“I am pleasantly surprised that we have had the most success with the integrated watershed management project though it had been intended as a medium-term project. In fact, it was a last minute addition in the SDP,” Jairam said, as the
I envy Time magazine. These guys don’t need to dig a single new fact on prime minister Manmohan Singh. They use all the masala that Indian journalists and commentators, and to their credit, several erudite pieces in the Economist, have state
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday slapped a notice on West Bengal government asking it to investigate in next 10 days the incident in which a fifth class student was allegedly forced to drink her urine in Santini
Minerals The area has 25 percent of the known iron ore deposits in the country. There are at least 12 mining firms operating 50 mines (and more could be on the way). Chiria mines, which has the biggest iron ore deposit in A
JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday rubbished allegations levelled by BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa and his supporters that D V Sadananda Gowda, who resigned as Karnataka chief minister to be replaced by Jagadish Shettar, was "obeying" his
The government on Monday attacked the BJP`s criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s performance as "distasteful" and exuded confidence of taking the economy out of the present "trough" and back to high growth.
Saranda will be a role model for the entire country. Success in Saranda is important for the country…if successful the model will be replicated across other areas hit by the Naxal menace. It is the first syst
The JD-U on Monday asked the government to "introspect" over its support to the open market economy in the wake of TIME magazine`s criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dubbing him as an "underachiever". "The
With the dust settling over the leadership issue in Karnataka, the focus is now on government formation under Chief Minister-designate Jagadish Shettar as lobbying for Cabinet berths and key ministries gathered momentum on Monday. In-charg
The prime minister has repeatedly said that Naxalism is a bigger threat to India than external terrorism. That`s perhaps why our home minister wanted to hunt them down not very long ago and governments have seldom come up with a non-gun solutio
If you think the Maoists have any intention of abjuring violence and join the peace process, junk it. The intelligence agencies have forwarded a sensational piece of information to the union home ministry: The Maoists have put a bounty on
An Air India relief plane on Monday left for Pakistan to bring back fliers stranded there after its aircraft, flying in from Abu Dhabi, made an emergency landing at Nawabshah Airport in Sindh. The A-320 aircraft, with engineering ma
The Goa unit of BJP on Monday demanded that Congress publish the Shah Commission report on illegal mining in the state, saying it had been kept under wraps to save the Congress leaders. State BJP chief Laxmikant Parsekar said at a press co
UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he will talk to Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to seek support for his candidature when she is ready to talk to him. "I am ready to talk to her as and when she is re
China`s assisting and arming Pakistan has made "it a second class enemy", but its economic strength overpowering India is not a real concern, according to Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata. "China has of course been assisting a
Telugu Desam suspended MLA Kodali Srivenkateswara Rao alias Nani from the party after he met YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijaya here on Monday. "Nani has been suspended from the party with immediate effect," a one-line st
The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked th
Congress has propped up Vice-President Hamid Ansari`s name for a second term with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh beginning the exercise to solicit support for his candidature. Singh discussed Ansari`s name with former Prime Minister and JD-
The Monsoon session of parliament has been delayed further. The session may be convened on August 7 now. The UPA2 is facing internal crisis to find a successor of Pranab Mukherjee. Insiders feel that either Prime Minister Manmohan
Due to incessant rains in Uttar Pradesh in the past few days, the demand for electricity has come down drastically. According to UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL), the demand for power, which was around 13,000 MW has come down to about 9,00
