More people in India, the world’s second most crowded country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet,…

The ministry of rural development is looking to relax its norms so as to be able to extend assistance to…

The West Bengal government has decided to distribute land, free of cost, to poor farmers and landless agricultural labourers by…

“She was thrown in the garbage dump outside the village for dogs that ate her. Her only fault — she…

Reveals survey by Centre for Environment and Food Security in 50 villages of Bundelkhand  “Dalit households not getting single day…

Naxalites are India’s worst human rights offenders, says a new report on Torture in India. But Maoist supporters maintain that…

A PIL in the Supreme Court on Monday made a strong pitch for utilising the elaborate ‘Census 2011’ mechanism to…

If you want to understand why the Maoists grow stronger, watch frail Shyam Charan Kisku, 5, as he keeps hunger…

Contents of a four-page letter from Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shows the…

The Tamil Nadu government today said it will not allow cultivation of genetically modified brinjal and the earlier assurance given…

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia told NDTV that he expects food inflation to come down to single digits…

If Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s indication that 35 kg of foodgrain a family and the Tendulkar committee…

In a major setback for parliamentarians expecting a steep hike in their local area development fund, Planning Commission has rejected…

Maoists in the Indian state of Bihar have apologised to students for blowing up their school buildings. More than 25…

The District Administration in Koraput seems to have geared up towards performing remarkably in NREGA in the coming days. Involving…