The environment ministry’s expert body, which was initially in favor of letting Lavasa complete 257 buildings under construction, has now deferred any decision on the project. It noted that Lavasa has changed its plans for this ‘under construction’ area through its ‘Special Planning Authority’ status and that the Bombay High Court has asked for a […]
Dabangg, the Salman Khan starring entertainer directed by newcomer and brother of director Anurag Kashyap, Abhinav Kashyap has won the award for the most popular film of 2010 in the National Film Awards being announced in a few minutes, according to sources. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz’s elder brother, Salman Khan and […]
The Congress has said that the arrest of Kanimozhi will not affect its alliance with DMK and that it will not comment on the matter. “I don’t think it is necessary for a political party to comment upon the merits of an ongoing judicial proceeding… This being a matter between accused persons and investigating agences, […]
Just on the heels of the killing of the 35 highway workers in the Patkia province last week ten more workers became victims of the blast in the Kandhar province, southern Afghanistan. RTN sources say that when the labourers were going for their daily work in the rural Panjwayi district of Kandahar province blast took […]
G’FIVE, one of the new mobile brands to make its presence felt in India, has announced that it will soon launch Android tablets priced at Rs 10,000 or less. Currently, branded tablets cost Rs 15,000 or more in India, including the iPad, which costs around Rs 30,000 and the Samsung Galaxy tab which costs upwards […]
Prices are rising faster in rural areas compared to urban areas, according to the consumer price index readings for April. Inflation was up from 7% in March to 8% in April in rural areas while it climbed 4% to 5% in urban areas. Overall consumer prices were up 8% in rural areas while they were […]
Speaking at a party function in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has accused the Mayawati Government of running “an elaborate scheme to deprive the local farmers of their land.” Her comments have come in the same aggressive tone adopted by her son and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, setting the pitch for […]
The good up by the Home ministry and the CBI in making India’s most wanted list “shall not be condoned” or “taken lightly,” the Congress party has said. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the spokesperson of the party, said an investigation is currently on to apportion the blame for the mess and action will definitely be taken. […]
The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Ajit Kumar Seth,a 1974 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre as the next Cabinet Secretary with effect from June 14, 2011. A press release issued by the Ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions says that “The Prime Minister has approved the appointment […]
Niira Radia, the founder of Vaishnavi Corporate Communications and the prominent lobbyist whose alleged conversations grabbed the headlines six months ago, will sue Delhi-based lawyer RK Anand for allegedly defaming her. Anand, a former neighbour of Radia’s, has been sued for writing a book ‘Close encounters with Niira Radia’ whose publication was stopped by the […]
If you are a big corporate in India, or someone remotely connected to the Indian corporate world, it is unlikely that you don’t know Amit Mitra. The face of FICCI — India’s second largest industry association — Mitra has now decided to move on from influencing national policy to making them. Having been elected to […]
Arun Bothra, the CBI DIG in charge of the extraditing Kim Davy, the accused in the Purulia arms drop case, has dismissed allegations that the ‘expired warrant’ carried by CBI to Copenhagen was a big issue. Bothra, speaking to media in Copenhagen, said it was a mere technicality, even as calls increased for home minister […]
The Home Minister P Chidambaram is learnt to have forwarded the report of Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with a note that it disagreed with this recommendation. Earlier this week, Bhardwaj had sent a report to the Home Ministry claiming that the Speaker and the Chief Minister of Karnataka state […]
Shortly after it asked the Centre to clarify the exact powers of Lavasa as a Special Planning Authority or SPA, the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Environment Ministry has found that Lavasa showed a higher built-up area in its plans by calculating its FSI in the wrong way. It asked the firm to come […]
India is one of the most ‘unpeaceful’ places in the world, going by the Global Peace Index – a ranking of nations according to their states of peace. Out of the 153 countries, India ranked towards the bottom in terms of peace, at 135. Iceland is the world’s most peaceful nation, followed by New Zealand, […]
The government has claimed to have rolled out 94,000 Internet-kiosks as part of its e-governance program. 1 lakh kiosks, called Common Service Centres or CSCs, were supposed to have been rolled out nearly 3-4 years ago, but have faced enormous delays. The biggest delay has been in readying government services — such as issue of […]
Sonia Gandhi today unveiled the strategy that the Congress and UPA will follow to counter the widespread perception that the government is beset with corruption and scams. Speaking at a Congress party event in Varanasi, the President of the party said no other government in India’s history has taken the kind of action against corrupt […]
The CNN-IBN channel has claimed that the National Commission for Women — a statutory rights body — has prepared a report in which it points to women being stripped and people being burnt by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the recent farmers’ agitation. Claiming to have seen the NCW report prepared after the Commission’s visit eight […]
One of the most recent US diplomatic cables released to be released by Wikileaks has pointed to India’s deep ambitions in Afghanistan. The cable, written as a ‘scene-setter’ for the visit of influential US Senator John Kerry in February last year noted that Indians were restrained in their military co-operation with Afghanistan only because of […]
Arindam Chaudhuri, the founder of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) chain and author has brought out advertisements in national media calling for greater control over content available on the Internet. Chaudhuri, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of scrutiny by bloggers over his institute’s claims, urged the viewers […]
