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September 26, 2012 8:21 PM

Centre urges SC to allow limited tourism in tiger habitats

The Centre has urged the Supreme Court to allow regulated, low-impact tourist activities in up to 20 percent of the core/critical tiger habitat in the country as part of the exercise to promote tourism.In the fresh guidelines formulated for states following the apex court's interim ban imposed ...

September 26, 2012 8:06 PM

NCP to support Congress at Centre & in Maharashtra

The NCP Chief Mr. Sharad Pawar has categorically said that his party will continue to support Congress led Government at the Centre and in Maharashtra also.Talking to newsmen in Kolkata this evening Mr. Pawar said that NCP does not want instability in the country. Referring to Maharashtra episode he...

September 26, 2012 6:53 PM

UPA Coordination Committee to endorse government’s economic reforms

The meeting of UPA coordination committee will be held on Thursday to endorse government's new economic reforms decisions. The supreme policy making body of congress party has already endorsed the decisions taken by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The meeting headed by Congress President Son...

September 26, 2012 6:42 PM

Congress rules out leadership change in Maharashtra

The Congress has ruled out the possibility of change of leadership in Maharashtra. Talking to media persons today in New Delhi, party spokesman Rashid Alvi said, the current crisis in Maharashtra is an internal matter of alliance partner, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He said, Maharashtra Ch...

September 26, 2012 6:38 PM

SC dismisses Centre’s plea on interlinking of rivers

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its direction to government to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner.A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia refused to have a relook at its February 27 judgement on the issue.The ben...

September 26, 2012 6:12 PM

Consumer Helpline receives over 10,000 calls in August

The National Consumer Helpline has received more than 10 thousand telephonic calls on consumer-related issues during August. It also received 1452 complaints through the online complaint system. A maximum of 2655 calls were received from Delhi followed by Uttar Pradesh (1652), Maharashtra (1377) and...

September 26, 2012 6:11 PM

Karnataka planters oppose Gadgil’s report on Western Ghats

Karnataka Planters Association has opposed Prof.Madhav Gadgil's report on Western Ghats conservation. The Chairman of the Association Mr.Marvin Rodrigues informed in Bangalore today that Union Ministry of Environment has set up a panel under Scientist Dr.K.Kasthurirangan to review the report submitt...

September 26, 2012 5:51 PM

Govt. to finalise National Policy on Corporate Governance

The government will soon finalise the National Policy on Corporate Governance after studying the report of the panel constituted for the purpose. Talking to media persons in New Delhi today, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily said that the Committee headed by Adi Godrej has made some suggesti...

September 26, 2012 5:41 PM

BJP demands complete rollback on FDI

The BJP has demanded complete rollback on FDI. The national executive of the party which met at Suraj Kund in Haryana today, accused the UPA government of avoiding questions on matters of corruption and irregulatories in the allocation of Coal Blocks. Later talking to reporters senior party leader R...

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