Activists from different places in India raised concern about forceful land acquisition during a talk organised by Navdanya, Delhi based NGO working on conservation and sustainability. Recalling the last six years of the anti-Posco struggle, Abhay
Stepping in to defuse the Telangana crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he understands the separate statehood demand and gave an assurance that the Centre will make all efforts to find a solution to the contentious issue soon.
After facing severe criticism over its Rs 32 cap in urban areas for determining the poverty line, the Government finally decided to remove the condition on Monday. The decision came after Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Amid controversy over the definition of poverty, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today claimed that they have resolved the issue. "Jairam and I had a very good me
Terming the implementation of UPA`s flagship programme MNREGA as "patchy", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday expressed concern at leakage of funds meant for the scheme but hoped that the proposed `NREGA 2.0` will deal wi
Patients in government hospitals and health centres in Rajasthan will get most essential generic medicines free of cost, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today. The ambitious `Chief Minister`s Free Medicine Scheme` was launched by Gehlot a
The government has issued a notification denying promotions to its officers who do not submit their annual immovable property returns of the previous year by January 31 every year. The notification says they will be denied "vigilance
Women now have a special tool to secure themselves. And that tool is just a click away. Whypoll, a part of the social democracy foundation has worked on a reporting tool for women who are harassed across the country.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that he would not respond to CBI`s fresh plea to invoke additional charge of criminal breach of trust against all the accused till the agency stated that its probe in the 2G spectrum allocati
Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that he would not respond to CBI`s fresh plea to invoke additional charge of criminal breach of trust against all the accused till the agency stated that its probe in the 2G spectrum allocati
Broken blackboards, desks and classroom doors. Bad condition of toilets and no availability of clean drinking water. This is the condition of the government boys secondary school #2, Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. The school doesn’t even have a p
A new Mines Bill that provides for sharing of profits and royalty with project-affected people has been cleared by Cabinet, Indian Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said Friday. The Bill is likely to be tabled in the Indian Parliament in the Win
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi skipped the national executive committee meeting of BJP, which started today to take stock stock of the political situation in the country and to formulate a strategy to take on the ruling Congress on the issue
The CBI on Friday virtually gave a clean chit to Tata and Videocon groups in the 2G spectrum scam but said the role of Anil Ambani was being probed as three jailed corporate honchos of his company RADAG have distanced themselves from any wrongdoin
UN-HABITAT has reposed confidence in India`s ability to resolve satisfactorily the ongoing crisis that has emerged from the acquisition of land in the absence of a holistic policy. The global body said the country will have to deal with the multit
India on Thursday said Chinese patrols do "stray" across to the Indian side but downplayed such incidents holding that its boundary with China is one of the "most peaceful and tranquil." "We have a very long
Eighty reports of the law commission, which advises government on complex legal issues, are pending with various union ministries and departments with one of them awaiting a decision for the past 53 years. The commission has so far submitt
With new names being added to the 2G spectrum scam, the CPI(M) on Thursday said the Cabinet will have to take "collective responsibility" on the matter and cannot find fault with only one or two persons. Senior CPI(M) Poli
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday made an aerial survey of quake-ravaged areas of Sikkim and announced Rs 1,000 crore as Central assistance to the state. He also met victims of the 6.8 magnitude quake admitted to the STNM Hospital.
Entering the cyberworld with a blog and a twitter account, Anna Hazare on Thursday accused "some government agents" of creating an image that it was due to their "favourite ministers" that he gave up his fast in Delhi`s Ramlila
