'Fillip For Protection Of Personal Property Rights'

'The ruling does not automatically mean that your house can be taken away, but suppose it blocks an expressway or a highway or such essential development, then it can be taken away as long as there......

Cut motion: Congress issues whip

Bracing up for opposition's plans of a cut motion to the Demands for Grants, Congress has issued a three-line whip to its members in the Lok Sabha for the entire next week and has asked its allies......

Govt ushers in de-layering in bureaucracy, jt secretary reports to secretary

The Centre has taken a major step towards increasing efficiency in decision-making by empowering joint secretaries to report to secretaries directly, officials said on Wednesday. Joint secretaries......

SC clears Chardham highway project; forms fresh green panel

The Supreme Court has cleared the decks for the Chardham highway project, which will connect four holy places in the hills of Uttarakhand through 900-km all-weather roads, by modifying a National......

N-E states told to complete delayed projects soon

Union Minister for Development of the North-East C P Thakur has warned the eight states of the region to complete all delayed and pending projects before April 2004 or face stoppage of funds for......

Cost overruns dog central projects

Wondering why rail traffic congestion does not ease, power cuts are frequent or why mining continues to be a laggard despite investments? The answer to all such questions is cost overruns.There has......

Eco-friendly cars to Ganga as transport hub... Gadkari's big plans

Promoting ethanol-friendly cars, turning river Ganga into a waterway and rolling out 50 stalled road projects are three top agendas that figure prominently in new Transport & Highways and Shipping......

MSP to now reflect transport, marketing charges

With an eye on the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the governmentdecided on Thursday to factor in the premium paid by farmers for crop insurance as well as marketing and transport charges......