Hemant Soren distributes portfolios; keeps home, gives finance to Cong

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among the new ministers, keeping key departments such as home, personnel and several others to himself, according to a......

'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

Modi 3.0 mantris off to quick start, priority for 100-day action plan

Signalling both change and continuity, India's new government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive term, got into work gear on Tuesday with cabinet ministers and......

Cauvery water dispute: SC refuses to interfere with CWRC order

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directing the Karnataka government to release 5,000......

Mumbai-Delhi industrial corridor stuck in limbo

The implementation of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is expected to face further delays as Maharashtra water resources minister and Raigad district guardian minister Sunil Tatkare......

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......

Cabinet nod for changes in Social Security Bill

The government on Thursday approved certain amendments to expand the ambit of a bill providing social security schemes to unorganised workers. The amendments in the Unorganised Sector Workers'......

Govt may charge for groundwater use

The government may soon think in terms of charging soft drink companies and others for extracting groundwater and using it for commercial and industrial purposes.At present, the only charges......