone market in India, LG on Tuesday said it plans to launch a range of phones in this particular segment this year. The company also announced the introd