Ministry of Railways

Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derails near Gaya
Massive rescue and relief operation is in full swing at the accident site near Rafiganj railway station of Aurangabad district in Bihar where 2301 Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on its way to New Delhi got derailed at 10.43 p.m. yesterday..................

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension

Kamal Pande appointed Cabinet Secretary
The Home Secretary Shri Kamal Pande, IAS (UL: 65) has been appointed next Cabinet Secretary for a term of two-years with effect from 1.11.2002..................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Expediting justice in Subordinate Courts
The Centre has addressed letters to the High Courts and the State Governments for intimating the Department of Justice, in the Union Law Ministry, the action taken by them to increase the working hours and cutting down vacations in the subordinate courts as per the recommendations of the First National Judicial Pay Commission..................

Ministry of Railways

Fifteen passenger trains diverted due to Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani derailment
Railways has diverted the route of fifteen passenger trains due to the derailment of 2301 Howrah- New Delhi Rajdhani Express train yesterday ..................

Prime Minister's Office

PM expresses grief over rail tragedy
The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has expressed deep shock and grief over the tragedy involving Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express that occurred near Gaya yesterday night..................

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Results of Annual Survey of Industries for the year 1999-2002 released
The latest results of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 1999-2000 have been released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation in the form of the publication "Annual Survey of Industries - 1999-2000"..................

Ministry of Science & Technology

CBRI develops a beneficiation plant for waste phosphogypsum
The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, has developed a pilot plant for the beneficiation of waste phosphogypsum. The plant with one tonne per shift capacity, designed by the CBRI is installed at its R&D establishment..................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Maran announces setting up of committee to reorient DGFT role
Shri Murasoli Maran, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, today announced the setting up of a 3-member in-house Committee to reorient and further fine-tune the functioning of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade..................

Ministry of Urban Development

State/UT Ministers of Urban Development/Local-Self Govt and Housing to discuss Urban Sector Reforms
A meeting of ministers of Urban Development /Local Self Government/Housing of States/UTs has been called by the Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Ananth Kumar to discuss modalities of implementing various schemes of Urban sector reforms announced in this years budget and also to review the ongoing projects.................

. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Notification issued making doping of ethanol with petrol mandatory from 1st January 2003 in 9 States and 4 UTs
In view of the need to build up ethanol availability in the country Government has decided to mandate the use of petrol doped with 5% ethanol i.e. Gasohol, in two phases throughout the country..................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs

Festival quota of sugar increased to two lakh tonnes
Shri Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has decided to increase the festival quota of sugar to 2 lakh tonnes during the current calendar year..................

President's Secretariat

President expresses grief over deaths in Rajdhani Express mishap
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India has expressed his profound grief over the deaths of passengers, when the Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express met with an accident in Aurangabad District of Bihar late last night...................

Ministry of Rural Development

Rs. 51.61 crore released to Andhra Pradesh under Sampoorna Gramin Rojgar Yojana
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.5161.76 lakh and 80337 tonnes of common rice as the 2nd installment to 22 districts of Andhra Pradesh under Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) for the financial year 2002-03. ...................