India on Tuesday welcomed the US withdrawing USD 800 million military aid to Pakistan and termed the move as a “positive step”. “It is too early to comment for how how long this embargo will continue. But it is a positive step, a welcome step,” Defence Ministry A K Antony told reporters in New Delhi […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to make changes in his council of ministers, while a few new ministers is likely to be inducted on Tuesday evening. According to sources, the reshuffle may involve ten to twelve ministers including new inductions from congress and changes in portfolios of present ministers. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and […]
An empowered group of ministers on food headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday approved an amended right to food bill proposed by the parent ministry knitting key points of suggestions made by the NAC and the PMEAC. However, it is likely to be a long haul to the implementation of the Act which […]
India is set to become the most populous nation by 2025 and face many new challenges, if population continued to grow at the current rate. These concerns were expressed by Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken today at a ‘National Workshop on Youth for Population Stabilization’, held to mark ‘World Population […]
Roman Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines apologised on Monday to their followers for a scandal involving allegedly inappropriate donations to bishops. Philippine lawmakers began investigating allegations last week that the government’s lotto operator made illegal donations in exchange for political favours from influential church leaders friendly to ex-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. A pastoral letter […]
In another crackdown in the backdrop of athletics doping scandal, a team of National Anti-Doping Agency on Monday conducted raids at the Sports Authority of India’s centre at Bangalore and took samples from the campers there for testing. The team, headed by Dr V Jayaraman, searched the rooms of the campers, took urine samples and […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday directed Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy to visit the site of a train derailment in Rangia in Assam following a blast in which at least 50 passengers were injured. The direction came a day after the blast that took place near Rangia in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday held consultations giving further grist to the speculation mill over a possible reshuffle of the Union Cabinet. This is the fourth meeting of the two leaders in recent days amid indications that the reshuffle would take place any time this week. There has been […]
Law Min M Veerappa Moily on Monday met PM Manmohan Singh in the wake of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium tendering his resignation over the appointment of a private counsel to appear for the govt in a 2G-related case in the Supreme Court. Moily, who was in Bangalore during the weekend, reached Delhi on Sunday night. […]
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the Karnataka government’s decision to frame rules to prevent illegal mining in the state. A bench headed by justice R V Raveendran on Monday turned down the plea of mining companies challenging the state government’s decision to put in place a mechanism to regulate mining. The […]
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