Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Naxalism remains the biggest internal security challenge and it is imperative to control left-wing extremism for the country`s growth. His government has not underestimated the problem of Naxalism,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government was confident of bringing down inflation to 5-6 per cent by December, while blaming high prices on the global developments such as the financial crisis. "Prices continue to be a
After dilly-dallying for nearly a month, the BJP today withdrew support to the Shibu Soren Government in Jharkhand reducing it to a minority. Deputy chief minister and BJP leader Raghuvar Das handed over the letter withdrawing support to t
As prime minister Manmohan Singh addresses his only second full-fledged media briefing on Monday on the occasion of the first anniversary of the UPA II, here are some questions you and I would like to pose to him: * There seems to b
Keen to play a key role in the biodiversity summit in October in Japan, India today said it favours a legally binding pact for access to and benefit sharing of biological resources in convergence with climate change. "Nagoya meet, to
According to one definition, “Financial inclusion is delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast sections of disadvantaged and low-income groups. Unrestrained access to public goods and services is the sine qua non of an o
The Delhi high court on Friday ruled that the central information commission (CIC) was exceeding its powers by constituting committees including members other than information commissioners. The court also said that the CIC could summon the offici
On Monday, May 24, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address a press conference in New Delhi to unveil the report card of his government’s performance in its first year. The press conference is going to be unlike any other before it. It wi
US and India will hold their four-day inaugural strategic dialogue beginning June 1 which would include an in-depth discussion between the leaders of the two countries on global and regional issues. "The secretary (of state) looks for
Four persons, including three of a family, were shot dead by armed Maoists who virtually laid a siege on Ramban village in Bihar`s Maoist-hit Sheohar district midnight, police sources said. Over 200 of the left-wing extreminsts swoo
The Gujarat government has decided to release 8,000 cusec of water from the Narmada main canal to recharge six seasonal rivers and 183 lakes in north Gujarat from May 25 to 31 with a view to solve the drinking water problem of the people and cattl
All but seven people on an Air India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board are feared dead when the Boeing aircraft crashed and caught fire today after it overshot the brand new runway while landing at the Mangalore airport. &
As many as 71,000 people continued to be in 300 relief camps in six coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh even as the cyclonic storm `Laila` further weakened into a deep depression and lay centred over the north coastal area about 50 km north of Mac
The Centre has approved developmental works to the tune of Rs 366 crore in Maharashtra`s Maoist-hit districts of Gadchiroli and Gondia, state home minister R R Patil said today. "The state government has proposed infrastructure develo
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today assailed the Centre for the recent hike in the prices of DAP and Urea by Rs 30 and Rs 24 per bag respectively. This hike speaks volumes of Congress-led UPA government`s "insensitivity&qu
Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist sentenced to death in the Mumbai terror attack case, has got a new identity with the jail authorities labelling him as Qaidi No C-7096. The number is allotted to maintain record of convicts and henceforth h
Vehicular traffic was hit in several parts of the three southern Orissa districts of Kandhamal, Gajapati and Rayagada during a bandh organised by Maoists today. The red rebels put up a road blockade at Pangalighati, near Daringibadi in Kan
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan today asserted that the CPI (M)-led LDF government was committed to rehabilitating all landless people in the State. "The government is determined to speed up the ongoing rehabilitation of the l
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today claimed that naxalites did not target the common people, except those who "spied" on the outfit. "The naxalites never target common people as we have observed during past several years, b
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will celebrate the first anniversary of its second consecutive term in office tomorrow after a sweet and sour year marked by misses and hits in governance and its deft management of uncertainties of coalition
