RTI advocators in Bihar have succeeded in prevailing upon the State Information Commission to impose penalties under The Right to…

INDIA’S achievement in setting up a huge structure of local self-government institutions has won worldwide recognition and respect. However, the…

Displacement has become a leading source of discontent and impoverishment in India and many other developing countries. In the case…

The CVC has failed to be an institutional bulwark against corruption. The reason? Wrong appointments. It’s time to fix the…

Rajasthan government is planning to set up 450 generic medicines stores across the state. Rajasthan medical and health minister Aimaduddin…

Indian-American human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her work in the U.S. and India.…

NEW DELHI: Agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan on Tuesday came down heavily on proposals to import foodgrains to tide over the…

As the 6-year-old son in an upper-class Brahmin family, Bindeshwar Pathak wanted to know what would happen if he touched…

Dr M.S. Swaminathan, considered the Father of the Green Revolution in India, finally stated his views on genetically-modified (GM) crops…

The Centre, for the first time, has undertaken a nation-wide survey of slums to profile urban household poverty and the…

Environment and Forests Minister, Shri Jai Ram Ramesh launched his Ministry’s  New Website to create awareness among the people about…

Sonebhadra (U.P.): Three employees of the Postal Department and two workers of the Forest Department were arrested in the district…

The controversy over signing the India-ASEAN FTA has not dampened the enthusiasm of the UPA government for pursuing free trade…

Farmers advised to revert to traditional practices in farming to make it sustainable in future ANANTAPUR: Experts at a workshop…

A small village in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya has become the envy of its neighbours. Large crowds of…