No clearance to 88 polluting industrial clusters: Jairam by Oommen A. Ninan
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said a nation-wide Comprehensive Environmental Assessment found that…
Read MoreRosaiah sets six-point agenda for governance
Top priority should be given to farmers’ and farm-related issues Collectors told to monitor the progress of welfare schemes Andhra…
Read MorePlan panel highlights problems in NREGA by Sangeeta Singh
A Planning Commission evaluation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has questioned the effectiveness of projects implemented under…
Read MorePlan panel sees no large gains in budgetary support by Sangeeta Singh
The Planning Commission, the country’s apex planning body, is gradually reconciling to the fact that there would be no large…
Read MorePrivate banks gear up to take on public banks in rural India by Anita Bhoir
India’s private sector banks are busy drawing up plans to attack public sector banks in their backyard—rural India—by opening hundreds…
Read MoreThe politics of identity by Ruchi Gupta
In February 2011, India will become the first country in the world to issue its residents biometric-based numbers (UID) to…
Read MoreCustody for 3 in RTI activist murder case
Three persons were sent on Saturday to police custody till January 25 in connection with the murder of RTI activist…
Read MoreProtests mark consultation on Bt brinjal
BHUBANESWAR: Widespread protests marked the visit of Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, to a national consultation…
Read MoreIn Chhattisgarh, jail is the cost of filing a public interest litigation plea by Aman Sethi
Police detain three witnesses to killings in Gompad village, ban journalists from site Police decline comment on veracity of claims…
Read MoreChanges in law against sexual abuse sought by Aarti Dhar
Women’s groups have demanded a comprehensive legislation to address rape and sexual assault. A delegation that met Union Law Minister…
Read MoreLand grab, even by poor, illegal by Samanwaya Rautray
The Supreme Court has struck a blow against a menace “as old as human civilisation”, saying courts cannot sanction encroachments…
Read MoreUS Ambassador hails Sulabh’s techniques
The US would consider using Sulabh International’s sanitation and water conservation techniques and help in its promotion globally, said US…
Read MoreTransparency in bar councils by Samanwaya Rautray
Like India’s topmost judge, lawyers’ regulatory bodies have been made accountable to the public under the Right to Information Act.…
Read MoreMoily’s mission: Get 75% of undertrials out of prison by July 31 by Dhananjay Mahapatra
Year 2010 could go down in history as a watershed for undertrial prisoners, who for long have been the silent…
Read MoreHas India’s poorest state turned the corner? by Amarnath Tewary
Has India’s poorest and most lawless state turned the corner? If you believe the government of the northern state of…
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