The Congress is in power both at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh but its governments are not on the same page on the issue of the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) aimed to finance the small borrowers as a tussle goes on between them on controlli
Even after five years in schools, close to half of children in class five are not even at the level expected of them after two years in school. Close to 50 percent of class five children could not read a class two level text, says annual report on
Talking tough, the Supreme Court today questioned the Government as to why it was reluctant in disclosing the names of Indian nationals who have allegedly stashed black money in foreign banks. "What is the difficulty in discl
Faced with repeated bouts of food inflation, the finance ministry is likely to give fiscal sops in the forthcoming budget, to investment in all segments of the cold storage chain for fruit and other agri products. As directed by the
The rift within the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2004 encounter of Ishrat Jahan has been exposed, with one of the members objecting to the demand to appoint amicus curie before Gujarat High Court. SIT member Satish V
Embarrassed by a series of scams allegedly involving army officers, Army Chief General V K Singh today said he was mulling putting in place a vigilance mechanism that will help the force carry out internal audits. "One of the t
The Congress today hit out at CAG saying it is surprised and distressed at its stand that MPs cannot comment on its report when the document is being examined by a Parliamentary Committee. Voicing its displeasure over the CAG statem
Amid expectations that RBI will hike policy rates later this month to tame high inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the central bank will take appropriate monetary action to stabilise prices. "Whenever the a
The government is considering reducing the strength of security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as a confidence building measure. Home secretary Gopal K Pillai also said that India was planning to unilaterally issue six
While the country is celebrating solar power as the next big thing and the solar mission has been launched amid much fanfare, some experts say that the first phase of the solar mission doesn’t seem to be in good shape. The list of pr
The supreme court (SC) has come down hard on the centre and the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government asking them to respond to a plea for judicial probe into the killings of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pande
It was a meeting at New Delhi’s India International Centre with a difference. Ten citizens, including practitioners and activists, came together on August 10 to discuss just how corruption can be contained. Those who put their heads toget
Dear Dr Manmohan Singhji, Exposure of several corruption scams and your government’s inadequate reaction to them has severely dented your image as a clean prime minister. Resignations of accused ministers are an eyewas
Committing to contain the adverse impact of inflation on the common man, the government has unveiled five immediate steps and five more involving "a somewhat larger horizon" to protect him against the abnormal price rise.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi are giving final touches to the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle and organisational changes. If sources in the prime minister’s office are to be believed, the two leaders held one-on-
The high inflation and price rise currently crippling domestic consumption emerged as the primary concern of the civil society at the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee`s pre-budget consultation on Thursday NGOs representatives urged the go
No resolution on the common eligibility and entrance test (CEET) for aspiring medical students could be arrived at the three-day meeting in Hyderabad which the health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had with the state health departments. A press
Prime Minister`s expert committee on National Food Security Bill today recommended that the assured delivery of wheat at Rs 2/kg and rice at Rs 3/kg could be given only to poor and expressed difficulty in accommodating general category in view of
CBI today approached a local court seeking issue of arrest warrants against six former judges, including three who retired from Allahabad High Court, in connection with the Rs 6.53 crore Provident Fund scam. Opposing the pleas of si
After US, Sweden and France, India is lokking at unconventional substitutes to organ transfer. The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has created scaffolds on which stem cells can be grown into tissues, which then develop into a whole o
