The Plan panel on Wednesday said the government's refusal to accord environment clearance to Vedanta's proposed $1.7 billion aluminium project in Orissa would not tarnish India's image as an investmen

Vedanta Resources said on Wednesday it would seek other sources of bauxite in India after its plans for a mine in an area held sacred by tribal people were blocked by the government.

The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill was not aimed at pleasing any "particular" country but at developing a mechanism for "prompt" compensation for victims of a nuclear accident, minister of state for sci

Senior batsman Rahul Dravid should be called back to India's ODI team as he still has lot to offer to the country in the 50-over format, feels former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram.

The Old Yamuna Bridge, connecting east Delhi with the heart of the national capital, was on Wednesday shut for rail and road traffic after the water level in the river rose dangerously.

A top official in India's interior ministry on Wednesday said the final decision will be taken early next week on allowing two of BlackBerry services to continue in the country beyond the August 31 de

It is not only Members of Parliament who will soon get a hefty raise in salaries. Delhi MLAs and ministers are also likely to earn more, with the Delhi Cabinet approving a 200 per cent increase in the salaries of MLAs, ministers, the chief minister, Assembly Speaker and Leader of the Opposition.

Union rural development minister C.P. Joshi on Monday reportedly sought clarifications on the Educational Tribunals Bill 2010 before the Cabinet approved it. The bill seeks to set up a two-tier structure of educational tribunals at the national and state levels to adjudicate on disputes in the higher education system. Sources said the clearance to the bill comes without incorporating changes proposed by the parliamentary standing committee on HRD.

With the BJP and Left parties refusing to support the amended Nuclear Liability Bill, the government was forced to relent on Monday and is now willing to make “reasonable modifications” to the bill to secure its passage in the Lok Sabha.

With the Commonwealth Games just 40 days away, the much touted project of issuing biometric “non-cloneable” identity cards to the forces before the event begins here in October has hit a roadblock, with a majority of Delhi police personnel showing “lack of interest” in furnishing their personal details required for the cards. Highly-placed