The Indian economy should recover from the recession caused by the global meltdown. India’s exposure to the world economy is…

Five years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, which left a devastating trail of death and destruction, millions of people…

We live in the age of institutionalised corruption. From politicians to judges, from senior bureaucrats to policemen, from corporate tycoons…

DINDIGUL: People visiting the farmers market at NGO Colony near here will soon get an opportunity to buy traditional rural…

Notwithstanding controversies, it passed several important judgments The year 2009 was eventful and memorable for the Supreme Court and Chief…

Educating disadvantaged and vulnerable groups is key  In the face of imports posing a competition to domestic manufacturing, the government…

Delhi’s mayor wants owners of industrial units in and around the city to shut down a month before the October…

She was a minor; her alleged assaulter a man with clout. The police initially turned her away; while a decade…

Police will now have to file an FIR on every complaint, the Union home ministry said today, ending the decades-old…

The impact of the global financial downturn has been felt keenly in the Middle Eastern emirate of Dubai – and…

Highlights of the skill development programme * All rural youths in BPL category eligible * Govt. assures placement for at…

Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on farmers falling into a debt trap, the government came out with…

Poverty is a multi-dimensional concept. Official statistics in India have always referred, arguably narrowly, to only income poverty (using the…

Sugar output in India, the biggest grower after Brazil, fell 9.6% in the first two months of the season that…

A large number of farmers, who had lost their crops, houses and other property in the recent floods in north…