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By B.K. Chum in Chandigarh Last week’s two happenings in Haryana hit the media headlines. One was the Jats agitation for job reservations in government services. The other was the abduction and gang-rape of a 23-years old pub employee of Gurgaon’s Sahara Mall who was on her way home...
As the Shale Gas policy is expected early next year, India has accelerated the progress towards achieving the best results from the developments around the unconventional gas resource. CII and Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University has organized a 2 day “India US Bilateral Conference on Shale Gas” at New...
Speaking at the CII Interactive Session with the Ministry of Finance on the Union Budget 2012-13, Mr R.S Gujral, Secretary (Finance and Revenue) outlined a five pronged approach which was kept in mind while drawing up the Budget to help the economy emerge from the current slowdown. According to...
Dinesh Trivedi’s resignation as railway minister has been accepted, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told lawmakers in parliament on Monday. Trivedi quit on Sunday after his announcement of an increase in passenger fares in last week’s railway budget prompted a furious response from his Trinamool Congress party. The resignation and...
New Delhi: As many as 18 power plants in the country are faced with critical level of coal shortage, Minister of State for Power KC Venugopal informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Of the 89 thermal power projects being monitored, 34 had fuel (coal) stock less than seven days...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa began crackdown on anti-nuclear activists at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Monday. Nine Kudankulam protestors have been detained. The Tamil Nadu government has also got the nuclear power plant site cleared. Seeking to end the impasse over the Kudankulam nuclear plant...
In a major relief to the government over the fiercely contested National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), three amendment motions moved by the opposition on the anti-terror intelligence hub were defeated in the Lok Sabha Monday. The Trinamool Congress, a bitter critic of the NCTC but part of the ruling...
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee has met with the Prime Minister after he allegedly upset her by stating in Parliament that he regrets the departure of Dinesh Trivedi from his cabinet. Mr Trivedi is from Ms Banerjee’s party, the Trinamool Congress, which is a key member of the ruling coalition...
Lucknow: Mulayam Singh Yadav has said his support from the outside to the UPA government will continue, but says the Samajwadi Party is not joining the government. “We have not asked anyone and no one has asked us to,” the Samajwadi Party chief said emphatically in Lucknow today. Mr...
With the Yeddyurappa camp adamant in its demand for reinstating him as Karnataka Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday said the party is in touch with him and that the issue will be resolved. BJP leader Arun Jaitley said he did not see the crisis in the...