'I am more worried about the BJP as I see lot of marginalisation of top leaders in the BJP.''I am really worried about the terminal decline of the Congress. And the greatest tragedy is that there......
A ‘special category’ quota for weaker communities with similar rights enjoyed by Other Backward Classes, farm loan waiver, setting up of ‘Indira canteens’ to......
Torrential rains and resultant deluge in 16 districts of Andhra Pradesh last week left 53 persons dead and caused a loss of Rs 3,756 crore, but the situation is returning to normal with floodwater......
After meeting violence-displaced people in two of the relief camps in Kokrajhar in Assam on Saturday, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh announced that the Centre would work closely with the State......
Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
By now most readers should have seen the news that much-maligned Bihar recorded a growth rate of 11.03 per cent. This is well ahead of the all-India average of 8.49 per cent and within a nose of......
In spite of all the talk of helping the aam aadmi, the outlay under the Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY) for the rural poor in 2009-10 is more or less the same as in 2008-09 (revised estimate). While the......
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has pulled up the central government for slow implementation of the UPA's 20-point programme, sources in the government say. As a result, Labour Minister Oscar......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the government was considering a suggestion to levy a 1 per cent cess on income tax to fund relief work in the southern states where Sunday's tidal......