The controversial 2,400 MW Tehri hydel project has cleared one more hurdle after the Centre announced a fresh package of Rs 149 crore for the rehabilitation of the displaced people.
However, Dr Singh made it clear that he had no idea who floated the three names and under whose directive.
Krishna is the second former chief minister of Congress to be made governor.
He said efforts were on to increase the capacity and negotiations for agreement with the US were going on.
Indian Railways on Tuesday entered into a joint venture agreement with the NTPC for setting up 1000 MW captive power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar, a move that can help the exchequer save Rs 400-600 crore (Rs 4-6 billion) annually on power purchase from state electricity boards.
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A Congress MP reveals to Sheela Bhatt the Congress plan to protect the Speaker and home minister and muscle through the tabling of the Telangana bill in Parliament.
Government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday there was no proposal to sell the Dabhol power plant.
The other new ministers introduced by the Prime Minister were Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay, Vayalar Ravi, Murli Deora, Ambika Soni and Saifuddin Soz, and 3 ministers given cabinet rank.
Former Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing him of resorting to a completely distorting Hindu terror remarks to blame the former UPA government.
Restoration of the pre-2004 pension scheme, regularisation of contract employees after two years, enhanced daily wages, social security pension and appointment of anti-corruption grievances commissioner were the other promises made in the manifesto.
One paramilitary Border Security Force trooper was killed and seven others wounded in the heavy firing by Pakistan troops on the international border in Jammu on Tuesday night.
The Congress' top leadership realises the former cricketer's utility and mass appeal. His oratory skills and ability to whip up mass hysteria in election rallies is acknowledged as an asset
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Thursday the first phase of the 2,184 MW Dabhol power plant would start before May 1 this year and said there is 'no hitch' in the progress of the $2.9-billion project in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
The indefinite strike called by theatre owners across Maharashtra from Friday has been deferred for 90 days even as the state government decided to set up a Cabinet sub-committee to look into the demands of the cinema hall owners.\n\n
Incidentally, the state government had recently rejected the findings of a report compiled by the couple about malnutrition deaths in tribal areas.
Echoing bestselling author Chetan Bhagat's remark on Aam Aadmi Party, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray on Friday called it the "item girl" of politics for its recent dharna and said the party should not take power for granted.
The Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has conveyed the government's inability to provide security during the Twenty20 extravaganza that coincides with the General Elections. The elections are scheduled for April-May.
Pakistan has said that fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is not present in the country, a day after India asserted that its most wanted terrorist was living in the neighbouring country.
The police had sought Goswami's custody for 14 days, but the court held that custodial interrogation was not required. After the court remanded Goswami in judicial custody, his lawyers Aabad Ponda and Gaurav Parkar filed an application seeking bail.
Pakistani troops fired mortars, rockets and automatic weapons on border posts and civilian areas along the International Border in Jammu and Samba districts, resulting in heavy exchanges till the wee hours of the day.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively.
Coming to the defence of beleaguered Justice AK Ganguly again, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday said it would be a 'travesty of justice' if the Supreme Court was requested by the Centre to probe into the allegations against him afresh.
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Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday promised to take action against those responsible for the death of a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh and ensure a speedy probe.
On the request of investigators, micro-blogging site Twitter has suspended an account claiming to be that of the terror group Indian Mujahideen, which is suspected to have orchestrated the Bodh Gaya serial blasts.
The horrific disaster that has struck Uttrakhand has been assessed as a mix of natural and man-made. In fact, the various media analyses indicate we were asking for it and there were enough warnings and indications that this would happen, says Lt Gen (retd) Prakash Katoch.
The second list has named 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and five from Maharashtra.
Rajiv, who was the sixth and youngest prime minister of India, was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu during a poll campaign.
'If a politician asks the policeman to do something which is not correct, then why blame the politician?' 'If you do it, then you are equally liable.'
Continuing his campaign of reaching out to less privileged sections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Mhow in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar around whose work and ideology struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
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