Some 200 km from Patna, the state capital, on the national highway 77, there is a bridge (popularly known as Kataunjha Pul) over river Bagmati. About half a kilometer long, it connects Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi, the two neighbouring district
The country`s senior-most bureaucrats now have to cut back on their international junkets, with the prime minister having instructed them to undertake only those trips where their presence is indispensbale. A letter from the cabinet secret
As US president Barack Obama prepares to visit India early next month, former official of the George W. Bush administration feels that India’s growing weightage in the Asian region is in America’s interest. “As India is t
Food inflation declined to 15.53 per cent for the week ended October 9, on improved supplies and declining prices of certain vegetables, especially, potato. Food inflation fell by 0.84 percentage points to 15.53 per cent during the week, f
The 25 Assam Rifles (AR) based in Arunachal`s Changlang district has apprehended several drug addicts, peddlers and smugglers, official sources said here today. So far the battalion has succeeded in apprehending 15 drug peddlers from the a
Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing on the petitions by 11 rebel BJP MLAs challenging their disqualification from the Assembly by Speaker K G Bopaiah after their withdrawal of support to the B S Yeddyurappa Government. After
An estimated 53 per cent of the 1.07 crore voters exercised their franchise today in 47 of the 243 seats in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections which passed off by and large peacefully amid tight security. Over 150 perso
Miffed over alleged apathy of the state authorities towards development of their areas, voters stayed away from at least 12 polling booths spread over Madhubani, Purnia, Araria, Madhepura and Kishanganj districts in the first phase of poll in Biha
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for claiming he has developed Bihar when actually he has not done anything big and said central schemes did not improve the plight of the poor in the state.
Governance Now Forum Steel & Sustainable Development October 29, 2010, 10:30 am at the Park Hotel, Sansad Marg, New Delhi Chief Guest: S
As the US President Barack Obama’s visit to India nears, many expect a new chapter in relations between both the nations but not the Washington based conservative think-tank, the Heritage Foundation. “I don’t think Presid
The first eminent citizen report on NREGA has come down heavy on the Assam government for flawed implementation of the flagship welfare scheme in Kokrajhar district. Former Delhi develeopment authority (DDA) commissioner A K Jain has criticis
The urban development ministry on Wednesday directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to invoke the Rs 183 crore bank guarantee furnished by the games village developer Emaar-MGF and initiate legal action after it found irregularities in the cons
Public-private-partnership (PPP) models work well only in projects such as airports, ports, highways, etc and not metro rail projects as the latter offers low returns while being highly capital intensive, a senior infra sector expert said.
Government on Wednesday approved amendments to a four-decade-old law which proposes to allow Indian legal heirs to inherit the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan after partition. However, as per the amendment to the Enemy Pro
Two contentious issues dominated Wednesday`s cabinet meeting: corruption charges around Commonwealth Games and the Enemy Property Bill. The Enemy Property Act has turned two senior cabinet ministers into adversaries as Salman Khursh
The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) on Wednesday seized files about various constructions works carried out by the central public works department (CPWD) and delhi development authority (DDA) for the Commonwealth Games even as the audit watc
Connaught Place has turned whiter than white, the roads have seldom been smoother, the traffic never so orderly in recent memory. The air has turned crisper toward the evenings, heralding the onset of the coming autumn, and the swollen Yamuna has
The central government is likely to announce the cabinet reshuffle on Friday, befor prime minister Manmohan Singh leaves for a three-nation tour on Sunday. This will be the first rehuffle of the UPA-II ministry since it`s induction in June last ye
A new single bench of the Karnataka High Court is today hearing the petitions filed by 11 rebel BJP MLAs challenging their disqualification from the state Assembly. The case has come up before Justice V G Sabhahith after the court d
