News Tourism in the hills of Darjeeling and Siliguri is expected to get a leg up with the newly-formed Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) planning to spend more than Rs 200 crore to build tourism-related infrastructure in the area. The GTA administers the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision, Kalimpong subdivision, Kurseong subdivision and ...

News One of the early actions of Modi government was to crack the whip on the bureaucracy. Coming late to work was frowned upon, long lunches were out and afternoons on the golf course were well, disapproved. In their place came timeliness, late hours and in many cases, even working ...

News The latest intelligence estimates on infiltration bids on the LoC suggest that in the first quarter of this year, only one attempt was made by militant groups to breach the border. In contrast, troops along the disputed border had their hands full last year when militants attempted to infiltrate ...

News Maharashtra government has decided to appoint ‘swacchata doots’ or cleanliness ambassadors in every village to help achieve the target of building 56 lakh toilets across the state over the next five years. Half of them will be women and each cleanliness ambassador will be given an annual renumeration of ...

News If you book a venue for any social, political or family event, you will be held responsible for cleaning up the area. You may lose a certain portion of the security deposited with municipal bodies or local authorities for failing to clean up the venue within six hours after ...

News The Consumer Affairs Ministry has moved a Cabinet note for making amendments to the Consumers Protection Act and the Bureau of Indian Standards Act. The amendments, among other things, seek to create a Consumer Protection Authority on the lines of the US and European countries for fast-tracking redressal of ...

News India has “better investment climate” than other BRIC nations even as regulatory and tax system-related challenges are impacting immediate investment plans, says a survey of top executives of German companies. More than 90 CEOs and CFOs from leading German high-tech companies participated in the survey done by global consultancy ...

News Utilising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet scheme, the Jan Dhan Yojna, the home ministry has asked all states to transfer the relief meant for distraught farmers to bank accounts opened under the scheme. A top home ministry official said direct disbursement of the compensation into the farmers’ bank accounts ...

News Taking note of slow progress in revival of eight closed fertiliser units, a Parliament panel has recommended “expeditious” revival of sick and closed units within a fixed time-frame. At present, all five plants of Fertiliser Corporation of India (FCIL) and three plants of the Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation Ltd (HFCL) ...

News The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have in a joint operation, intercepted a “suspicious” boat off the coast of Porbandar in Gujarat on Monday and seized a large quantity of narcotics, suspected to be heroin worth Rs. 600 crores, and satellite phones from it. The ministry said eight ...