India is big on theory when it comes to development and poverty reduction, says international political economist and director of the Evian Group, professor Jean-Pierre Lehmann. He says the approach should be pragmatic, not theoretical.
New union minister for tribal welfare and panchayati raj V Kishore Chandra Deo on Wednesday said he would strive to strengthen the panchayati raj institutions and solve the problems in adivasi areas. Addressing a press conference
New union minister for tribal welfare and panchayati raj V Kishore Chandra Deo on Wednesday said he would strive to strengthen the panchayati raj institutions and solve the problems in adivasi areas. Addressing a press conference
To speed up rescue and relief operations in the aftermath of accidents, the railways has decided to procure hi-tech equipment worth Rs 500 crore, including high-speed self-propelled accident relief trains, plasma cutters and 175-ton capacity crane
Former telecom cecretary Siddhartha Behura began his arguments in a Delhi court on Wednesday opposing framing of charges against him in the 2G spectrum case. Behura`s counsel told special CBI judge O P Saini that there is no evidence again
Ahead of submission of his report on illegal mining, Karnataka Lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde said on Wednesday he does not believe the government would act on his findings. "As I said yesterday, I don`t believe the government will t
The supreme court judgement on disbanding of Salwa Judum will impact on the anti-Maoist operations, says the centre which is planning to call a meeting of chief ministers of Orissa and Jharkhand after Chhattisgarh`s action on a new law on the issu
The supreme court today refused to take on record contents of a sting operation which allegedly showed that CBI pressurised witnesses in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case to implicate former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah. A bench of ju
All petitions challenging land acquisition by UP government in Noida and Greater Noida areas were today referred to the chief justice of Allahabad high court by a division bench with the request that a larger bench be constituted to decide the mat
In a move to create awareness among the rural population about the benefits of using toilets, the rural development ministry has asked the states to appoint sanitation messengers in each gram panchayat. The messengers, who will be called `
Last year in December, Indira Eisenberg had to renew her passport so that she could visit in her in-laws in Germany. After she submitted all the necessary documents, a police man came to her house in Lukhnow to verify her antecedents. He asked for
While India firmly hedges it bets on a high growth rate, the world is far from seeing it as the next global investement destination, warns a new report released on Tuesday by the United Nations conference on trade and investment (UNCTAD).
Former supreme court judge, justice Shivaraj V Patil was today appointed the new Lokayukta of Karnataka, succeeding N Santosh Hegde, who welcomed the move saying it was a "very good choice". Patil had served as the one-man commit
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw a case registered against BSP MP Tabassum Begum in connection with the violation of model code of conduct during 2007 assembly election in the state, officials said today. "A case was r
The government is mulling over a proposal to deploy armed guards in merchant ships to fight pirates on the high seas, union minister for shipping G K Vasan has revealed in a letter. Vasan, in a letter to Goa`s Congress MP Shantaram Naik wh
Goa Crime Branch yesterday questioned chief wildlife warden Shashi Kumar and state transport director Arun Desai in connection with illegal mining case. Police have already interrogated state mines and geology director Arvind Lolienkar and
Swooping down on officials considered close to DMK chief M Karunanidhi, vigilance officials today raided the premises of former state intelligence chief M S Jaffer Sait and several others in connection with an alleged land allotment scam.
With the rate of price rise not showing signs of moderation, the Reserve Bank today raised its March end inflation projection to 7 per cent, from 6 per cent estimated earlier. "Keeping in view the domestic demand-supply balance, globa
Under attack from the opposition seeking his exit over the Lokayukta report on the mining scam, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa today said it is prime minister Manmohan Singh and home minister P Chidambaram who should first quit on the telecom issu
The centre will convene an all party meeting once the interlocutors on Kashmir submit their recommendations for discussing them, home minister P Chidambaram has said. "The interlocutors were appointed after the all party meeting. So I
