Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s largest city, has won the prestigious Sustainable Transport Award 2010. The city, with a present day population of…

The Government is eliciting views of concerned ministries on the Ranganath Misra Commission report, which recommended 10 per cent reservation…

Setting the record straight that nothing, including the Commonwealth Games, could deprive the poor of their right to shelter, the…

Hit by soaring food inflation, the government moved into urgent damage control mode on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will chair the Cabinet Committee on Prices (CCP) meeting that will be held on Wednesday…

A study finds ambiguities in the law to protect women against domestic violence and lack of knowledge of the Act…

Without policy efforts to deal specifically with issues such as reduced incomes and unemployment, the global economic crisis will be…

The thorny question of properly demarcating the maritime and land borders between India and Bangladesh has been highlighted during Bangladeshi…

A new fund managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today announced over $9 million in grants…

The cold wave continues to disrupt normal life across north India, and the death toll is now reported to be…

With the Delhi high court ruling that the office of the Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of…

As he juggles between attending phone calls and giving interviews to television journalists promising to put him on prime time…

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer india is poorer than previously estimated. A revised estimation of poverty…

Government sat on grain stocks while food prices shot up   In july 2008, when inflation rose to a 10-year…

The performance of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which will form the core of the Right to Education Act, has been satisfactory…