New Delhi: Union Public Service Commission has announced the results of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam, 2009. The list for the Indian Economic Service contains 15 candidates, including 06 belonging to the Other Backward Classes (including 1 PH-1), 02 to the Scheduled Castes and 01 to the Scheduled Tribe and that for the [...]

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2010 at 232 venues located in 41 Centers throughout the country on 19.09.2010 (Sunday). Admission Certificates to the candidates have been dispatched. Letters of rejection to the candidates stating reason(s) for rejection have also been issued. If any [...]

New Delhi: Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has reported that banks have been permitted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow free cash withdrawal at their ATMs by customers from other banks upto five times in a month free of charge. Banks are generally complying with the guidelines issued by RBI in this regards from [...]

New Delhi: In an yet another passenger friendly move, the Ministry of Railways has decided to accept credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph as proof of identity for traveling on e-tickets. The new provision has come into effect from 6th August, 2010. The bank credit card is in addition to the existing seven [...]

New Delhi: Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports  inaugurated an upgraded R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex here today.   This is the first time that tennis as a medal sport has been introduced in the Commonwealth Games and R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex will be the Venue for Tennis competition for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth [...]

New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi would be one of the best games ever organised. Addressing an inaugural event at the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee headquarters here, Dikshit said: “These Games really will be one of the best that has been conducted [...]

New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) in order to prohibit marriages in the same gotra. One Naresh Kadyan petitioned the High Court seeking ban on same gotra marriages. In his petition Kadyan submitted that same gotra marriage is violative of the [...]

New Delhi (ANI): India and Afghanistan on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in labour related areas. Minister of Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge and Afghanistan Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled Mohammad Ghous Bashiri signed the MoU. Under the terms of MoU, India will provide technical support in [...]

New Delhi (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will undertake a two-day visit to Russia from Friday, where he will address the Plenary Session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum along with Russian President Medvedev. During his visit, Sharma will be accompanied by a high-level business delegation from the Confederation of Indian [...]

New Delhi (ANI): Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has confirmed that chairman of Tata Group had offered to organise a remediation to contain the damage caused by the Bhopal gas leak. “Ratan Tata had written to.. he offered if government wants, Indian industry will organize a remediation. Remediation means to control the damage [...]

New Delhi (ANI): Leading US-based solar power companies, American Capital Energy (ACE) and MSM Energy (MSME), are planning to set up a joint venture to generate solar energy in India. The top executives of these two companies disclosed this at a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday. During the interaction both companies announced that [...]