New Delhi, March 19 The central government, even as it races against time to get legislative sanction for the auction of cancelled coal blocks before parliament goes into recess on Friday, is “re-examining” nine winning bids out of the 33
Chennai, March 18 The central government will name and shame state governments that do not ease up the process of doing business, a top official said on Wednesday. Amitabh Kant, secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), ministry of
New Delhi/Agartala, March 16 The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for northeast India to promote the region in the rest of the country and abroad, officials said on Sunday. “Under the
New Delhi, March 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Masrat Alam was released without taking the central government into confidence. Making an intervention in the Lok Sabha, Modi said it was legitimate
Chennai, March 9 The central government assured Tamil Nadu of 100 MW additional power from the second 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at Kudankulam, said a state government release. According to the release, Union minister of state for power, coal,
Ranchi, Feb 18 The central government was planning to provide specialized skills to rural job guarantee workers and would soon notify guidelines on imparting special skills to disabled youth, Union Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said. He said imparting top-notch
New Delhi, Feb 14 The central government Friday cleared all the doubts on the future of Aadhar scheme as it told the Supreme Court that it would continue with the unique identification project. The government’s stand was conveyed by the
New Delhi, Feb 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called up and congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and assured him support from the central government. “Spoke to Arvind Kejriwal and congratulated him on the win. Assured him
New Delhi, Feb 9 The central government has completed assessment of 350 foreign accounts while tax-evasion proceedings have been initiated against 60 such holders as part of its crackdown on black money accounts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Monday. Reacting
Panaji, Feb 9 The central government is all set to exploit 10,000 sq. kms of the Indian Ocean seabed for minerals including gold, silver and platinum. According to a top scientist, the earth sciences ministry is finalising a contract with
New Delhi, Jan 31 Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu asked the states to be ready to make their cities and towns “smart” under the central government’s initiative of building 100 smart cities. Addressing a meet ‘Consultation workshop with states
New Delhi, Jan 5 The central government annouced that “Make in India” has become its largest and fastest growing digital initiative with 2.1 billion impressions on social media. In the process, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion initiative has
New Delhi, Dec 30 The central government reconstituted the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a home ministry notification said. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) director of health, safety and environment D.N. Sharma has been nominated as a member of the
New Delhi, Dec 29 The central government is on target to meet its ambitious goal to give uninterrupted electricity to all homes across India, an official said here Sunday. “Comprehensive state-specific action plans for 24×7 power to all homes is
Kolkata, Dec 24 The central government has sanctioned Rs.21,350 crore for infrastructure development in the port and road sector in West Bengal, it was announced. Briefing media persons after a meeting at the secretariat “Nabanna”, union Surface Transport and Highways
Hyderabad, Dec 22 The central government has included Warangal in Telangana and Amaravati in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh under a scheme for development of heritage cities, union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced. They are among 12 cities
New Delhi, Dec 11 The central government told the Supreme Court that it was engaged in the exercise of giving a comprehensive relook to the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in light of its orders and the representation received
New Delhi, Dec 9 The central government is creating 500 ready-to-bid projects worth Rs.3 lakh crore to augment the country’s infrastructural growth, union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said here. He also said his ministry has created a
New Delhi, Dec 3 The central government Wednesday said it has sanctioned Rs.72.55 crore for rebuilding and reconstruction of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand’s damaged tourism assets. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, union Minister of Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma
Lucknow, Nov 20 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav accused the union government of discrimination in power allocation to the state from the central pool. He added that the central government was also not providing enough coal as per the
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