AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for claiming he has developed Bihar when actually he has not done anything big and said central schemes did not improve the plight of the poor in the state.
Governance Now Forum Steel & Sustainable Development October 29, 2010, 10:30 am at the Park Hotel, Sansad Marg, New Delhi Chief Guest: S
As the US President Barack Obama’s visit to India nears, many expect a new chapter in relations between both the nations but not the Washington based conservative think-tank, the Heritage Foundation. “I don’t think Presid
The first eminent citizen report on NREGA has come down heavy on the Assam government for flawed implementation of the flagship welfare scheme in Kokrajhar district. Former Delhi develeopment authority (DDA) commissioner A K Jain has criticis
The urban development ministry on Wednesday directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to invoke the Rs 183 crore bank guarantee furnished by the games village developer Emaar-MGF and initiate legal action after it found irregularities in the cons
Public-private-partnership (PPP) models work well only in projects such as airports, ports, highways, etc and not metro rail projects as the latter offers low returns while being highly capital intensive, a senior infra sector expert said.
Government on Wednesday approved amendments to a four-decade-old law which proposes to allow Indian legal heirs to inherit the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan after partition. However, as per the amendment to the Enemy Pro
Two contentious issues dominated Wednesday`s cabinet meeting: corruption charges around Commonwealth Games and the Enemy Property Bill. The Enemy Property Act has turned two senior cabinet ministers into adversaries as Salman Khursh
The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) on Wednesday seized files about various constructions works carried out by the central public works department (CPWD) and delhi development authority (DDA) for the Commonwealth Games even as the audit watc
Connaught Place has turned whiter than white, the roads have seldom been smoother, the traffic never so orderly in recent memory. The air has turned crisper toward the evenings, heralding the onset of the coming autumn, and the swollen Yamuna has
The central government is likely to announce the cabinet reshuffle on Friday, befor prime minister Manmohan Singh leaves for a three-nation tour on Sunday. This will be the first rehuffle of the UPA-II ministry since it`s induction in June last ye
A new single bench of the Karnataka High Court is today hearing the petitions filed by 11 rebel BJP MLAs challenging their disqualification from the state Assembly. The case has come up before Justice V G Sabhahith after the court d
A decision on infusion of Rs 1,200 crore equity in Air India is expected to be taken by next month, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said today. "We have moved a cabinet note for infusion of Rs 1,200 crore as equity (in Air
India`s much-celebrated economic growth has not trickled down to the poor who continue to stay deprived of the most fundamental needs - foof, sustainable employment, shelter, health and education, say civil society groups. Shifting focu
Doctors specialising in pain management released here on Tuesday country’s first ever protocol on lower back pain and how it can be effectively cured by medical practitioners besides treating other diseases. In the absence of any gui
The Supreme Court today fixed February 1, 2011, for hearing on the case relating to alleged disproportionate assets of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members who have sought a review of its order directing a
The number of women in the country looking for a nicotine-fix in the country is on the rise. According to the global adult tobacco survey 2009-2010 (GATS), women using tobacco now make for 20.3 percent of tobacco users while the figure used to be
The millennium park or the Delhi Transport Corporation’s new bus depot in Indraprastha, near the Commonwealth Games Village, is being hailed as the biggest of its kind in the world. But the depot, which has been built on the Yamuna riverbed,
Hitting out hard at prime minister Manmohan Singh’s agenda of focusing more on a GDP-oriented growth, social activist Swami Agnivesh said such economic policies have led to the crisis where citizens especially tribals are raising their voice
Curfew was today imposed in four districts of Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended breach of peace in the wake of the arrest of hardline Hurriyat leader Masrat Alam. A police spokesman said curfew has been imposed in Srinagar c
