Pumps face action after CBI raids
The CBI has registered cases against three petrol pump owners in the city for unauthorisedly storing petroleum products at their respective pumps for the purpose of adulteration of petrol and diesel.
SP will not send Jaya to RS again
Jaya Bachchan could just be paying the price for her friendship with Samajwadi Party’s expelled leader Amar Singh. The SP leadership has decided not to renominate her to Rajya Sabha, as her term in the Upper House comes to an end on July 4 this year.
SP says will seek legal opinion
Samajwadi Party spokesman Mohan Singh said his party was seeking legal opinion to sue BJP chief Nitin Gadkari for likening the SP and RJD chiefs to “dogs” in remarks made on Wednesday. He said the BJP chief’s
Govt steps in to overhaul DRDO
Peeved at delays in the completion of armament projects and in order to improve the functioning of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the ministry of defence (MoD) on Thursday announced sweeping measures to overhaul the organisation including establishment of a Defence Technology
Govt for independent audit of NIG
To prevent misuse of critical data on citizens flowing in the National Intelligence Grid set up for counter-terrorism efforts, the government has decided to have an independent audit of the NIG by the Cabinet
New project to track foreigners’ movement
In a move to detect persons entering the country who may have terror linkages, the government will be implementing the “immigration, visa and foreigners’ registration and tracking’ (IVFRT) project aimed at
CII to launch projects in Naxal-hit districts
In response to home minister P. Chidambaram’s call to the industry to counter the Naxal propaganda, the CII said on Thursday that it will launch social projects in five districts which have been hit by the red terror.
Mining hearing deferred till July
The Ballery Iron Ore Private Limited, one of the six mining companies in Obulapuram area, on Thursday raised certain issues related to the overlapping of its mining lease with Reddy brothers’ Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).
Low farm output will hit food security
Low farm productivity in big states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal as compared to high-yielding Punjab and Haryana, which feed the entire country, is proving to be a limiting factor to India’s food security in the long run.
Will we have enough food, asks Pawar
Minister for food and civil supplies (MFCS) Sharad Pawar has raised serious questions about the efficacy of the much awaited Food Security Act which is being hotly debated in government.