Jammu and Kashmir wrestler Hamam Hussain overcame years of hardship, including selling milk to support his family, to win a gold medal at the Khelo India Tribal Games.
Once the might of the Indian establishment turned completely against the Maoists, there was no way they could survive -- either in Gadchiroli or anywhere else, points out M R Narayan Swamy.
'If this is true, the Election Commission should come forward with data and officially confirm it.'
Only around 27 per cent of the funds allocated to the flagship Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in the budget has been spent in nine months of the fiscal year.
Unlike the previous visit, where TDP MPs accompanied Naidu to meetings, sources termed the current visit as "low profile", with one-on-one meetings with key Union ministers.
According to an Andhra government statement, Naidu 'reposed confidence' in the PM's leadership.
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon.
The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal that offers an option of availing the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to the state government employees who joined the service after November 2005.
A sudden surge in wealth because of stock market gains after the pandemic could be one of the factors behind the relatively lower share of philanthropy in total wealth.
Public sector banks have lost nearly Rs 2.85 lakh crore on account of loan dues of 13 corporates even as the banks are used to bail out ailing financial institutions such as Yes Bank and IL&FS, United Forum of Bank Unions alleged on Monday. In a press release, UFBU's convener B Rambabu said the organisation calls for a two-day all India bank strike on December 16 and 17 protesting against Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 and opposing the Centre's alleged move to privatise PSBs. According to the statistics given by the UFBU, the 13 corporates' outstanding dues were at Rs 486,800 crore and it was resolved at Rs 161,820 crore resulting in a loss of Rs 284,980 crore.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board on Tuesday named Droupadi Murmu, the party's tribal leader from Odisha, as the ruling National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the presidential election.
Employees of public sector banks (PSBs) on Thursday went on two-day strike against the move to privatise public sector banks impacting normal banking operation across the country. Many branches across different parts of the country were shut as the United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions including All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) had given two day strike call. As a result, services such as deposits and withdrawal at branches, cheque clearance and loan approvals might be affected due to the strike. But ATMs are expected to function as usual.
Stating that the creation of separate Bundelkhand Development Authority will ensure development of the backward region, Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments to shun doing politics over the issue.
Lakra, who will soon join a private airline as a co-pilot, has achieved this feat after years of hard work.
At Head Held High, trainees begin with the basics -- the English alphabet.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for special-category status still looks a far cry.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has long been demanding special category status for his state.
Armed Maoists killed a contractor by slitting his throat in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Friday, apparently protesting the work undertaken by him in the backward region.
Bihar's development is not uniformly sweeping over the state. There are less visible aspects of the state's society and polity is which this wave bypasses.
In a veiled reference to Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's only goal is to grab the Prime Minister's chair for which it was "misleading people" and shedding crocodile tears.
The number of centrally sponsored schemes have increased to 35 in FY22 from 30 in FY21 and central sector schemes have increased to 704 from 685 in the previous year, reports Dilasha Seth.
'It is just an excuse to say that the Centre has run out of money.' 'Pruning these schemes would mean hard time for the people of India.'
To stay on the right side of the Trinamool Congress, the Centre has opened its coffers for West Bengal.
The Union Budget 2011-2012 is likely to be more beneficial for the special and underdeveloped states, including J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, rating agency Fitch said on Wednesday.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, opposing the initiation of the Central government to set up a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority.Earlier, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had demanded the creation of such an authority for the development of Bundelkhand, which spreads across parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and is an extremely backward region.
Taking advantage of the prevailing volatile political situation in Andhra Pradesh, the Maoists may try to strengthen their base, police officials have warned.
As indicated by Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA government has already initiated process to make higher allocation in social sector.
The Union government is on a social sector roll. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had indicated that the United Progressive Alliance government was going to make the social sector the centrepiece of the upcoming Budget. According to Dilip Ghosh, special secretary, Panchayat Raj department of West Bengal, the Centre has indicated that the demand for grants for these projects should be hiked at least 50 per cent more than the present allocation.
However, as the region with the state's highest concentration of Muslims readies for polls on November 7 in the last phase of the elections, it is the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress-Left alliance that draws considerable support from the community amid sporadic voices in Owaisi's support as they weigh their choices.
Targetting to have 10 lakh (1 million) skilled workers in the country in the next five years, the government will set up 5,000 skill development centres nationwide and also 11 advanced training institutes for trainers.
A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget
The Maharashtra government's industrial infrastructure arm MIDC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four companies for developing special economic Zones, which will attract minimum investment of Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) and create employment of more than 50,000.
Stepping up pressure on the United Progressive Alliance government, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party on Tuesday forced brief adjournments in both the Houses of Parliament, demanding an immediate financial package of Rs 80,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh. The BSP has raised the pitch on the issue in recent days with UP Chief Minister Mayawati threatening to withdraw support to the Centre if it failed to provide the package and bring down prices of essential commodities.
Five major industry groups have signed MoUs to set up large projects in Maharashtra entailing an investment of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion).
The TDP finished third and the BJP was relegated to the fourth position in Karimnagar.
Be it conducting conferences and conventions or coming out with tall claims and promises, the parties are vying with one another to get a stronghold in the minds of the voters.
Going a step ahead, the state government has suggested laying of very fast tracks to facilitate a speed of up to 350 kmph in the public-private partnership.
A report from Nashik said 7 farm workers, including at least three migrants from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, were killed by lightening while working in the fields on Thursday.
If the 'Sitar' deal materialises, 'chakli' would be available in Japan and tribal women from Melghat will get an economic boost.
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