
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today said the Union Government should focus on education and nutrition in the budget. "The budget should focus more on children, on their nutrition and education. It is important that they (children) get good education," Aamir told reporters here today. The Union budget would be presented on the coming Friday. "Education is an important sector and teachers contribute in building children's future. They (government) must...

12:06 PM, Mar 15, 2012

Ahmedabad: Expressing shock over Union Government's decision to ban export of cotton, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the decision should be reversed immediately. The Chief Minister has warned that the decision to ban cotton export would anger cotton farmers of the state and the Union government should stop working against their interests. The Union government on Monday...

08:43 PM, Mar 05, 2012

New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that no time limit can be fixed for disposal of mercy plea of a death convict and the court cannot prescribe a time limit for it. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the Centre said the powers conferred on the President to decide a mercy plea are special powers which cannot be interfered with. "The powers under Article 72...

06:45 PM, Jan 10, 2012

SC bench sought the government's stand within four weeks. ...

03:02 AM, Nov 04, 2009

All the three parties want a resolution to the crisis at the earliest. ...

12:11 AM, Jul 31, 2009

One card to unite us all - that's the promise of Govt's National Identity Card, launched in a village in Delhi. ...

03:01 PM, May 27, 2007

Freedom fighters in Andhra Pradesh will celebrate the 150th year of the First War of Indian Independence from May 10. ...

05:12 PM, May 07, 2007

Believe it or not, but bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi have Rs 50 crore of the Central Government's revenue blocked. ...

12:32 AM, Jan 18, 2007