It was a United Nations Committee and Washington had nothing to do with it.
The erstwhile divestment commission to be now be replaced by the BRPSE.
'There is a misconception that the Centre gives money for the development of Delhi'
HCL Technologies on Monday announced it has bagged a mandate from French aircraft maker Airbus for development of sophisticated embedded software.
Pakistan's apex court said it was ready to appoint a probe commission headed by a judge and armed with powers of the Supreme Court.
Government rejects activists' request. Commission requests new witness to attend.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee set up to probe allegations of pesticides in soft drinks has expanded its ambit to cover juices, iced tea, milk and milk products, liquor and even bottled water.
The Supreme Court had ruled in Vodafone's favour in 2012.
The Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riots in Gujarat has been granted another extension of six months till December 31 this year by Gujarat government, officials said on Tuesday.
Curiously, on one aspect -- the large turnout of Dalits at Bhima-Koregaon -- both the counsel for the government and police, and the counsel for Milind Ekbote, an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence, pursued the same line of questioning. They asked Tukaram Gavare about the planning that must have gone behind this turnout.
February 6 or 8 likely options; development will be the main theme
The panel's recommendations will be aimed at making a predictable and non-adversarial tax regime in the economy.
The panel is expected to meet next month in Chandigarh.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has asked for an amount of Rs 1.90 crore as remuneration for rendering his services as president BCCI-IPL.
The JD-U leader died in the custody of Veerappan.
DoT will have wider consultations with all stakeholders.
The defence minister told the Rajya Sabha that at the moment, "We cannot say conclusively about the exact cause of the incident. Our armed forces work on a war footing on these aspects and they are also anxious over this issue."
The Gujarat government has granted yet another extension of six months to the Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots, officials said on Tuesday.
The Department of Telecom is believed to have sought a 15-year tax holiday on domestic production of handsets and a lower unifom VAT rate among other relaxations to rejuvenate mobile phone manufacturing in the country.
Justice Nanavati Commission on Tuesday submitted its final report on the 2002 Gujarat riots to state Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.
The Group of Ministers on Telangana is set to discuss the draft bill for the creation of Telangana on Saturday.
The government has constituted a committee headed by NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury to study the proposal and submit a report in two months time.
The government appointed panel will look at the difficulties consumers faced in receiving the subsidy after buying gas cylinders at market rates.
His action after the Godhra train violence doesn't support the picture of an effective and no-nonsense deliverer of good governance, says Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
In the video, the former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo is seen holding a glass and drinking from it, while reportedly watching TV.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex policy making body of the I-T department, has been undertaking a host of steps to bolster the litigation management wing of the department which has come under criticism not only from courts but also successive Finance Ministers and in the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Top BCCI official Ratnakar Shetty has been summoned to attend the meeting of the Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) inquiry committee, probing the matter of unsold tickets during the 2011 World Cup final held at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on Wednesday.
'I know most of the politicians in this country and I know how fair-weather friends they can be.' 'If they get defeated in elections, they will blame it upon something that cannot respond to their allegations like the EVMs.'
The three-member committee appointed by the Supreme Court to probe the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal will question Chennai Super Kings team principal and BCCI president N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan during its four-month investigation.
The far-reaching effect on the implementation of the Lodha Committee's recommendations calling for sweeping reforms in the BCCI's structure and the subsequent scathing observation on the matter by the Supreme Court which has shaken the Board members, is set to dominate the Special General Meeting.
'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all associated supply chain linkages.' 'This alone will make the farmer an entrepreneur in his own right.'
NPS still has critics despite being in business for a decade and mopping Rs 24,000 crore as of 2013-14.
Trashing Arun Jaitley's contention that government's action on snoopgate probe were illegitimate, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said he "should go back to law" before making such statements and insisted that a judge to head the inqury will be named before May 16.
The Pakistani JIT concluded its six-day discussions with NIA on the probe into the Pathankot terror attack even as the visiting officials recorded statements of witnesses.
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government has given environment clearance to five projects since it took charge on May 26.
Government looking at cushioning slowdown due to demonetisation with sops and higher outlay for micro, small and medium enterprises, agriculture, and affordable housing.
Lord Harry Woolf, the former judge whose review of the ICC's governance structure was rejected, has lambasted the proposed revamp of the body which would cede executive decision-making to India, Australia and England, calling the controversial plan a 'retrograde step'.
MCX Stock Exchange, set up by crisis-hit NSEL's promoters, on Friday appointed Saurabh Sarkar as CEO and announced plans for fresh capital infusion by its existing shareholders among measures to boost business.
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