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March 21, 2012 1:33 PM
The government has ascertained that construction activity on the Brahmaputra river at Zangmu on the Chinese side is a run-of-the-river hydro-electric project which will not adversely impact the downstream areas in India. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna informed the Lok Sabha today that the go...
March 21, 2012 1:18 PM
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said that the government is in the process of amending the criminal law to arrest the rising crimes against women including Honour Killings. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, he said more number of cases are being reported from...
March 21, 2012 12:11 PM
In Maharashtra, three hard-core Maoists working in various Naxal units have been arrested by the C-60 special team in Gondia district in Vidarbha region. The ultras used to operate in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Police Superintendent told reporters in Gondia the special team nabbed...
March 21, 2012 12:08 PM
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said that the government is in the process of amending the criminal law to arrest the rising crimes against women including Honour Killings. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, he said more number of cases are being reported from...
March 21, 2012 9:53 AM
In Odisha, the composition of negotiators on the Maoist side for the release of the two abducted Italians is facing a number of difficulties. The Maoists have suggested the names of social activists BD Sharma and Prafulla Samantra as alternative after the Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik rejecte...
March 21, 2012 9:19 AM
The International Monetary Fund, IMF has lauded India's efforts in managing economy well with good measures amid persisting global uncertainties. Appreciating India's economic reforms, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said, the decision of government to cap subsidies at two per cent...
March 20, 2012 8:43 PM
The negotiation process between the Odisha Government and Maoists over release of two Italian nationals, failed to take off today due to difference of opinion over selection of mediators. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has rejected the proposal of the Maoists to include CPI(Maoists) politiburo...
March 20, 2012 8:39 PM
The CBI today made its first arrests in the multi crore Adarsh Society scam. Four people, the chief promoter of Adarsh Society, R C Thakur, retired Brigadier and defence estates officer, M M Wanchoo, former deputy secretary of Maharashtra's Urban Development department, P V Deshmukh and former Congr...
March 20, 2012 8:11 PM
The alleged mastermind of Nandigram violence in West Bengal in 2007, former CPI(M) MP, Lakshman Seth has been remanded to 3 days of CID custody. He was arrested from a Mumbai guest house and was produced in a Haldia court today. Two other CPI(M) leaders, Amiya Sahoo and Ashok Guria, arrested along w...
March 20, 2012 6:01 PM
The Planning Commission Deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said, the rate of reduction in poverty in five years between 2004-05 and 2009-10 is about 1.5 percentage points per year. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr Ahluwalia said, the Commission was asked by the Court to update the po...
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