New Delhi, Dec 5: Government has shortlisted American aircraft manufacturing firm Boeing, with its Chinook helicopter, for procuring 15 heavy-lift choppers for Indian Air Force, Defence Minister A K Antony told Rajya Sabha today. In
New Delhi, Dec 4: Government today said terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan is still intact with reports of presence of about 2,500 militants in various camps across the border.“The terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan or Pakistan occupied
New Delhi, Dec 4: In a boost to the tourism industry, India has relaxed its tourist visa rules by lifting restrictions imposed on foreign visitors to have a two-month cooling off period between subsequent visits.However,
New Delhi, Nov30: Amid demands for greater transparency in appointment of judges to higher judiciary, government on Friday said it is working on a proposal to put in place a new system to change the
New Delhi, Nov 23: The government on Friday said it has hiked charges for speed post services from Rs 12 to Rs 17 for local articles from October 1 following escalation in costs of operations.“The
New Delhi, Nov 23: With logjam prevailing over the opposition's demand for vote on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail under rules that entail voting, the Congress-led UPA government is likely to call an
New Delhi, Nov 22: The government today cleared the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy that will bring 348 essential drugs under price control, leading to reduction in prices.“The National Pharmaceutical Pricing policy has been approved by
Burdwan (WB), Nov 21: Former speaker Somnath Chatterjee praised the secret hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab at Yeravada jail in Pune today saying the government had taken the ‘right step'.“There might have been trouble
On Board Air India One, Nov 20: The government is “fully prepared” to counter the opposition onslaught in parliament over the FDI issue and is confident of the support of its allies, including those who
KolkataNew Delhi, Nov 18: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced that her party will bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government in the winter session of parliament. The Congress downplayed the move, saying
New Delhi, Nov 15: Expressing “concern” over the circumstances in which an Indian woman dentist died in Ireland, India on Thursday said it is awaiting the results of two probes ordered by Irish authorities in
New Delhi, Nov 11: Social activist Anna Hazare has accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of “betrayal” on the Jan Lokpal bill and warned on Sunday of another protest if it was not passed before the
New Delhi,Nov 11: The government has slapped a notice of Rs five crore demand on trusts run by Ramdev in connection with alleged service tax evasion while organising their yoga camps. Claiming that camps undertaken
New Delhi, Nov 9: The controversy-hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will start its production by the first week of December, Union minister V Narayanasamy said today.He said enriched uranium has been fed in the
New Delhi, Oct 30 : The Home Ministry today cleared Pakistan cricket team's tour of India for a limited-over series beginning December 25 and said that the government will provide foolproof security to the visiting
Chandigarh, Oct 30: The Punjab government has withdrawn its offer made to Team India cricketer Harbhajan Singh 10 years ago, to join its police as a DSP (deputy superintendent). The offer was made in February 2002.
Kolkata, Oct 21 : As a feisty opposition leader, she lost no opportunity to pull up the then Left front government for the lack of work culture in West Bengal. Now, when Chief Minister Mamata
Dehradun, Oct 20: The Uttarakhand government today accepted a one-man Commission's recommendation that the creation of an ex-cadre to give reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees is not legally and administratively justified. The recommendation of
New Delhi, Oct 14 : The government today ruled out a rollback or modification of its decision to cap supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) at 6 cylinders per household in a year as it
Mumbai, Oct 12 : Bowing to public pressure and criticism from the court, the Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it has decided to drop sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for
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