The Cabinet on Friday approved an eight per cent increase in the dearness allowance of government employees and pensioners.

Describing the "paid news" phenomenon as a serious matter, the government on Friday said the right of public to correct and unbiased information needs to be protected.

One of the jury members of the National Awards committee has revealed that actors constantly lobby to be included in the award list.

With barely a year to go for the Commonwealth Games, the government on Tuesday said that it had allocated Rs 1,209 crore for digitalisation of Doordarshan and also had plans to establish two studios to facilitate High Definition TV (HDTV) broadcasting.