The minister, who was in Brussels on a two-day visit, said that seven Chief Minsters including Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Assam, Rajasthan and Kerala have already given their written commitment on allowing FDI in the sector.
A two-member fact finding committee set up by the CBSE following the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur last week said it appeared from the sequence of events that Ryan's International was guilty of gross negligence.
After refarming, over 142.5 MHz of spectrum is expected to be available for auctioning next year.
Justice S N Dhingra Commission, which was set up to probe into grant of land licences to some companies including that of Robert Vadra's in Gurgaon during the Congress rule in Haryana, on Thursday sought six weeks more time to submit its report hours before the deadline was to end.
The government on Wednesday favoured a levy of a minimum 6 per cent of the sale price of the vehicle as a lifetime tax by various states.
The government sought exemption of women drivers from the scheme, saying it may affect the safety and security of women.
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
The board of approval, headed by commerce secretary G K Pillai, will also consider requests from realty major DLF for de-notification of its IT-ITeS SEZs in Gujarat, Haryana, West Bengal and Orissa. Larsen and Toubro has proposed to set up an IT SEZ in Mumbai, while Gulf Oil Corporation has moved application for a similar tax-free zone in Bangalore.
India on Wednesday ruled out the need to import wheat this year, as it appears poised to surpass the 15 million tons procurement target. Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar said that the govt is confident of procuring 16-17 million tons of wheat this year. As per govt estimate wheat production was pegged at 76.78 million tons for 2007-08 crop year ending May this year. He noted that wheat price is stable due to ample availability backed by a bumper production.
Parsvnath SEZ Ltd -- the subsidiary of Parsvnath Developers -- now has two notified SEZs for IT/ITES sectors at Indore and Gurgaon with a combined developable area of over 16 million square feet.
As many as 20 companies have responded so far to the government's open tender inviting participants for the programme. Of these 20, some are CFL producers, while others are financiers who are buying CFLs in bulk and distributing them at their own risk. The distribution in other states will commence only after the programme gets registered at the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change, which may take up to three years.
A united Opposition is expected to move amendments to the motion of thanks for the President's address on how note ban was a mess.
The BJP is of the view that Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttarakhand governments could collapse and a Modi wave may resurrect its chances, notes Archis Mohan.
The Walmart case came before the CIC on a plea by activist Subhash Agrawal.
Returns turn negative as FIIs turn sellers of equities in October.
Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani favoured a tie-up between BJP and its oldest ally Shiv Sena to form the government in Maharashtra while discounting the possibility of any truck with NCP.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is meeting state finance ministers on Thursday to garner support for the Constitution Amendment Bill for a goods & services tax (GST), is likely to immediately dole out about Rs 13,000 crore (Rs 130 billion) in Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation to states.
The Central government is certain that the country will meet the wheat production target for 2008-09., inspite of the hailstorms that destroyed standing crops. According to data provided by officials, wheat crops in around 100,000 hectares of land have been damaged in Haryana itself after the recent hailstorms. The exact loss was being assessed and a special revenue assessment will be ordered later. But govt said wheat production estimate remains unchanged at 74.81 mn tonnes.
The Rajasthan Police has also set up a high-level committee to probe the allegations of delay against the Alwar police in taking Khan to a hospital.
Hazare said he was giving the government six months time till August to come good on its assurance and warned that his protest will again begin in September if the demands were not met.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh governments to build sufficient number of shelter homes for homeless people ahead of winters.
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The govt has not received any proposal to reduce retirement age of employees.
Markets regulator Sebi joined hands by banning any fresh futures market position in chana, the only commodity among pulses where such trading was allowed
The hearing remained inconclusive and would continue on April 17 when Sidhu's counsel senior advocate R S Cheema will give the rebuttal to state government's argument.
The prices of oilseed, coarse cereals & vegetables could also be affected.
The Food and Security Bill will be implemented after few months.
The government is planning to appoint new Governors in at least six states in the next 15-20 days, with Bihar, Punjab and Assam likely among these.
Govt's revenue estimates may take hit on spectrum sharing, trading deals
'When the courts intervene, we are attacked for judicial activism'
The government on Thursday announced a number of concessions for Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan as part of which it also introduced relaxations in the procedure for granting them Indian citizenship.
The fact that one Congress minister and MP nixed a project being promoted by another MP belonging to the same political party is not the only unusual aspect of this episode. This is also a rare instance of the central government acting on the basis of complaints made by a civil society organisation against a large industrial group.
Here is the chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Amid speculation that Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may be named for the Bharat Ratna, a Congress leader on Sunday said Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram and Aligarh Muslim University founder Sir Syed Ahmed Khan should also be given the country's highest civilian award.
The relay hunger strike by retired soldiers demanding implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme enters Day 10.
After taking over on Tuesday night, Rao overhauled the team probing allegations of corruption against Asthana, bringing in completely new faces, officials said.
'I will not talk to people who call me a liar. I will not tolerate this,' the Sena chief said.
Alleging that Modi has launched a "big assault" on the workers, a combative Gandhi vowed to fight their battle like the Congress did for the farmers on the land acquisition bill.
The Centre is expected to finalise the list of Bharatiya Janata Party veterans to be appointed as Governors to fill up vacancies in various Raj Bhawans on Wednesday.
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