Earlier, 40 MPs had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the intentional delay in appointing the chairmen.
According to agencies, the government is now checking whether they have the technology to monitor emails when they get briefly stored in an enterprise server.
The United Progressive Alliance government is working towards re-introducing the Land Acquisition Bill in Parliament in the Winter Session to ensure the protection of farmers' interests who play an important positive role in food security, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
An official announcement said that the booths can sell the coupons by paying an additional licence fee that varies from Rs 200 to Rs 500 a month.
Social activist Swami Agnivesh who is trying to negotiate between the Maoists and Centre met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Tuesday and requested an impartial judicial probe into the murder of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad who was killed on July 2.
Andhra Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Friday arrived in Delhi to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss various issues including the controversial padayatra undertaken by party leader Jaganmohan Reddy, expansion of the state cabinet and the selection of candidates for the by-elections in the Telangana region. He is also expected to raise the issue of Praja Rajyam leader Chiranjeevi's increasing proximity to the Congress.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had a brief meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on salient features of the Budget.
Online lotteries mushroomed in India in the mid-90s
A major fire has been reported at Gulmohar Mill situated on Dadasaheb Phalke Marg in the Dadar area of central Mumbai. At press time no serious casualty has been reported, nor has anyone been trapped in the fire, the Mumbai fire brigade said.
While auto sales in the US have plunged, vehicle sale in China has more than doubled since 2005, rising near 13 million units this year.
It's a likely series-clincher for India, but a must-win game for Sri Lanka, as one-day cricket returns to the Eden Gardens after a four-year hiatus when the teams clash in the fourth match of the series on Thursday.
Captain Virender Sehwag is counting on his spinners to deliver on the slow Eden Gardens track in the Thursday's fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss wants his middle order batsmen to come good and help the team post a big score in the fourth One-Day International in Kolkata, on Thursday.
The court also hit Microsoft with a $287 million fine.
Congress Member of Parliament Jagdambika Pal, who served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for three days in 1998, had to face an awkward moment on Monday during the debate on the Liberhan Commission's report in the House, when the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party pointed out that the report listed him as a karsevak.Pal was the first Congress leader to speak during the Lok Sabha debate on the report, which indicts top BJP leaders L K Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Congress is trying to devise a political strategy to capitalise on the ongoing agitation in Andhra Pradesh, for a separate Telengana state, and defuse the pressure on the state government regarding the issue.Congress president Sonia Gandhi reportedly spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the revival of the Committee on Telengana, which was constituted during the United Progressive Alliance's first term but was subsequently abandoned.
Kavita Karkare and Smita Salaskar, the widows of slain Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, on Monday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and apprised her of problems they face. Both Karkare and Salaskar died while fighting terrorists during the Mumbai terror attack.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised the Indians after they took a well-deserved 2-1 lead in the seven-match series in Delhi on Saturday.
Yuvraj Singh paid rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar's contribution to the game over the last 20 years, saying there is a lot to learn from the master batsman and the way he prepares for a game.
A huge explosion outside the Indian embassy in Kabul killed at least five people, reports said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. Though there are no immediate reports of any Indian being injured, TV reports suggest the embassy embassy wall has been severely damaged.
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