Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September, which will review the progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in their 10th year, the government is not sure who will represent India at the high-level summ
Arunachal Pradesh has failed to complete many road projects under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana in the past five years, according to an official report. According to the report by the State Level Vigilance and Monitoring Comm
In a move to provide better healthcare to school children, district administration has decided to issue health cards to 25,000 students in 335 primary schools of the city. Under the scheme `Arogyadaan`, the students, specially poor,
A cabinet minister sent an SMS to media contacts about the impending decision on the pay hike for MPs, even as the cabinet meeting was on. Now, the government has ordered an internal inquiry by a senior official of the Cabinet Secretariat to find
Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has summoned party MPs in Chennai on Tuesday to discuss the nuclear liability bill, a common entrance test for medical students other political issues. DMK of late has not been c
The committee headed by Dr C Rangarajan on employability for youth in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to meet on August 27 in Delhi. Primarily the committee shall have two or three meetings in Vigyan Bhavan, with senior officials of the
The payment row which prompted top tennis players to issue a Commonwealth Games boycott threat is expected to take another fortnight to resolve as the Sports Ministry today sought more details of the expenses from the All India Tennis Association
Soon, you can soon expect a smooth ride between Delhi and various satellite towns in world class trains. The ministry of urban development has identified eight corridors where the rapid rail transit system (RRTS) will be constructed. Out
Fed up with repeated strikes by separatists in Kashmir Valley, shopkeepers are up in arms against protestors, who are tasting their own bitter pill as locals are attacking them with stones. Clerics have also started making fervent a
The Central Information Commission has taken strong exception to Allahabad High Court`s rejection of RTI applications which sought details of action on complaints against judges of sub-ordinate courts on the grounds that disclosure of such informa
If you are in Etah in Uttar Pradesh, you`ll have to knock on court doors even before the police acknowledges a crime. Nearly two weeks after a woman was allegedly gangraped at gun point by two men in Ahera Nagla village, a court has ordere
The Railway Ministry has said it is misleading to suggest that its officials incurred Rs 11 lakh just to fly down to get files cleared by the Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. Officials travel for various purposes and "as and when so
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the Orissa government of faster clearances to various projects facing delays in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said. Patnaik, facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in
In a bid to placate MPs demanding higher pay packages, Government today agreed to further hike their monthly allowances by Rs 10,000. The Union Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to i
The government today said the sops would continue for exporters in sectors like capital goods and textiles to help them mitigate the impact of "fragile" recovery of global economy. Announcing the annual Foreign Trade Polic
In a bid to equip villages with clean cooking fuel, hygienic environment and healthier animals, the Gujarat government has begun building `animal hostels` to rear cattle on community basis. "The animal husbandry and dairy indus
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar probably had his people`s aspirations in mind when he said the state will never go back to the dark ages of misgovernance. "Governance is here to stay - the average Bihari has lost his/her tolerance f
The Bihar landscape is changing, quite literally. From bridges to roads, schools to malls, infrastructure is looking at a likely boom. But is this change sustainable? A panel of experts drew a list of musts for Bihar`s future.
Branded Bihar to Brand Bihar Not long ago, Bihar’s people were seen as uncouth, regressive and the term ‘Bihari’ had stopped denoting a regional identity – and had become an insult. The state
The `template of good governance` in the 50s and from then on fodder for satire well into the late nineties, Bihar today is emerging from the shadow of misgovernance, believes eminent journalist and scholar M J Akbar. Congratulating `
