While activist Anna Hazare inspires the Indians to put up a fight against corruption, people of Pakha village in Nalhati, more than 300 km from Kolkata are seething with discontent over corruption......
A temple priest, who died after being set afire allegedly by land-grabbers on Wednesday in Rajasthan's Karauli district, was cremated after his protesting family members agreed to it following......
Right to Information activist Nikhil Dey and four others have been sentenced to four months in jail by a court in Ajmer after it found them guilty of 'causing hurt' and 'trespass' in......
Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘failure’ to bring back black money in 100 days after coming to power, former Bihar chief minister and senior Janata Dal-United leader......
Against the backdrop of riots in Muzzafarnagar, Minorities Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan on Wednesday said the Centre would try to build consensus among political parties to get the Anti-riot Bill......
New government and public sector unit buildings will have to mandatorily comply with new green rating norms to tackle climate change threats. "This decision was taken by the Centre two days ago to......
In order to boost the troubled housing sector, the government on Sunday said public sector banks would soon unveil a package for those seeking home loans of up to Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) and......
The Centre is launching a Rs 1,000-crore (Rs 10 billion)countrywide programme to harness rainwater for irrigation, fisheries and tree plantation at the village level.The resources generated from......
In his latest incarnation as the Congress's best bet in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi may have proved himself a crowdpuller, making promises of all hues. But people in Amethi, his Lok Sabha......
Almost every CEO planning a big infrastructure project which requires large tracks of land, is saying the bill is not conducive for investments, notes Dev Chatterjee. Ajit Gulabchand, chairman of......