kharge favours zero tolerance to mishaps
New Delhi: Putting onus of train safety on general managers and divisional Railway managers, Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday called on all zonal Railways to ensure zero tolerance to accidents. “A policy of ‘no loss of life’ should be the motto of all employees,” Kharge said.
bjp slams passing of bills amid house din
New Delhi: The BJP told Congress during lok Sabha’s BAC meeting that no Bill should be passed amid din and charged that business in the session was being stalled by the ruling party. BJP made it clear it is ready to cooperate provided its members are given some time to raise important issues listed by them.
Govt tables RTI amendment bill
New Delhi: The Government introduced in lok Sabha a Bill to amend the RTI Act to keep political parties out of the transparency law’s ambit. Minister of State for Personnel and Training V Narayanasamy introduced the Bill.
north-east losing forests: minister
New Delhi: There is a reduction of 548 sq km of forest cover as per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2011 in comparison to ISFR 2009 in the North Eastern States, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the lok Sabha on Monday.
of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura,