UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will officially launch the Food Security Scheme in Mizoram on 20 September, but it would take some more time for its actual implementation, a state minister said here today.
Sharan, who is a senior lawyer, will be assisted by advocate Sanchit Guru in the case which is listed for hearing tomorrow before a special bench headed by Justice R M Lodha.
The bill will limit the overall percentage of foreign workers that outsourcing companies like Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services or Infosys can have in the United States
The digitisation process being ushered in by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry was providing DTH companies advantage over local cable operators, the Cable Operators Federation of India (COFI) today claimed.
Former union commerce minister Kamal Nath had overruled his ministry's secretary and favoured denotification of three special economic zones (SEZ) in Goa in 2008, suggest recently unclassified diplomatic cables available on Wikileaks.
Attorney General G E Vahanvati on Wednesday told a Delhi court that former Telecom Minister A Raja's letter to the Prime Minister regarding the DoT's policy to be adopted for 2G spectrum allocation was not based on discussion with him and the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Goa government has notified anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism guidelines, 2013 which will keep a strict check on casinos operating in the state so that they do not indulge in illegal money transactions.
The over seven-week Session will have a month-long break from 22 March to 22 April and will conclude on 10 May.
The CPI(M) on Friday said government's move to raise the FDI cap in insurance sector and allowing foreign investment in pension funds would make India's finance sector vulnerable to speculation and asked political parties to defeat these measures in Parliament
The union government's decision to cap the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders per household is likely to push a switchover in kitchens to alternate appliances like induction cookers and microwave ovens, industry experts say.
Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region is fast turning into a hotspot for growing marijuana with Maoist guerrillas making farmers switch to the cash crop, say police officials.
In city markets, the prices of the Hilsa have been ranging between Rs 1,000-Rs 1,500 depending upon the size and quality of the fish
Commitment levels among employees in India have declined sharply in comparison to the global average, as about 33 percent of them plan to leave their jobs in less than two years, says a survey.
Saying that the reference vindicated the party's stand and "struggle" to get the issue probed, party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said it was because of the efforts of BJP MP Hansraj Ahir.
Airports Authority of India has been carrying out the modernisation work for the terminal since November 2008.
BJP-led government in its recent budget had exempted value added tax on the petrol, slashing its prices by almost Rs 11 making it cheapest in the country.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to India would improve bilateral trade and relationship.
World Bank report has highlighted corruption and fraud in national highway projects funded by the bank.
"Protectionism is not to the benefit of the Indian defence sector. You don't realise the benefits of the multiplier effect. Development will be faster if higher FDI is permitted," a leading European helicopter manufacturer said on Friday.
Although India's latest budget has increased the allocation for tourism by less than 10 percent, the tourism ministry remains hopeful that it can bring in at least seven million foreign tourists to the country during this fiscal year.
The Kerala government on Wednesday doubled the financial assistance extended to the weaker and poorer sections of the state's diaspora.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi castigated the Centre for its "abrupt ban" on cotton export, saying that the decision had inflicted a whopping loss of Rs 15,000 crore on the Gujarat farmers.
The government is considering seeking the Presidential reference as it wants clarity on the apex court's February 2 verdict on natural resources in the 2G spectrum case.
Bihar's economy grew at a rate of 11.36 percent from 2004-05 to 2010-11, much above the national average.
The government today approved three road projects in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh entailing a total investment of Rs 5,388.36 crore.