The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......
On September 6, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Bangladesh for a highly anticipated round of talks. This is the moment for both sides to look afresh at the Sundarbans and make it the......
The Maharashtra police is not part of the state's disaster management plan, Maharashtra Director General of Police Dr P S Pasricha told rediff.com.So as a lesson from Mumbai's flood disaster, the......
The developments in Af-Pak region, particularly the fall out of Pak political paralysis, would make President Xi Jinping’s task a little more complicated, says Colonel R Hariharan. Chinese......
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday addressed the first joint sitting of Parliament as mandatorily required under the Constitution after the general elections. The address is the political,......
The World Bank has approved two projects worth $372 million, including the integrated coastal zone management project, to India. The World Bank said it has approved a $222 million International......
Rejecting the ruling Biju Janata Dal's allegation of discrimination against Orissa, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday the matter relating to Posco steel project was in the......
International funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, have assured a financial assistance of $313 million to Odisha government for restoration and rehabilitation activities......
The government is planning an extensive exercise to map a "hazard line" along the country's 7,500 km coastline, from Gujarat to West Bengal. This marks the first time environmentally sensitive......
Indian Hotel Company's (IHCL) plan to construct a luxurious hotel and convention centre at the Sea Rock site in suburban Mumbai is facing green concerns.Two years after IHCL - one of Asia's biggest......