Noorserai is one of the 20 blocks of Nalanda district. Area: 12,485 hectares Agricultural land: 10,872 hectares Topography: Fertile, alluvial soil Irrigatio
Area: 180.5 sq km Population: 127,755 (2011 census) SCs: 21 percent
Abu Road block is one of the 18 blocks in Sirohi district in south Rajasthan. It has 21 panchayats and 85 villages. The villages are dispersed in small and scattered clusters with houses situated on the slopes of mountains and valleys.
ANSA-SAR Affiliated Network for Social Accountability – South Asia Region (ANSA-SAR) was initiated in 2009 with a seed grant from the World Bank Institute. The primary objective of this netwo
Taking exception to Calcutta High Court`s order refusing to give notice to Mamata Banerjee on appointment of Dr Sukumar Mukherjee as chief health advisor to the state goverment, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the West Bengal Chief Mi
The organisers of pop star Enrique Iglesias` concert held here on Wednesday night have alleged that a senior police official roughed them up when they objected to allow his guests without requisite passes. Without naming the officer, the o
The cash-strapped Deccan Chargers on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the team`s termination from the Indian Premier League (IPL) by the India`s cricket governing body -- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Deccan Charg
Even as BJP MPs are boycotting the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G spectrum scam, the panel`s chairman PC Chacko has ruled out summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. After Thursday`s meeting, he said that finance minister P
Former IPS officer YP Singh on Thursday accused Arvind Kejriwal of shielding Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar even as the India Against Corruption (IAC) came to the anti-corruption activist’s defence, and clarified that it
Like the Italian Mafiosi bound by the pact of secrecy known as Omerta, India’s elites are intrinsically secretive. They fight back bitterly whenever this unwritten code is challenged. This is why Jinnah’s eating habits and Nehru’
Arvind Kejriwal deserves credit for his undeterred resolve in whatever he believes in; ‘opportunism and power’ as his opposition shouts, ‘political’ as former friends whisper, ‘incorruptible’ as new friends boas
Amid demands for calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as witnesses before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G, BJP members in the panel on Thursday once again abstained from its proceedings. Du
In the backdrop of transfer of Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka for his decision to probe into land deals, including that of Robert Vadra and realty major DLF, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday asked state and Central government
If the babus of the planning commission were asked to name the line that divides Abu Road into two halves, they would have said: below poverty line (BPL). This line that demarcates this quaint block in Sirohi district of south Rajasthan in
A dilapidated structure that houses office of the block development officer (BDO) of Noorserai block of Nalanda district is symptomatic of the ills that afflict governance in Bihar. Till 11 am on September 11, offices are either closed or partiall
The Supreme Court on Thursday slapped a Rs.5 lakh fine on an ex-SP MLA while dismissing as without substance his petition against Rahul Gandhi in which he had alleged that the Congress leader had confined a girl in Uttar Pradesh. "The
Two CRPF troopers were killed and eight others injured, three of them seriously, when Naxalites triggered an IED blast blowing an anti-landmine vehicle in Bihar`s Gaya district on Thursday. The incident occurred at 6:20 AM near Chakarbanda
With its much awaited press meet of Wednesday, the India Against Corruption (IAC) has made two points clear: it is not a B-team of the BJP, as alleged by the Congress, and that it is targeting the whole specturm of existing political parties, as n
The eagerly awaited next episode of `expose` from the India Against Corruption (IAC) targeted, as widely expected, BJP president Nitin Gadkari. The overcrowded press meet at the constitution club started with IAC convener Arvind Kejriwal
The Congress has fully backed the government on its decision to raise the diesel price and ration LPG cylinders, but a demand has now come from within the party to revise the twin decisions, citing adverse implications in the elections. Th
