Cabinet approves Rs 7,266-cr plan for Bundelkhand

The Union Cabinet has approved a special package worth Rs 7,266 crore for the Bundelkhand region, comprising parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The aim is to mitigate the effects of drought......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Text of PM's I-day speech

Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address from the Red Fort on Monday.My dear countrymen, brothers and sisters and dear children, today is once again a day of joy and......

Pak has to totally dismantle terror structure: PM

Asserting that the government's response will be 'hard' if violence continued in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday made it clear that 'half-hearted' efforts by Pakistan to......

Maha proposes 10.5 per cent GDP growth for 12th plan

Maharashtra, which leads in industrial investments and FDI, Thursday proposed a GDP growth rate of 10.5 per cent for the 12th plan, a sharp hike from its 8.6 per cent rate in the current plan.Chief......

PM prescription to stop groundwater misuse

Noting that inadequate and sub-optimal pricing of power and water are promoting misuse of groundwater, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday stressed on the need to move towards participatory......

Does the Budget have a human face?

When the Union Finance Minister Pranab babu rose to present his budget for 2011-12, he was basically presenting hisab kitab of how he was going to spend Rs 12,57,729 crore (Rs 12.57 trillion)......

Indira Sagar canal project: A sea of tribal tears

For 2,705 Koyas, compensation doesn't mean just money. For this isolated tribal community - living in tiny hamlets scattered across the verdant hills of the Polavaram mandal, from where the......