Orissa govt, Navayuga in pact to build port worth Rs 6,500 cr

Orissa government on Monday signed a concession agreement with Navayuga Engineering Company to set up a port with a capacity of 25 MTPA, at an investment of Rs 6,500 crore in Puri district. The state government signed the concession agreement, almost two years after concluding a MoU with the Hyderabad- -based developer Navayuga on 12th […]

SC asks how CVC will function in light of criminal case

Government on Monday placed the file relating to the appointment of P J Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner in the Supreme Court, which questioned as to how he would function in the post in view of a pending criminal case against him. “Without looking into the file, we are concerned that if a person […]

Inter-state coord taken up at NIA meet

Inter-state coordination and enhancing the quality of investigation were among the various issues that featured during discussions at the southern states National Investigating Agency meet in Bangalore on Monday. Coordination among the states in view of inter-state arrests and tracking down terrorist activities, where the operations spanned over various states or accused were involved in […]

Navi Mumbai gets the green signal with riders

After a year-long tussle between Civil Aviation and Environment Ministries, the Navi Mumbai airport finally got the green signal on Monday but with riders about resettlement of displaced people and development of mangroves around the site. “Today, formally the environmental clearance has been given to the Navi Mumbai Project. The provisions of building the airport […]

Nobody has asked to resign: Yeddyurappa

As he arrived in New Delhi to meet the top BJP leadership, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has said he has not been asked by anybody in the party to quit. “Nobody has asked me to resign,” he told reporters in New Delhi on Monday evening when asked whether he would be quitting as […]

Probe into 2G case to be completed within three months: CBI

The CBI on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will complete investigation and file within three months a chargesheet in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The apex court was informed by CBI counsel and senior advocate K K Venugopal that the agency will take two months to complete the investigation and in another one […]

Delhi govt sets up committee on housing for poor

A week after the East Delhi building collapse, Delhi Govt on Monday constituted a high-powered committee to frame a broad policy for providing shelter to vulnerable sections and facilitate swift allotment of around 9,000 low-cost houses to them. A cabinet meeting, presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, deliberated at length on the building collapse incident […]

JK cabinet nod for surrender policy for youths who went to POK

The much-talked about surrender policy for youths who had exfiltrated from Jammu and Kashmir between 1989 and 2009 for arms training and have a change of heart now was cleared by the state cabinet. Under the policy, which got its nod from the state Cabinet led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday, youths who […]

SC asks how CVC will function in light of criminal case

Government on Monday placed the file relating to the appointment of P J Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner in the Supreme Court, which questioned as to how he would function in the post in view of a pending criminal case against him. “Without looking into the file, we are concerned that if a person […]

Government places in a sealed cover file relating to the appointment of P J Thomas as Chief Vigilance Commissioner in the Supreme Court