Mamata to stage dharna over Centre's 'discrimination'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would stage a two-day sit-in in Kolkata from March 29 in protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government's alleged......

ED summons Abhishek Banerjee again on October 3, day of TMC rally

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday summoned senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee again on October 3 for questioning in connection with the school jobs scam in Kolkata, which the......

After Twitter, PMO now on Youtube

After foraying on microblogging site Twitter, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Office has made its debut on popular video-sharing website Youtube. The PMO said it will now be communicating with the......

Govt reduces MNREGA allocation to Rs 73,000 cr

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the......

Govt blames the poor for price rise, says Left

By attributing the rise in prices to increasing consumption by the poor, the government is putting the blame for food inflation on poor and asking the common man to live with it, the Left said on......

NREGA gets Mahatma Gandhi tag

The government on Friday renamed its flagship rural job guarantee programme - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) - after Mahatma Gandhi. "The Union cabinet has decided to rechristen......

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......

India's rural jobs scheme cuts spend, wants more cash

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the United Progressive Alliance government's flagship programme, has so far spent just 56 per cent of its Budget allocation of Rs......