'People on their deathbeds indulge in politics'

Srikant Kumar Jena was a Union Cabinet minister nearly 14 years ago; now he is a minister of state (for chemicals and fertilisers) in Dr Manmohan Singh's ministry. The 60-year-old politician is a......

Rahul poured cold water on PM's initiative: Oppn

The Opposition on Saturday sought to drive a wedge between the prime minister and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi saying the young leader's remarks on Anna Hazare's fast has "poured cold......

Speaker solves Alagiri's 'language' problem

Union Minister M K Alagiri will no longer have to fight shy of Parliament on the ground that he is not well-versed in English or Hindi. An arrangement has now been worked out by Lok Sabha Speaker......

Rajya Sabha goes digital to save paper

The Rajya Sabha is all set to go digital to minimise the massive wastage of paper in the House, thanks to an initiative by Vice President and Chairman Hamid Ansari. As per the suggested changes,......

Government notifies new drug pricing policy

The government on Thursday said the new drug policy, which aims at bringing more medicines under price control, has been notified."The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPP-2012) approved by......

Higher food prices push up inflation to 9.75% in Oct

Driven by rising prices of food items such as sugar, pulses and vegetables as well as clothing, retail inflation moved closer to the double digit mark at 9.75 per cent in October.It was 9.73 per......

Retail inflation marginally down at 10.02%

Retail inflation declined marginally to 10.02 per cent in June mainly due to lower prices of sugar and non-alcoholic beverages.Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index, was at 10.36 per cent......

8 anti-cancer drugs to be categorised as essential

Eight commonly prescribed anti-cancer drugs will soon enter India's National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).The entry assumes significance in the backdrop of a Supreme Court directive to the......

Orissa dismiss Services for 268

Orissa bowlers claimed four quick wickets on the third day to dismiss Servicesfor 268 in their first innings even though bad weather continued to dominate the proceedings in the Ranji Trophy Plate......