It’s easy to see how poverty is implicated in the misfortunes of Shaikh Salim’s household and why price rise is the last thing the Dharavi-based family needs. Shahadat, 30, his eldest son, lost vision in one eye last year and c
About 150 km and a three-hour bumpy ride from the national capital is the sugarcane farmers’ village of Nanglamubarick in western Uttar Pradesh. The single-lane road along the Gang stream leads you to ripe sugarcane crops standing tall, wait
If you want to find out what is wrong with Orissa’s Ganjam district, listen to Abhimanyu Badatiya’s travails. One of the hundreds of thousands who migrate out of the district every year to find work, he decided not to go back to Surat
As many as 78.2 crore Indians will be living on less than two dollars (or about Rs 100) a day by 2015: that is the grim forecast of a World Bank-IMF
With opposition set to rake up the telephone tapping issue in parliament, the government on Saturday said the issue was being "examined". "We are getting it examined. We have taken note of it and it is being looked in
A whopping 782 million Indians will be living on less than two dollars a day by 2015, a joint report by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said here today. The report titled `Global monitoring report 2010: The MDGs after
In the cacophony of the IPL saga, a more serious scam has just surfaced. More serious because it involves health and lives of more than 1.3 billion Indians. In terms of money it does not match up to the IPL rip off, but its effects, fallout and ra
The consturction of the Maheshwar dam has been ordered to be suspended for non-compliance of environmental conditions, as the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has claimed victory. The ministry of environment and forests, in a letter dated
Faced with frequent disruptions of Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar today said she will soon consult all political parties on conducting it in the evening. "I shall be writing to the leaders of political parties
The CBI today told the Supreme Court that it will consider a representation made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for closure of proceedings against her in the corruption case in view of the favourable orders passed by the income tax
The Election Commission has slapped show cause notices on 15 political parties including main opposition BJP, RJD and JD(S) for failing to furnish details of expenses incurred by them during the last Lok Sabha elections. The parties
Expect normal monsoon rains this season. This is the forecast by the top weatherman for the country which faced an unprecedented drought last year. "The long range forecast for the 2010 south-west monsoon season is that the rai
Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have left behind their northern counterparts as far as the devolution of power from the state to the panchayat is concerned. The panchayati raj ministry’s latest report on Panchayat Empowerment &
A Madhya Pradesh government`s action plan for the medical rehabilitation of the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy seems to have been turned into money-spinning venture by corrupt officials, NGOs allege. “While the Supreme Court monitorin
The BJP on Friday appeared divided with some leaders demanding resignation of union ministers Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel over the IPL issue while the party restrained itself saying "clinching evidence" is required before seeking any m
Railways is facing a huge crunch of coaches, wagons and engines. Only 31,815 wagons have been produced since 2007 against the need of 62,000 wagons, as per the 11th Plan requirement (2007-08 to 2011- 12). Similarly, 9,788 coaches have been p
Rejecting the charges that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines were allowed to be used in India by flouting guidelines, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that Indian girls were being used as guinea pigs for the trial of anti-cervical c
IFFCO has proposed to set up a farmers` training institute in Orissa. Farmers would be trained on best crop practices, fruit preservation, fish farming, dairy and poultry, maintenance of agricultural equipments and bee keeping in the proposed inst
The central administrative tribunal (CAT) has turned down a plea by Delhi`s government doctors to set aside a move to allow members of central health services to work in Delhi health services. The CAT told Delhi administrators doctors welfare asso
Customers of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, which distributes power in south and west Delhi, can now pay their electricity bills at a nearby Oxigen-enabled retail outlet. All they have to do is use ‘OxiCash’- a cash-based online paym
