New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) After the government sought to assure senior leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Murli Manohar Joshi that there would be no scaling down of their ...More

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Owing to 'alarmingly' spiralling prices, Indian households reduced pulse consumption to less than 11 kg in the first half of 2009, according to a report by...More

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In order to make officials more accountable and involved in improving railway services, Northern Railway has come up with a new idea: get them to 'adopt' r...More

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) is planning to introduce 15 agricultural commodities that are currently being traded in the futures i...More

Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Having electrified all its villages long back but facing a higher demand for power, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda says the state is well on...More

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Saturday praised the government's draft for a Right to Food (Guarantee of Safety and Security) Act saying it was a 'step in the ...More

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said agriculture had been adversely affected in several parts of the country due to the delayed and deficient monsoo...More

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Though benchmark indices touched a 14-month high this week, continued selling pulled them down 3 percent from their last weekly close, as the government voice...More

Raipur, Aug 8 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Saturday declared as illegal a proposed day-long strike called by thousands of electricity workers. The authorities said the produ...More

Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) Twelve mines, including one owned by Sesa Goa, face closure because of their proximity to wildlife sanctuaries. Director of Environm...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) State-run gas major GAIL India will supply gas to the 160-MW power plant in Ramgarh, Rajasthan. The company has signed a gas sale...More

Panaji, Aug 7 (IANS) Offshore casinos parked in the Mandovi river are severely impeding the traffic of nearly 250-300 river barges ferrying ore from Goa's mining belt to the trans...More

Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corp's (NHPC) initial public offer (IPO) was oversubscribed a little over seven times, according to the data available ...More

Shimla, Aug 7 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, members of the Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday decried the 'discriminatory approach' of the central government to expansion of ...More

Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Telecom software company Ushacomm and the US-based Talisma Corp have tied up to provide a solution to telecom operators that will help them retain their exis...More