As many as 2000 high schools and nearly 200 higher secondary schools in Madhya Pradesh do not have a building of their own forcing the students to study in different shifts, Directorate of Public Instructions (DPI) deputy director, P R Tiwari said
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will raise with President Barack Obama next month concerns over the recent US decisions on visa rules and outsourcing amid hopes that these would not affect the rapidly growing bilateral ties. Stating this her
Lending support to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, external affairs minister S M Krishna today said he found nothing wrong in his statement that the state had acceded and not merged with the union of India. "I don`t t
Wholesale price inflation moved up to 8.62 per cent in September, from 8.51 per cent in the previous month, because of rise in prices of certain food and non-food items. The inflation was at 8.51 per cent in August. F
India`s Tata Group has given a whopping $ 50 million to the prestigious Harvard Business School here to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus. This is the largest gift received by the institute from an international donor in i
Reproduced from the latest issue of Governance Now, this article was written on October 9. Now on stands. PRIDE WASH A few weeks ago, when the Great Indian Commonwealth Games Circus was at its best, ou
Mobile phones can help drive out poverty in developing countries, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says. The report said, “In more and more low-income countries farmers, fishermen and entrep
After the shambolic build-up that included a dirty athletes village and other shortcomings leading to threats of pull-out by leading competing nations, the Commmonwealth Games was today given a pat on the back by CGF chief Michael Fennell in his f
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said his working equation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "excellent" and there is no "trust deficit" between him and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He said even Raji
The B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka has scraped through with a majority on the floor of the assembly today after the second trust vote. The government found support from 106 MLAs while the opposition could muster only 100 votes.
Sporting sucesses at CWG aside, the Commonwealth realm has not much to cheer India for. The country, according to a report, has the highest number of underweight children among all the Commonwealth nations. “India has both the highes
National level monitors (NLM) appointed by the rural development ministry to monitor the implementation of the various rural development schemes will be also be monitored from now, say the ministry’s the new guidelines.
The long wait for the Renuka dam in Himachal Pradesh has come to naught with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) rejecting the forest clearance for it. In a letter dated August 31, 2010, the ministry rejected the application of Himachal
Life is set to get easier for the commuters in Delhi once the Games are over. Not only will the Blueline buses be back, but Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will add 600 new buses to its existing fleet from October 18. The low-floor buses
Top BJP leaders met prime minister Manmohan Singh today and demanded immediate recall of Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj accusing him of acting in a partisan manner. In a memorandum submitted to the PM, the BJP delegation led by senior par
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) today said that the union environment ministry has amply made it clear that there has been no progress on rehabilitation and resettlement measures even five months after the suspension of work on the Maheshwar Dam
The government has constituted two special task forces for Jammu and Ladakh regions to examine the allocations in terms of infrastructure needs and make suitable recommendations to overcome the deficiencies. While Abhijit Sen, a Pla
In a relief to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, the Election Commission has rejected the plea for putting a freeze on her party symbol `Elephant` and seeking her disqualification. Turning down the plea of two advocates, the Commission sa
India is way behind the rest of the world - at least most of it - in parity of the two sexes considering pay, education, health and economic representation, according to a World Economic Forum report. The report, released Tuesday, ranks In
Government today named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir as part of efforts to bring peace in the state. Besid
