Twenty-two ministers were sworn-in by President Pranab Mukherjee, his first swearing-in since becoming President, on Sunday morning. Seven were sworn in as Cabinet ministers, two as ministers of......
The information technology and telecom ministries spent a whopping Rs 53.14 lakh on fuel in two years, according to a RTI report.A look at what various other ministries spent on fuel. The petrol......
Mani Shanker Aiyer, after having been told by the Congress leadership to desist frommaking statements against the Commonwealth Games, has now taken to writing letters to register his point.In the......
The Group of Ministers on Bhopal gas tragedy will finalise its report on Monday making its recommendations on relief, rehabilitation and remediation issues and legal options in the wake of the......
The Goa police identified the accused involved in the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl as a 30-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh whohad beenworking for a local pharmaceutical firm. The police......
The ministry of external affairs may soon extend visa-on-arrival to 16 more countries including France, Germany, South Korea, Belgium, Sweden, Vietnam, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Spain and......
Tourism and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja has welcomed the proposals made in the Union Budget 2010-2011 in tourism and housing & urban poverty alleviation sectors. She......
The government is in the process of providing single window clearance for establishing hotels and green field airports to the private sector in small destinations. "There are a lot many problems......
Terror threat, swine flu scare and hike in air fares hit the tourism sector hard in 2009 with number of foreigners visiting the country dropping by over six per cent but the tourism ministry is now......
If the government has its way, the catchy 'Incredible India' tourism campaigns will be spotted in big ticket events like Oscar and Grammy awards. Tourism Minister Kumari Selja on Friday said there......
Amid criticism that it failed to meet the expectations of the people, the theme song of the Commonwealth Games composed by A R Rahman has been tweaked a bit to make it peppier like the popular......
Another deadline for completion of projects at the venues for Commonwealth Gameswill be missed with Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy sayingthere will be delay by a "couple" of days......