Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between government and tobacco majors. ...
11:52 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: It's world no tobacco day and CNN-IBN has accessed an RTI query that shows government-run firms have invested in companies like ITC and VST that depend primarily on tobacco for profits. This is in violation of an international treaty India signed in 2004. Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between government and tobacco majors. The documents shows that government owned Life Insurance Corporation of India has invested in...
06:40 PM, May 31, 2012
Paris: France's new socialist government sat down with trade unions and employers for the first time on Tuesday, facing the daunting task of reconciling campaign promises on jobs, wages and pensions with a grim outlook on growth, unemployment and the public finances. The dark backdrop was underlined when the communist-led CGT, the biggest union, sent Jean-Marc Ayrault, the prime minister, a list of what it said were 45,000 redundancies planned...
12:42 AM, May 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: In a possible revolt against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, more than 25 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs and four ministers the Chief Minister's rival Pyari Mohan Mahapatra at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is currently in London and scheduled to return on June 1. According to BJD vice president Damodar Rout, some MLAs met Pyari Mohan Mahapatra and are planning to...
10:52 PM, May 29, 2012
Kathmandu: Three parties quit Nepal's Maoist-led government on Monday as the Himalayan republic slipped deeper into crisis after the prime minister called elections following the failure to agree on a new constitution aimed at ending years of instability. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has called for November 22 elections to resolve the constitutional impasse, sparking a backlash from politicians and Nepalis who have seen the country lurch from one crisis to...
10:55 AM, May 29, 2012
The Army Chief has given a spate of interviews over the weekend. In the process he has spoken critically of the Government, the SC and fellow senior officers. ...
09:27 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Central government schools like Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) and Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV) in Delhi have fared better than private schools in this year's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examination, an official statement said on Monday. At 91.20 per cent and 95.53 per cent, the pass percentage of JNV and KVs respectively has been better than of the private schools, which have a pass percentage of...
06:35 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Computer security analysts have issued an alert for Internet users and operators against hackers attempting to target websites of "reputed" government and private organisations. Cyber security agencies have also asked Internet users to deploy adequate firewalls and security measures to combat these attacks originating through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). "It is observed that some hacker groups are launching distributed denial of service attacks on websites of government...
10:19 AM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday approved starting a passenger bus service to Myanmar and increasing the number of flights to the neighbouring country. "The Cabinet has approved the proposal for introduction of bus service in its meeting today," a source said. The proposal, mooted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, is for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the neighbouring country for the introduction of passenger...
07:46 PM, May 24, 2012
Reacting to the rise in petrol prices by Rs 7.5 per litre, people say they feel let down and betrayed by the government. ...
09:22 AM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: The government has a lot on its plate right now from the free-falling rupee to the twin deficits which are spiraling out of control. But it dealt the biggest blow to the common man today by hiking petrol prices effective from midnight with the steepest ever increase of Rs 7.50 per litre. The government had been building ground for this decision. It has bitten the bullet finally, a day...
10:17 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: In what came as a big shocker for the common man, the petrol prices were on Wednesday underwent the steepest ever increase of Rs 7.50 per litre, which would be effective from midnight. The increase was on the cards with the rupee continuing its free fall against the US dollar. The rupee fell to a record life low of 56 per dollar on Wednesday. The move evoked sharp...
07:37 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: As the UPA government on Tuesday completes its third year in office in second term, the road transport ministry on Tuesday exuded confidence that it will achieve the target of constructing 20 km roads per day before elections in 2014. "Before we will go for elections, we will achieve the target (of constructing 20 km roads per day). I am very much confident about it," Road Transport Minister...
04:27 AM, May 23, 2012
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India will pump in Rs 12,000 crore in the market later this week by buying government securities. "Consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the RBI has decided to conduct Open Market Operations (OMOs) by purchasing the following government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 12,000 crore on May 25, 2012," it...
09:20 PM, May 22, 2012
A tiger death raises a million eye brows. An investigation is immediately sought. Conservationists make a hue and cry demanding the arrest of the poacher. But they don't show same intensity of concern when an elephant dies due to poaching or electrocution. Invariably the blame is thrust on elephants for crop-raiding. Farmers who illegally draw power from electric lines and trigger-happy poachers get away scot free. Like the critically endangered...
01:25 PM, May 21, 2012
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