After the Ayodhya verdict: What Salman Khurshid wrote in his book

Indian politics, held captive in one way or the other by Ayodhya, may now well seek its emancipation from this issue, and the pursuit of welfare, asserts Congress leader Salman Khurshid in this......

Parl panel slams NCW for not playing pro-active role

The National Commission for Women has been slammed by a Parliamentary panel for not playing any "proactive" role in safeguarding the rights of the fair sex despite the massive nationwide outrage......

PM: Poverty declined, economy grew, BUT...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday sought to highlight his government's accomplishments at the meeting of the Planning Commission in New Delhi. Here are the highlights of the Prime......

The COVID-19 challenges confronting a Mumbai hospital

'Given the first-time healthcare emergency of this nature and scale, we don't have enough experienced hands to deal with the situation.''The models, policies and protocols keep changing everyday......

PlanCom launches Facebook page on 12th Plan

For the first time, the Government of India has launched an interactive website to seek feedback and suggestion on various issues that would contribute to the approach paper of the twelfth Plan......

11th Plan growth target cut down to 8.1%

The Planning Commission has scaled down the growth rate for the Eleventh Plan ending 2012 to 8.1 per cent from 9 per cent in the wake of the global financial crisis that slowed the pace of economic......

More social sector schemes in 12th Plan

The government will not have any new social sector flagship schemes in the ongoing Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2007-12) though schemes for benefitting the socially and economically backward......

GDP growth in last 2 yrs of UPA rule below projections: Niti

Under the new methodology, the base year has been changed from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and also in conformity with the international practice, the GDP is now measured at market prices. The actual......

The Rundown in No 1 at the USBO

The action-comedy, The Rundown, kicked intotop position in the absence of strong competition butcould not become a runaway hit. The film, which wasreleased in more than 3,100 theatres, was expected......