Many low-lying areas in West Bengal's sub-Himalayan region were reeling from a flood-like situation while major rivers in Bihar were flowing above the danger level at several places as unabated......
In a setback to the Congress in Rajasthan, four-time MLA and former minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. IMAGE: Four-time Congress MLA and former......
A peculiar poll battle is on the cards in the tribal-dominated Banswara-Dungarpur Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan where the Congress is appealing to the people not to vote for its candidate.......
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday alleged the PMO has cancelled his speech at an event in Sikar where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate various development projects.......
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) parties over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks......
At the construction site of a dam in Chakmandi village of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan, nearly 183 labourers below the poverty line eat frugal meals.They do not know it, but other families are......
The UPA government had launched the National Food For Work Programme last year to generate employment for the rural poor by utilising the surplus grain lying in silos. Business Standard finds out......
Social audit of rural jobs scheme promises to empower people with information about how they are being denied the benefits of the schemes meant for them. Something comes between entitlements and......
In troubled times the fluctuating price of gold is used the world over as a political barometer and the fabulous gold souk in Kuwait City is no exception to this age-old tradition.As war with Iraq......
Work became a Constitutional right of every citizen in rural India the day Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2005.It is six months since the Centre began implementing......
The list of authorised representatives of affiliate units for the 76th AGM of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, released by the election observer T S Krishnamurthy in Kolkata on......
Reports that the Pakistan Cricket Board has asked the last one-day game between India and Pakistan to be shifted from New Delhi to Mumbai has added to the problems of Arun Jaitley, president of the......