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The Competition Commission of India(CCI)has imposed a penalty of Rs. 2.83crores@8% of the average turnover of the last 3 financial yearson Super Cassettes Industries Limited for abusing dominant position. The final order was passed on 01.10.2014 on information filed by HT Media Limited.  div style="font-family: arial; font-size: sm..

he Government has clarified that it had not withdrawn powers delegated to the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) on 30th May 2013, within the framework of the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Policy (NPPP) 2012 and the Drugs Pricing Control Order (DPCO), 2013. It is further stated that the orders dated 10.07.2014 issued ..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for withdrawal of the Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011 from Parliament (Rajya Sabha).    The Bill was examined by..

Expert group of ENT specialists to be formed soon to recommend measures    Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, has stressed the need for enforcing statutory standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Contro..

“MMDR Act amendment Bill will be brought in the forthcoming session of Parliament. Detailed Guidelines for mineral concessions will also be issued soon in the coming weeks.” This was stated by the Union Minister for Steel, Mines, Labour & Employment, Shri NS Tomar today, in his inaugural address at the Mining & Exploration C..

E-rickshaws will have top speed of 25 km an hour and carry a maximum of four passengers, a draft notification said on Tuesday so as to provide legal status to these vehicles which were banned by the Delhi High Court on safety concerns.   div style="font-family: arial; fon..

Habitual use of Facebook makes individuals susceptible to social media phishing attacks by criminals, an Indian-origin researcher has found.    This is likely because users automatically respond to requests without..

A draft for the proposed new Act to replace the existing road safety legislative framework is placed on the official website of the Ministry. The draft Bill titled Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014is placed on the  Ministry’s website for seeking feed back from the people.  The link for the same is as follows: div style..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to all the citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund today. He made an appeal to all fellow countrymen to stand in solidarity with distressed flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir and be part of the national effort to support them in this hour of crisis..

Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati launched here today a’ Know Your Rights’ (KYR) portal of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G M Siddeshwara and other dignitaries to mark 100 days of the new government. While addressing a press conference on the ..

The BSF has been directed by the Meghalaya High Court to pay Rs 11 lakh as a compensation for the death of a 16 year-old boy in BSF firing in a remote village of East Khasi Hills district along the Indo-Bangladesh border seven years ago. "It remains no doubt that the cause of death was due to the firing by the BSF personnel from a distance, hence, the respondent is liable to pay compensation..

The Justice C S Dharmadhikari Committee, set up to recommend measures to curb crimes against women, has asked Maharashtra Government to enforce a "complete ban" on dance bars and frame a policy to check "vulgarity" on social networking sites such as Facebook.  ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 28th September, 2014.  ..

The Government has constituted a high-level committee to review various environment laws in order to bring them in line with current requirements. The committee has been set up in the backdrop of government taking serious measures to fasten the environment clearance process for achieving economic growth without compromising green issues. CABINET SECRETARY T S R SUBRAMANIAN TO HEAD THE PANEL ..

Stressing on the need for having an egalitarian society, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called on citizens to ensure that untouchability is not practised anywhere in the country.    Delivering the fifth Dr ..