Social uplift of women is must to ensure success of schemes aimed at development of women and children, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here on Wednesday. "Empowerment of women impacts the health of the girl child. The UPA governmen
The land acquisition for Posco`s mega project in Jagatsinghpur district came to a halt on the fourth day today and the police force was withdrawn following demands from school children and women who joined the protests. Also read:
Without making his speech political, Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit the Congress where it hurts most, addressing one of the ruling party’s core constituents: the farmers. Using his speech at Delhi’s Shri Ram College of Commerce
It’ll be a long road ahead for Shell in India. A day after its new country chairman Yasmine Hilton challenged the income tax department’s demand for Rs 15,000+ crore and claimed that the move is contrary to the spirit of finance minist
Follow updates at https://twitter.com/governancenow At 5.10, Modi ends the 65-minute oration, amid appluse. Skill, scale and speed: that`s what we need to stand up to the world: Modi`
Stepping up pressure on the UDF government over the Suryanelli gangrape case, CPI(M) led LDF walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday, demanding re-investigation into the charges levelled by the victim against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson P J Kur
Lamenting that standard of teachers in not up to the mark and learning outcomes are below expectations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said "major concerns" in the field of education need to be addressed. Singh also n
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and expressed his unhappiness over the Centre`s refusal to provide gas to the state at the same price at which it is given to Mumbai and Delhi. Also read:
This pocket-borough of Nehru-Gandhi family is gearing up to welcome Rahul Gandhi, who will arrive here on Thursday for the first time after his ascension as Congress vice president. His two-day visit was cancelled yesterday due to bad weat
Following nearly minute-to-minute progress of an arrival in the capital, with live television coverage and uber-excited anchors jotting down the journey, is usually meant for a triumphant sports team/individual, or in some cases big-time dignitari
Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan has made a strong plea to the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal`s award in the gazette as stipulated by the Supreme Court. The plea was made by Vasan when he met Union Law Minister Ashwa
Conflict between the Odisha government and villagers resisting land acquisition for the Posco’s steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district has flared up once again. The state government has begun forcible land acquisition even though the national
With the six-decade-old Telangana tangle showing no signs of petering out, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have informally proposed a three-point formula to resolve the vexatious issue. According to sources, Gandhi has p
In the second volume of his biography of Chaudhary Charan Singh, noted scholar Paul Brass has given an interesting account of the role of the bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh. On the basis of written documents, letters and file notings, Brass mentions
Kaku Ram was there to reclaim his name, which the election commission had changed to ‘Nathu Ram’ in his voter identity card, triggering a unique set of problems.
The state the nation is not healthy, for the nation’s states have contracted an unnamed viral fever going strong. Symptom: cold-shouldering sing-song voices of reason/freedom, spasms of cough but no syrup against the strong arms of the radic
The Centre and several state governments on Tuesday came in for sharp criticism by the Supreme Court for their failure to file status report on the issue of missing children with the bench saying that nobody seems to be concerned about them.
The Centre and several state governments on Tuesday came in for sharp criticism by the Supreme Court for their failure to file status report on the issue of missing children with the bench saying that nobody seems to be concerned about them.
Solicitor general Rohinton Nariman’s resignation from office revives the old ghosts of arbitrariness and opacity that rule the way the cases are marked to the law officers of the government, and which were so vividly brought to the light
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asked revenue officials to beef up their tax collection efforts to achieve the budgeted target. "This was a difficult year for the economy including for revenue collection because there was le
