Seventy-eight lakh trees will be chopped as part of the forest clearance process for the 1,500MW Tipaimukh hydroelectric project in Manipur, an exercise that Prime Minister manmohan singh says will be taken up for “national interest”. The project, which has been in the eye of controversies following opposition from Bangladesh, has received support from the Centre, which has promised not to take any steps that would adversely affect the neighbouring...

Home minister P Chidambaram has written to Prime Minister manmohan singh, requesting him to call a Cabinet meeting to sort out differences between North Block and Planning Commission that threaten to scupper the ambitious programme. "I request that you may kindly instruct the Planning Commission to immediately bring a note to the Cabinet that the cabinet secretariat to list the note before the Cabinet so that a final decision can be...

Prime Minister manmohan singh has fully supported Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief Nandan Nilekani’s effort to enroll all residents of India under the Aadhaar card scheme. Singh has instructed the Planning Commission to bring a proposal before the cabinet to provide statutory powers to UIDAI to enroll beyond the present limit of 20 crore people. The home ministry, which is collecting biometric details of people for creating the National...

-PTI   Prime Minister manmohan singh today said "perversions" like paid news had come as a shock but censorship was no answer and favoured self-regulation for the media. "It is true that sometimes irresponsible journalism can have serious consequences for social harmony and public order, which the public authorities have an obligation to maintain, but censorship is no answer," he said at a function to launch a book 'The Tribune 130 years:...

-IANS Harish Khare on Thursday quit as media advisor to Prime Minister manmohan singh. Khare, a veteran journalist who was earlier with The Hindu, quit in the wake of television anchor Pankaj Pachauri being appointed as a member of the media team in the Prime Minister's Office ( PMO). ...