Janata Durbar for Bihar's woes

Afortnight after president's rule was imposed in Bihar, Governor Buta Singh said he would be holding 'Janata Durbar' todiscuss the problems of commonpeople.State Chief Secretary K A H Subramanian......

Manmohan Singh starts janata durbar

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has started a janata durbar (people's court) to know the problems of the people.Officers in the Prime Minister's Office have been assigned to receive grievances and as......

Akhilesh disappoints American woman at 'janata durbar'

Within days of taking over as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav threw open the doors of his official residence to the common man and even revived the practice of holding a janata......

Siddaramaiah refuses to step down, ready for probe; Shivakumar backs him

As the Karnataka high court upheld the state governor's approval for an investigation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a site allotment case, he rejected calls for his resignation on Tuesday......

Bihar CM on how to tackle poverty

There should be transparent national standards and parameters to decide who the poor are, what their number is and how many below poverty line families there are in India. Some years ago, the......

President to host PM's LPG panchayat on Tuesday

Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from 20 states will share with the LPG panchayat their experiences of how clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of......

Mumbai's woes: How other states are to blame

I have no problems with anyone coming and settling down in Mumbai, in that eternal search of a better life. That's any individual's natural tendency and best not to be curbed. However, I have a......

How Ashwani Lohani turned Madhya Pradesh into a tourist hotspot

Besides branding, innovation and marketing the state's tourism, Lohani's job was to turn around the MP Tourism Development Corporation.   Image: Ashwani Lohani receives National Tourism......