Government proposes relaxing FDI rules governing JVs
Proposing a major relaxation in a 12-year FDI rule, the Industry Ministry on Friday made a case for allowing foreign investors to bring in fresh money and technology to India irrespective of the impac
BSNL ready for mobile number portability
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday said it is ready with the infrastructure to start mobile number portability (MNP) by the scheduled October 31 deadline.
Ayodhya suits verdict on Sept. 24
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will pronounce its judgment on the 60-year-old Ayodhya title suits on September 24.
AFSPA may be humanised
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and sought amendments to the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and a political package
Final Ruchika report this month
The CBI will file its final report in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation and suicide case by the month-end.
UNFCC chief wants rich countries to indicate $30bn fund sourcing
Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica, who took over as head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) this July, said she expected rich countries to also indicate the “sourcing of $30 bi
US couple can adopt dyslexic kid
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an American couple to adopt a 10-year-old dyslexic child after a committee of experts of doctors told the apex court that the prospective parents were capable of
SC clears expressway land, boost for Maya
In a major boost to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the ambitious multi-crore six-way Yamuna Expressway Project linking Greater Noida to
Foreign nationals may join as IIT permanent faculty soon
The IITs may soon be employing foreign nationals as permanent faculty members in an effort to overcome shortage of quality teachers.
Sibal invokes Rajiv to silence Cong detractors
Faced with intense opposition from within the Congress on the Education Tribunals Bill, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal hit back at his opponents by invoking the name of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandh