In a jolt to the Delhi government which had taken sympathetic view on the claims of the private power distribution companies (discoms), the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has shot off letters

The initial post-mortem report of a Delhi police inspector who was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the outer boundary of Old Fort on May 28 indicated that the cause of inspector’s dea

Noting that the issue of public health and safety was more important than monetary considerations, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the Union government to constitute a panel of technical and m

The spectre of sealing of unauthorised commercial establishments from June 1 was on Monday deferred till June 30 with the MCD officials telling the Standing Committee that there was no question of res

One bank will offer account-holders cash withdrawals upto Rs 1 lakh in a single day from ATM machines, and enhance their daily debit card shopping limit to Rs 1.25 lakh, starting June 1.

Realising an urgent need of transparency in the implementation of its flagship MGNREGA, the government will soon introduce biometric cards for the workers to check fund leakages and expedite wage payments.

Union human resource development ministry may allow states to relax the minimum qualification rules for teaching job in schools. This is being done in an effort to reduce problems being faced in the implementation of the Right to Education Act faced due to shortage of professionally qualified teachers.

The civil aviation ministry is planning to increase the length of the runway at Mangalore airport by another 1,000 ft from the present 8,000 ft to 9,000 ft. This comes in the wake of the tragedy at Mangalore on May 22 when an Air India Express aircraft crashed after landing at the airport.

Snow and rain in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir led to the death of two women even as temperatures rose at some places in the northern plains after a brief respite.

Several “Munnabhais” became MBBS in the last couple of years, thanks to the tainted former chairman of the Medical Council of India, Ketan Desai. And it was not the individual youngster using fraudulent methods to get a seat in a medical college or to pass out with a degree. It was the institutes, in alleged connivance of Medical