German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009 from Indian President Pratibha Patil at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Tuesday. Merkel and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday reviewed regional security and pledged to work together against terrorism and promote stability in South Asia. […]
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday rejected the Centre’s appeal of breaking her fast, over the issues related to protection of the Ganga river and conservation of Himalayas. In a letter to Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, Bharti said she cannot accept his request of breaking her […]
Today is the World no Tobacco day. The objective of the day is to encourage tobacco users to abstain from consumption of all forms of tobacco. This year the theme of the day is WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which recommends pictorial health warnings as an effective strategy for reduction of demand of tobacco. […]
The Centre has ordered security audit of all vital installations, including nuclear stations, oil refineries and military bases, across the country. The order has been issued after a high-level meeting held by the Union Home Ministry following the last week’s terrorist attack on a naval base in neighbouring Pakistan. A joint-team of Intelligence Bureau and […]
The 5th meeting of the Joint Drafting Committee of the Lokpal Bill took place in New Delhi on Monday. Wide ranging discussions took place in Monday’s meeting of the Committee. The next meeting to carry the deliberations forward has been scheduled for the 6th of next month.
Ahead of the first Indo-German govt consultations to be led by PM Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Ministers of the two countries held deliberations on key issues, including counter terrorism and the situation in the region. Merkel, who is arriving in New Delhi tomorrow with several other cabinet ministers, will hold talks […]
Delhi High Court has reserved order on the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar. Both of them are accused in the 2G scam. Justice Ajit Bharihoke, after hearing detailed arguments on the bail applications of the accused, said the order on their pleas would be pronounced later. Senior advocate […]
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence against farmers protesting against forcible acquisition of land at Bhatta Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the petitioner to approach the Allahabad High Court since it […]
The Comptroller and Auditor General, Vinod Rai on Monday appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam to explain how the government auditor quantified the losses in the spectrum allocation at Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Mr Rai was asked to brief the Committee, chaired by Congress leader P C Chacko, on […]
Germany will shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022, becoming the first major industrial power to give up atomic power and rely entirely on other sources of energy. The decision, announced by Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen today, came after a meeting of leaders of the ruling coalition headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The […]
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