
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has passed an ordinance for reclaiming 400 acres of land at Tata Motors' abandoned site at Singur for returning to unwilling farmers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Governor M K Narayanan has signed the ordinance, she said and described it as a historic day for the people of Singur. The ordinance would be placed in the next session of Assembly for passage. "We...

08:18 PM, Jun 09, 2011

The Pakistan President says he won't resign till proved guilty of wrong doing. ...

07:58 AM, Dec 20, 2009

Ordnance protecting Zardari from prosecution for graft 'illegal'. ...

11:06 PM, Dec 16, 2009

Melbourne: With less than three weeks to go for the the Ashes series, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has dismissed reports of disharmony within the team and said these are completely made up stories and far from the truth. The reports of in-fighting and a split over Michael Clarke's candidature as Ponting's successor-in-waiting emerged in the media at a time when Australia were looking to erase their seven-match losing streak across ...

01:44 AM, Nov 02, 2007

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance, halting demolition of illegal constructions in Delhi for a year. ...

06:15 PM, Jun 15, 2007

The AP government has issued an ordinance prohibiting propagation of all religions except Hinduism at the Tirumala hills near Tirupati. ...

09:15 PM, Jun 08, 2007

The President has promulgated the ordinance making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share live feed with Prasar Bharati. ...

02:48 PM, Feb 03, 2007

The Bill would contain provision to lift the 10 pc cap on voting rights of foreign banks in private sector banks. ...

05:57 PM, Jan 17, 2007

Two days after receiving the threatening email, Kerala has begun work on an ordinance to deal with cyber crime. ...

04:12 PM, Oct 29, 2006

Pakistan government has deferred the debate in Parliament on a bill to modify controversial Islamic laws. ...

06:17 PM, Sep 08, 2006