Ministry of Law & Justice

Truth as defence in contempt cases
The Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi has said that if the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 was to be amended truth would be made a defence for the contempt of courts...................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Vacancy of Judges in Allahabad High Court
As against approved strength of 95 judges in the Allahabad High Court, 59 judges were in position leaving 36 vacancies to be filled up as on October 31, 2002...................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Alternative Dispute Resolution System
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system has been evolved in the country to decongest courts...................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Reports of Law Commission
The Law Commission has informed that the present Law Commission has not taken up any study on judicial arrears to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases...................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Recommendations of CJI or State CJ for elevation of Judges
As per procedure, the recommendations of Chief Justices of High Courts for appointment of judges are referred for the advice of the Chief Justice of India...................

Ministry of Steel

Romelt Pig Iron Plant in Chhatisgarh
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Steel is setting up a commercial pig iron plant with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per annum at Nagarnar, in Bastar District of Chhatisgarh with Russian Romelt technology...................

Ministry of Steel

Steps to avoid accidents in Steel Plants
The number of accidents in the public sector steel plants was 479 in 2001, 547 in 2000 and 555 in 1999. During the period January-October, 2002, the number of accidents reported was 290...................

Ministry of Steel

Upgradation of Steel Industry
The Government has taken various measures for the upgradation of the steel industry which include: induction of foreign technology both through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and through foreign technology collaboration...................

Prime Minister's Office

Children of terrorism/riot affected families visit Prime Minister's residence
A group of children, affected by communal/ethnic riots in different States, visited the Prime Minister’s House today and pinned a flag on the person of the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee to mark the Communal Harmony Flag Day, which is being observed today under the aegis of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Home Affairs...................

President's Secretariat

President condemns terrorist attack on Jammu temples
The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has condemned the attack on Jammu temples by terrorist groups and expressed serious concern over the fact that this was the second time that a place of worship was being attacked by terrorists in recent times...................

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

STPI and BPML of Mauritius sign MoU for cooperation in disaster recovery services
The Software Technology Park of India (STPI) and the BPML of Mauritius have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of Disaster Recovery Services(DRS)...................

Ministry of Tourism

New initiative in tourism
The Government has taken following initiatives in the area of tourism during the last one year...................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

Comprehensive Legislation on Wages in Budget Session, says Labour Minister
The Labour Minister Dr. Sahib Singh told the Lok Sabha today that a comprehensive legislation on wages would be introduced in Parliament during the Budget session...................

Ministry of Shipping

Modernisation of Major Ports
Development and modernization of major ports is an on-going process to cope with the demands of maritime trade...................

Ministry of Shipping

Disinvestment of Shipyards
The Disinvestment Commission has recommended disinvestments of Government equity in Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) and Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC)...................

Ministry of Shipping

Plan to set up an Indian Maritime University
In order to make appropriate changes in the institutional framework for imparting maritime training, including the feasibility and desirability of bringing the training institutes under a University type of structure, the government of India, in October 1991, set up a Committee on Maritime Education and Training (COMET)...................

Ministry of Human Resources Development

Indo-Dutch cooperation in education, women development to rise
India and the Netherlands are to increase their cooperation in education and women’s development. While the Dutch are keen to help India in the ambitious literacy drive under the Sarva Shiksha Abiyan and the internationally acclaimed Mahila Samakhya programme for women’s development, they would also like institution – to – institution cooperation for mutual benefit...................

Ministry of Home Affairs

Communal Harmony and Flag Day observed today
The National Foundation for Communal Harmony is observing Flag Day today...................