September 10, 2010 02:02 IST
One issue that is likely to become a major flashpoint between the ruling JD(U) and the Opposition Congress in poll-bound Bihar is drought relief.
Fri, Sep 10, 2010September 09, 2010 03:28 IST
The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj ministries under C P Joshi are all set to undertake an active publicity campaign of its schemes through a national quiz to be hosted by a celebrity on national television.
Thu, Sep 09, 2010August 30, 2010 01:02 IST
Amendments to the Land Acquisition Act,which took centrestage post-Nandigram agitation,are again under the spotlight due to recent protests by Uttar Pradesh farmers....
Mon, Aug 30, 2010August 18, 2010 02:55 IST
A day after top Opposition leaders made a beeline to little Zirakpur to extend solidarity to farmers demanding higher compensation for land acquired by the UP government for a new township and the Yamuna Expressway...
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
August 18, 2010 01:29 IST
A day after top Opposition leaders made a beeline to little Zikarpur to extend solidarity to farmers demanding higher compensation.
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
August 17, 2010 02:24 IST
With hundreds of western UP farmers refusing to call off their agitation till they receive higher compensation for land acquired for a township along the Yamuna Expressway and the issue rocking Parliament...
Tue, Aug 17, 2010August 16, 2010 01:42 IST
The fund crunch for the governments rural roads programme appears all set to affect road construction efforts in the worst Naxal
Mon, Aug 16, 2010August 10, 2010 01:16 IST
An Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has stalled NCP chief and Food Minister Sharad Pawar's attempt...
Tue, Aug 10, 2010August 06, 2010 02:19 IST
The government on Thursday made an additional allocation of Rs 720 crore for upgrading equipment and facilities for the security forces operating in Maoist-affected areas....
Fri, Aug 06, 2010August 05, 2010 02:37 IST
It is one of the governments most ambitious schemes,entailing creation of verifiable rural infrastructure with huge socio-economic benefits....
Thu, Aug 05, 2010August 02, 2010 04:43 IST
Even as the issue of price rise takes centrestage in Parliament,the governments attempt to offload wheat in the open market has found few takers among small traders.
Mon, Aug 02, 2010August 02, 2010 04:08 IST
As the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) battles charges of corruption and seeks to be heard ahead of the sports event....
Mon, Aug 02, 2010July 31, 2010 03:59 IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday said his Samajwadi Party would contest the forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar. The party did not contest the last Lok Sabha election in the state at the request of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav....
Sat, Jul 31, 2010July 30, 2010 01:38 IST
India and Pakistan agreed to have a minor international intervention regarding their dispute over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Jammu and Kashmir.
Fri, Jul 30, 2010July 30, 2010 01:24 IST
Most parts of the country received good rainfall in the last week which has helped in bridging the overall rainfall deficit to a considerable extent...
Fri, Jul 30, 2010July 29, 2010 02:42 IST
About five years after Sonia Gandhi raised a red flag on the Seeds Bill,2004,on the grounds of a growing perception that it was anti-farmer....
Thu, Jul 29, 2010July 28, 2010 03:59 IST
As the BJP looks set to stall Parliament over the arrest of its former Gujarat minister Amit Shah and misuse of the CBI...
Wed, Jul 28, 2010July 23, 2010 03:41 IST
Farmer appear set to harvest large quantities of pulses and sugarcane and make money going by the sowing data collected...
Fri, Jul 23, 2010
July 19, 2010 04:06 IST
The SP has alleged that party legislator Vijay Mishra named by Chief Minister Mayawati for links with the accused in the Allahabad blast was being targeted by two state Cabinet ministers and the DGP and even faced a grave threat to his life.
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
July 19, 2010 01:51 IST
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has alleged that party legislator Vijay Mishra named by Chief Minister Mayawati for links with the accused...
Mon, Jul 19, 2010July 17, 2010 04:23 IST
With the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan failing to make any headway in talks,the two sides on Friday rejected the names suggested for three neutral umpires....
Sat, Jul 17, 2010
July 17, 2010 04:11 IST
With Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) recommending uniform universal entitlement of 35 kg of foodgrain at Rs 3 a kg to all families in one fourth of the most disadvantaged districts or blocks from next year
Sat, Jul 17, 2010July 15, 2010 02:48 IST
India and Pakistan have exchanged names for neutral umpires for the International Court of Arbitration to resolve the dispute over 330-MW...
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
July 15, 2010 02:44 IST
Though its only in the last few months that the brutality of Naxal violence has become evident in a big way...
Thu, Jul 15, 2010July 14, 2010 00:18 IST
Ahead of a meeting of Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council,which is slated to finalise its views regarding the proposed National Food Security Act....
Wed, Jul 14, 2010




