Pulse war breaks out on Bihar's electoral table
Rivals alliances in election-bound Bihar Tuesday served each other liberal portions of blame for rapidly vanishing pulses from the platter of the common man.
Oct 20, 2015, 15:19 PM IST
Watch: Top 10 Headlines
Watch top 10 morning headlines of the day:
-Bihar second phase election will commence today.
-TRAI will ask central government about the call drops.
NJAC unconstitutional; collegium system of appointing judges to continue: Supreme Court
In a judgement with far-reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down the NJAC Act holding it unconstitutional.
Oct 16, 2015, 09:10 AM IST
Centre can't be blamed for local happenings: Naidu on Dadri lynching case
In the backdrop of Dadri lynching case, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu Thursday said the Centre cannot be blamed for "local happenings" and stressed that people especially the younger generation are more interested in development and not in such incidents.
Oct 08, 2015, 18:38 PM IST
Govt employees to enjoy rafting, jungle safaris to enhance risk-taking capacities
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) feels that adventure sports will cull the impact of stress and sedentary life on government servants.
Oct 04, 2015, 13:08 PM IST
Centre wants babus with doubtful integrity and efficiency sacked
To tone up the bureaucratic apparatus and weed out officials of doubtful integrity and efficiency, the government has asked all its departments to identify such public servants and move proposals for their premature retirement.
Sep 15, 2015, 17:36 PM IST
Sanitary napkin vending machines at Nirman Bhawan
Targeting women's health at its door step, the central government has installed four sanitary napkin vending machines in women's washrooms at Nirman Bhawan, which houses the health ministry.
Sep 11, 2015, 18:22 PM IST
Govt announces open source software policy
The policy shall be applicable to Central government organisations and and those State governments that choose to adopt this policy, an official statement said.
Mar 30, 2015, 20:31 PM IST
No disconnect between RBI and government: FM
Dismissing murmurs of differences with the RBI over trimming its jurisdiction, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said there is no 'disconnect' with the central bank and hoped banks would cut lending rate in tandem with monetary policy.
Mar 22, 2015, 18:40 PM IST
Central govt to push for BPOs in small towns, cities
The central government has decided to set up Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centres in small towns across the country to boost their economic development, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said here today.
Nov 08, 2014, 20:37 PM IST
Black money: Govt submits before SC names of 627 Indians holding foreign bank accounts
In a major step forward in the black money case, the Central government on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court a list of names of Indians having accounts in foreign banks.
Oct 29, 2014, 05:38 AM IST
Govt to consider if tax payers should be out of PDS
Incomes Tax payers and ranking officials in government may be out of the ambit of the Public Distribution System if a thinking in the Central government gathers momentum.
Oct 09, 2014, 16:03 PM IST
Replacement of Planning Commission still under consideration
The proposal to replace Planning Commission with a new body, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is "still under consideration" of the central government.
Sep 21, 2014, 09:52 AM IST
