Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed All India Congress Committee secretary Mehboob Ali Kaiser as the new Bihar Pradesh Congress chief, replacing former Member of Parliament Jagdish Tytler.
Janata Dal (United) leader George Fernandes on Monday vacated his official Bungalow at 3 Krishna Menon Marg, moving to his own house at Panchsheel Park.
The local communities will get a key role in project governance.
The corporate leadership of India and Pakistan on Wednesday strongly urged the two governments to take all necessary steps to realise the tremendous potential of trade and commerce between the two countries.
The Indian National Overseas Congress launched its Chicago-Illinois chapter at a banquet at the India House in Schaumburg, Illinois, April 30.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA's Chicago chapter raised over $41,000 to educate poor children in India during its annual Food for Education benefit at Waterford Banquets in Elmhurst, May 1.
The Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago held dance performances at a multicultural event at the Hunting Ridge Elementary School in Palatine, Illinois, April 21.
The Union ministry of environment and forests on Tuesday put out an 'update' on the integrated steel plant and captive port of Posco India Pvt Ltd, with hints at stopping the Orissa government from transferring 1,253 hectares of forest land to the company for non-compliance of conditions laid down in the final approval of land diversion given on December 29, 2009.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has shot down the Andhra Pradesh Government's proposal to convert the existing two-lane highway passing through India's largest Nagarjunasagar-Srisailman Tiger Reserve into four lanes.
popular south Indian actress Khushboo joined the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu weeks after she won a four-year long legal battle over her controversial remarks on pre-marital sex.
A three member high-powered Committee of Experts was constituted on Friday with the approval of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to suggest measures to expedite process involved in disciplinary and vigilance proceedings.
The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee headed by Amit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI, to review existing television rating point system (TRP) in India and suggest measures to bring in place an effective mechanism for a transparent TRP system in the country.
Dr Arun Sharma, 56, and his wife Dr Kiran Sharma, 54, of Kemah, Texas, have been convicted of conspiring to commit health care fraud. Both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of fraud.
Chemical and Fertiliser Minister M K Alagiri, who has been criticised in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his prolonged absence during Parliament sessions, is again taking off for another holiday. This time, the 'frequent flyer' minister is traveling to the United States to visit his daughter and grandchild. Alagiri is going on a ten-day leave from his ministerial duties. And interestingly, the prime minister's office has approved his visit to the US.
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday announced a proposal to ban trade of peacock feathers to protect the national bird from illegal poaching and killing.
'While renegotiating the deal, it is likely that Anil Ambani could ask for a huge compensation from RIL to satisfy the ADAG firms' shareholders, a broker closer to the Ambanis said.
Indian security agencies have deported a French passport holder of Algerian origin.
The Opposition's demand to count castes in the just started census forced two adjournments in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU) expressed serious concern over outsourcing of printing of Indian currency notes amounting to Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) to three countries in 1997-98 and said that such a tendency would put India's economic sovereignty at stake.
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