When union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh addressed a gathering at Domlai village in Lailor panchayat during his third visit to Saranda (on July 1), Samendra Mundari had wanted to tell him about the hut he was building with money from th
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Wednesday asked the Department of Telecom to prepare a matrix of reserve price of spectrum auction and its impact on tariffs and revenue to the government. According to sources, DoT has been asked
A list can make an important difference in a person’s life. Inclusion into the list of SC or OBC can, for instance, grant access to the system of reservations which may, in turn, lead to considerable social mobility. With her Brahmin backgro
Warmed up by truant Mamata Banerjee falling in line to back UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the July 19 presidential election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sent an invite to her to join the lunch she is hosting at Hotel Ashoka on Wednesda
In a complete U-turn and ending a month-long suspense, Trinamool Congress announced its decision to vote for UPA`s presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee `in the interest of coalition`. After proposing the name of A P J Abdul Kalam
Under pressure from states, the Centre has put out a fresh draft of the National Water Policy that stresses on the need to evolve a broad over-arching national legal framework on water and has called it an "umbrella statement" of general
In a bid to allay concerns of states and political parties, including allies, Government appears to have decided to delink the provision of Lokayuktas in states from the Lokpal bill. In a letter to Anna Hazare seeking his support for findi
Manual scavenging in the temple town of Pandharpur in Solapur district of Maharashtra would be stopped, State Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan informed the Legislative Assembly today. Pandharpur is the only place in the state where
The counting of presidential election, 2012 is on JULY 22. The result will be declared the same day Statement of value of elected members of the state legislative assemblies and bothe houses of parliament as per provisions of Article 55(2)
Death of an inmate of an orphanage prompted the Ganjam district administration to form a multi-disciplinary squad to inspect the places and examine problems including hygiene conditions in these homes. The squad comprising officials from s
YSR Congress party honorary president Y S Vijayamma on Tuesday staged a protest here to "expose" the ruling Andhra Pradesh Congress government`s "failure" to provide uninterrupted power supply in the state. Even as YSR
Notwithstanding the tag of being a naxal hotbed, tribals in this east Maharashtra district have shown the way to the rest by treating girls with love and dignity and not resorting to unethical practises like female foeticide. Even as the i
Amidst concern over polythene bags left by pilgrims along the Amarnath yatra track, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has directed that a special sanitation drive be launched to safeguard the ecology of the valley. "A specia
India has sought a report from its Ambassador in the UAE on the killing of an Indian fisherman in a US Navy ship firing at a docking point in Dubai even as the US on Tuesday said the incident is under investigation. External Affairs
Ahead of their proposed protests in Delhi, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday launched an attack on the UPA government accusing it of not showing enough resolve in tackling corruption and bringing back blackmoney stashed away abroad.
The four-month-old baby girl Atmaja, a victim of an alleged baby swapping incident at SCB Medical College and Hospital here, is going to be deprived of care of her mother for some more days as genetic scientists at Central Forensic Science Laborat
In a season of mind-boggling scams, where the monies involved are unimaginable and when they begin to eerily resemble one another, we can safely call it a policy epidemic. The symptoms, accusations and the defence are the same in almost all the ca
Sonapi, a village in Saranda’s Chottannagra panchayat, is split in half by the river Koyna that has its origins in the streams flowing down the hills of the sal forest in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district. Two hamlets, Sonapi and Hen
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Social Welfare Minister Mukul Wasnik to highlight the concerns of manual scavengers in the country. In a meeting at PM`s residence that lasted for abou
The Government on Monday said that it has "narrowed down" major differences over the proposed anti-corruption bill Lokpal and it was committed to get the legislation passed in parliament. "There are only three-four is
