Telangana: Three minors at childcare centre 'burnt' with hot spoons as punishment

In a shocking incident, three minors of a state-run child care centre in Karimnagar in Telangana allegedly had their wrists burnt with a hot spoon by staff members for refusing to eat food. The......

Chikki scam: Bombay HC sends notice to Pankaja Munde, govt

The Bombay high court on Thursday issued notices to the Maharashtra government, cabinet minister Pankaja Munde and others in response to a public interest litigation seeking a ban on distribution......

Will expose conspiracy against me, says scam-tainted Pankaja

A week after coming under a cloud of allegations, Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde on Tuesday asserted she will expose the conspiracy against her. Back home from a trip to......

What is the hygiene score of Anganwadis in your state?

In September 2014, 350 kids fell sick after a lizard was spotted in a mid-day meal. This was not an isolated incident -- in July 2013, at least 22 students died after a eating a contaminated......

Why UPA is in trouble over rural jobs scheme

The UPA2 government finds itself in a jam with its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) being widely misused even as the National Human Rights Commission......

Big schemes get more money

Refraining from tinkering with tax and duty rates in the interim Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made a huge allocation of Rs 30,100 crore (Rs 301 billion) to government's......

PM meeting tomorrow on expediting UPA's schemes

Concerned over tardy progress of government projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet top officials on Fridayto finalise a strategy for expediting implementation of the UPA regime's......

Centre lowers foodgrain price for welfare plans

The food ministry has lowered the prices at which it sells wheat and rice for the mid-day meal programme and the Integrated Child Development Scheme On two years of the Narendra Modi government,......