The government will decide the periodicity for reviewing petrol prices in three weeks, according to petroleum secretary Mr S. Sundareshan.
“Oil marketing companies and the government will jointly take a decision on how often petrol prices should be revised. The revision of petrol prices depends on several f

Vedanta Aluminium is bracing itself for a fresh round of trouble. Their plans to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa have reached a fresh set back with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) having set up a four member committee headed by National Adivsory Council member C. Saxena to look

S. Ravi Shankar-trained Miss Ruby justified favouritism with an effortless pillar to post victory under B. Sreekanth in the S.V. Subramanian Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races on Wednesday.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s bid to become International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through, with India joining other Asian and African countries to veto it.

The Ferozeshah Kotla has been at the centre of a storm for more than six months now. The renovation work on the turf has been in full swing since May, and the International Cricket Council made it clear on Wednesday, that it has no plans of taking away 2011 World Cup games from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.

Former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore’s pension has been withheld completely from Wednesday. Rathore, in jail after his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, was earlier stripped of his police medals. The home ministry said the Centre decided to withhold Rathore’s pension after Chandigarh’s CJM convicted the 1965

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard bid to take office as International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through with India siding with other Asian and African countries to veto the appointment.

The Centre on Wednesday sought to put a lid on the seemingly unending cycle of violence in the Kashmir Valley in recent weeks involving security forces and the civilian population by once again instructing the former to exercise “maximum rest-raint” while dealing with rioters and stone-pelters.

To err is human, goes the old adage. Under-fire Fifa is in no mood to have any of it and have sent back three of the referees whose blunders re-opened the debate to include technology to aid the officials.

Union health ministry wants verification of claims made by healthcare products. The ministry is planning to take appropriate steps to verify such claims and if found to be incorrect, it will take actions against manufacturers of these products.