Karnataka government is honouring more than 80 sports persons, who represented the state at International and National events and won laurels, with cash awards ranging from Rs one lakh to Rs 25,000 here tomorrow. The state has decided to p
The Govindprasad Humanitarian foundation today entered into an MoU with the Karnataka government to construct over 6000 houses for the flood ravaged people of north Karnataka. The MoU which is part of `Aasare`, a housing scheme launched by
Manipur is being held hostage by its own as a Naga students` union state leads an economic siege on the state. The Manipur government, however, has taken measures to transport essential items and other goods along the Silchar-Jiribam-Impha
Last Saturday, I got the opportunity to observe the “Zero Plastic Bag” campaign at Vile Parle that I had only read about or seen in the print and electronic media. The initiator of this revolution is the BMC’
Court work across western Uttar Pradesh was affected today as lawyers went on a day-long strike protesting against police lathicharge on Kanpur lawyers. The boycott call for court proceedings was given by the action committee, Distr
A major water supply scheme for the state capital, initiated as part of the Japan International Co-Operation Agency funded Rs.2987 crore Kerala Water Supply Scheme, would be partially commissioned on May 18,the fourth anniversary of the CPI-M-led
None of the 423 class-I cities in India is “healthy and clean” in terms of various sanitation parameters, and 99 per cent of them suffer from poor or absent community toilets and safe management of human excreta, says a government-comm
The Nagaland government has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the Centre spell out its position on the visit of NSCN(IM) leader Thuigaleng Muivah to his ancestral village in Manipur`s Ukhrul district. With Muivah camping at Vis
The Bhartiya Janata Party is concerned over the explosive situation in Manipur due to an economic blockade by some Naga outfits that have also given an ultimatum to non-Manipuri people to leave the state by May 31. Unless the centre
Expressing concern over overdues of public-sector banks, which rose sharply to Rs 54,178 crore in 9-months period ended December 2009, Sumitra Mahajan, BJP`s Lok Sabha MP, has urged the finance ministry to "take drastic steps against big indu
Screening of expectant mothers for dreaded AIDS and HIV should be intensified in the larger interest of the health of new born babies, president of Forum of Parliamentarians on AIDS Oscar Fernandes said today. "It will be a crime if w
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on May 24 meet the press for the first time in several years and present a report to the "aam aadmi" (common man) on the UPA government`s successful completion of six years. It will be a mega pr
In a joint venture, Kolkata police and Confederation of Indian Industries today initiated an anti-human trafficking campaign with the release of posters and a film by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Speaking on the oc
The Opposition Congress on Tuesday boycotted the special session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly which has been called to discuss development in the state. Along with the Congress, the BSP is also boycotting the four-day long session which has
Union minister for fertilisers M K Alagiri is on leave from ministerial assignment for 10 days from today, as he is on a private visit to the US, to meet his daughter and her child there. Interestingly, the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) approved h
With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millenium Development Goals, a top UN official has said that one of the crucial goal number five may not be achieved unless all national governments work hard in reducing maternal mo
Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the sanctuary. "That the Maoists are roaming free
Government on Tuesday said that Ajmal Amir Kasab, who has been sentenced to death in the Mumbai terror attacks case, may be hanged by the end of this year provided there is no legal bar. "If there is no petition from him (Kasab) chall
Kerala is a model state for the rest of India to follow, in promoting social development. The state, which was founded in 1956, was one of the poorest states, but in the last few decades it has shown remarkable improvement after universalizi
Vedanta Aluminum, part of the London-headquartered Vedanta group, has been hitting headlines for its plans to mine Niyamgiri hills in Orissa`s Kalahandi district and opposition to it from the primitive tribes living there for centuries who conside
