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  PM Modi announces 24X7 helpline for expats

  World | April 02, 2016 22:44 IST

  Riyadh: Reaching out to expatriates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight announced a 24X7 multi-lingual helpline for them and said a move to regularise migration was in the offing through an online programme. Asserting that the

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  Government Sources Say Kulbushan Jadhav Could Have Been Lured to Balochistan

  India | March 26, 2016 22:34 IST

  Kulbushan Jadhav, who has been arrested by Pakistani agencies claiming he was a RAW spy, was a businessman who owns a small ship, government sources claimed here today.

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  India 'privately' against patent-overriding drug permits: USIBC

  March 08, 2016 21:36 IST

  New Delhi: Indian government has "privately reassured" industry lobby group US-India Business Council that the country would not invoke 'compulsory licensing' for commercial purposes that could allow local drugmakers to make cheaper products by overriding

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  'Chhota Rajan has special relationship with Indian government'

  India | January 09, 2016 15:49 IST

  New Delhi: Former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has claimed that the Indian government has a special relationship with underworld don Chhota Rajan, who was deported from Bali in November last year.Kumar made the assertion

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  BJP hails 'Operation Raahat'

  Politics | April 08, 2015 21:49 IST

  New Delhi: Lauding the government's efforts in bringing back Indians from strife-torn Yemen, BJP today said the safe and speedy evacuation of 4,500 countrymen has not just made the nation proud but also enhanced India's

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  Government targets 1 crore consumers to give up LPG subsidy

  March 30, 2015 10:15 IST

  New Delhi: Government expects that about one crore well off consumers will surrender the subsidy on cooking gas after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to people not to take subsidy if they can afford to

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  Govt brainstorms on sharing information through media

  Politics | February 02, 2015 13:14 IST

  New Delhi: Stressing the importance of government's connect with public through media, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said ministers, even those unfamiliar with the art of dealing with press, have to take lead and along

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  After mangoes, EU may lift ban on four more vegetables

  India | January 23, 2015 9:40 IST

  New Delhi: Soon after lifting the ban on import of mangoes, the Indian government is expecting the European Commission to remove the ban on shipments of four more vegetables – bitter gourd, brinjal, snake gourd

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  Govt defends new appointments to Censor Board, says it's a 'mix of all'

  Politics | January 20, 2015 23:18 IST

  New Delhi: Under attack for naming people with BJP connections to the Censor Board, the government today defended its appointments saying the idea was to have a “mix of all” in the composition of the

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  Government can't tinker with right to freedom of religion: Congress

  Politics | December 22, 2014 20:37 IST

  New Delhi: Rejecting government's proposal for a law against conversion, Congress today said freedom to religion is an "essential fabric and character" of the Constitution which cannot be tinkered with.Congress alleged that controversial conversion programmes

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  Govt approves appointment of 3 experts as NDMA members

  India | January 08, 2015 10:04 IST

  New Delhi: The government today approved appointment of a scientist, an armyman and a UN expert on disaster reduction as members of the revamped NDMA, which had previously seen mostly politicians and retired bureaucrats with

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  Indian government seeks review of Sarita's ban

  Other Sports | December 17, 2014 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian government Wednesday expressed concern at the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) decision to ban boxer L. Sarita Devi for a year and impose a fine of Swiss franc 1,000 for her refusal

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  Government equivocal on banning radio taxis: Opposition

  Politics | December 09, 2014 21:19 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition parties Tuesday alleged that the government was speaking in two voices on banning radio taxis following the rape of a young woman in the capital by a driver linked to international taxi-booking

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  River linking could alter rainfall, hit monsoons: Expert

  India | December 06, 2014 9:34 IST

  Kolkata: Criticising the interlinking of rivers (ILR) project of the Indian government, a leading geologist and environmental expert on Friday warned the move could disrupt rainfall pattern which could be a significant issue in the

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  Government to name those having prosecutable case: FM on black money

  India | October 27, 2014 22:29 IST

  New Delhi: Government will make public names of only those people against whom there is a prosecutable case in connection with tax evasion through offshore accounts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday, amid the

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  Government determined to 'review' MNREGA

  Politics | October 17, 2014 10:03 IST

  New Delhi: Despite objections from various quarters, the government is determined to go ahead with its plan to undertake a "thorough review" of UPA regime's flagship programme MNREGA, arguing that it has been "allowed to

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  Govt to cleanse 'the jungle of laws', says PM Modi

  Politics | September 23, 2014 20:45 IST

  Bangalore:  Declaring that his government has decided to clear “the jungle of laws”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said antiquated laws would be done away with to impart direction and speed to administration.“In our country....there

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  Hafiz Saeed blames India for flood in Pakistan

  World | September 09, 2014 10:37 IST

  Islamabad: Mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Hafiz Saeed has blamed India for flood crisis in Pakistan.He said that the Government of India discharged water in rivers without notification.He further describe Prime Minister Narendra

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  Porn on Web: Laws must be faster than technology, says SC

  India | August 29, 2014 15:16 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed concern as the government informed it that it cannot block 4 crore porn websites operating in India. The government told the apex court that they cannot direct Internet

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  Government to discuss role of agents in the defence deals

  India | August 29, 2014 0:05 IST

  New Delhi: Government is likely to discuss the issue of engagement of agents by foreign firms in defence deals against the backdrop of alleged involvement of middlemen in a recent scam where commissions were paid