Odisha diluting special category claim: Jena

DMK'S pullout from UPA has ended the tenure of one of the biggest non-performing ministers. , who was Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, was rarely in office and never replied to a question in Parliament since his induction in 2009. While ...

It is ironic that MK Alagiri, former Union minister of chemicals and fertilisers, stretched out the drama of his resignation from the Union Cabinet the way he did in the days after the DMK decided to pull out of the ruling UPA coalition. Those close ...

AGRICULTURE minister Bob Sichinga has appealed to workers at Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia to minimise demands for higher salaries until the company starts to operate on full capacity. Sichinga urged the workers to avoid stealing fertiliser and ...

The explosion at the fertilizer plant in the area of West in Texas, USA, killed between 5 and 15 and wounded some 200 people. Throughout the history there were other explosions that killed more than 500 people and injured more that 20, 000 people.

"Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik diluted Odisha's case for special category state status by providing wrong and contradictory data on the number of poor and painting a robust picture of the state's economy," Union Minister of State for Chemicals and ...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has moved a Cabinet note recommending a $6.7 per million metric British thermal unit (mmBtu) price for domestically produced gas. The issue is likely to be taken up by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs ...

SHANGHAI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in China on Monday on a mission to strengthen ties with its third-biggest trade partner and to press for tougher action against Iran and Syria, which has accused Israel of attacking it. We ...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, believes the days of subsistence farming are fast fading away as the huge money-making aspect of the venture has been exposed at various fora even to the least discerned mind. He asserts that the ...

President Pranab Mukherjee today accepted the resignation of five ministers belonging to DMK, which withdrew support to the UPA Government over the . "The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of the ...