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You need political will, not huge funds, to fix social sector problems like maternal mortality, says a new report from the World Bank. This should serve as a timely reminder for the Manmohan Singh government that seems to consider the GDP growth a
Continuing their indefinite fast against Koodankulam nuclear power plant for the fourth day, activists today asked the Tamil Nadu government to reject Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s letter, seeking cooperation for implementation of the project.
A former aide of activist Teesta Setalvad has moved the Bombay High Court seeking retrial of the 2002 Best Bakery case alleging that the latter not only fabricated evidence and falsely implicated innocent persons but also "managed" the w
Facing a fund crunch, Railways will soon issue tax-free bonds to raise around Rs 10,000 crore. "We have received the notification (clearance) from the finance ministry. Based on the notification, we are going ahead for public i
Armed with a report prepared by former Karnataka Lokayukta on illegal mining, union ministry of mines has asked the Goa government to furnish data on the allegations that the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) used to export the iron ore even as the neighb
Amid tight security arrangements, polling commenced here this morning for the bypolls to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat, which is witnessing a triangular contest. The Anna factor is looming large in the constituency raising the stakes for
With the government hedging its bets with GDP growth turning around the state of the social sector in India, a World Bank rejoinder comes as a wake-up call. Focusing on the issue of maternal mortality, the Bank cited the examples of Malaysia and S
Shooting off another letter to Anna Hazare on the eve of Hisar bypoll, Digvijay Singh, who is leading Congress` counter-attack, today raised the issue of RSS support to the activist and cautioned him that those around him were keeping him in dark.
Hundreds of anti-Koodankulam nuclear power project agitators today took out a rally from near the site to Idinthakarai village, where about 160 people are on an indefinite fast since the last four days, demanding closure of the plant. A sp
Eminent lawyer and jan lokpal champion Prashant Bhusan was beaten up by a youth in his chamber at the supreme court on Wednesday. According to a newsreport in Times Now, the unidentified attacker roughed up Bhusan allegedly over his comments on Ja
The supreme court on Wednesday took exception to law minister Salman Khurshid`s reported remarks in which he had asked the judiciary to be sensitive to "political economy". In oral comments, the court said the remarks were "
Hansa is in her late thirties. She was once married. But now she calls herself a ‘parityakta’, a dispossessed. Her husband dumped her when she was very young. When asked why he left her, Hansa says as a matter of fact, “I don&rsq
As the first ever high-level Indo-US education summit gets underway, India today pitched for famed American universities to "reach out" to the country, with the visiting minister Kapil Sibal saying that tie-ups would yield high economic
With Anna Hazare factor looming large raising stakes for the ruling Congress, the stage is set for a triangular contest in the bypolls for Hisar Lok Sabha seat to be held tomorrow. There has been a fortnight of frenzied campaigning as heav
Speech of Vinod Rai, the CAG of India at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy on October 11, 2011 Distinguished officers of the Indian police service, 1. I am happy to be present today at this premiere trai
In a marked departure from iron-handed approach to deal with the maoist issue, advocated so staunchly by home minister P Chidambaram, the rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has argued for a ‘dvelopmentalist’ and more humane appro
India stands at the 67th spot among 81 nations listed (in the decreasing order) by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in its recently released global hunger index (GHI) report 2011. However, a poverty of statistics could be r
Amid raging controversy over Rs 32 per capita per day poverty line, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said "it is not all that ridiculous" in Indian conditions. "The fact is that Rs 4,824 per mon
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today alleged the Congress-led UPA government has failed to bring back the ill-gotten wealth to the tune of trillions of dollars stashed in foreign banks and was unresponsive to the sentiments of people on issues of co
