The TMC expects to emerge victorious by way of a majority of minority votes and a minority of majority votes, notes Arun Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer.
Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat and Anand Pawar advanced to the second round of the men's singles at Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Germany on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will preside over a full Planning Commission meeting on September 1 for the mid-term appraisal of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2007-12).
If the Congress came to power in MP, those responsible for the deaths of the six farmers would face strict action within 10 days.
India's champion batman Sachin Tendulkar was withdrawn from an exhibition match in Wellington on Friday at the eleventh hour as the Board of Control for Cricket in India objected to presence of an Indian Cricket League player in the team he was to represent. The BCCI objected to the presence of Hamish Marshall, a former New Zealand batsman who featured in the rebel ICL tournament last year, in the Kiwi side that Tendulkar was to play for.
Nearly 2 lakh (200,000) engineers and 1.32 lakh (132,000) diploma holders were unemployed in 2007, the ministry of labour and employment told the Lok Sabha on Monday, and said that 15 million jobs would be created in public and private sectors by the end of Eleventh Plan.
Indian shuttler Anand Pawar pulled off a stunning straight-game victory over top seeded compatriot Chetan Anand to reach the quarter-finals of the Bitburger Open in Germany on Friday. Eleventh seed Pawar beat world No 15 Anand 21-16, 21-13 in 30 minutes and set up a quarter-final clash with fifth seed Eric Pang of the Netherlands, who beat 10th seed Dane Peter Mikkelsen 23-21, 21-11.
Holding that infrastructure deficiency in the north-east is a "major concern", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced linking of all state capitals there by rail to ensure better connectivity and earmarking of Rs 31,000 crores to improve roads. Releasing 'Vision Document 2020 for the North-Eastern Region' in Delhi, he said besides developing rail and air connectivity, the government is also committed to improve road facilities in the Eleventh Plan.
The ambitious Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion), 3,289 km Dedicated Freight Corridors are a case in point. Although the project started under former railway minister Lalu Prasad and was renamed Diamond Rail Corridors by incumbent Mamata Banerjee, not a single project has been awarded yet.
Rebutting charges that food costs are rising as developing countries are eating more, India has said such countries still have high child malnutrition levels. In India, in fact, this is a major issue and the Eleventh Five Year Plan aims at reduction in malnutrition among children of age group of 0-3 to half from its present levels, Chidambaram said at the round table on 'Poverty and Hunger' during the high-level event on the Millennium Development Goals here on September 25.
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 expansion.
From zero presence in the Indian power equipment market a couple of years ago, Chinese companies are likely to supply as much as 30 per cent of the equipment required to meet the Eleventh Plan capacity addition target of 78,000 Mw.Chinese companies are also bagging large orders from private power companies in India, despite the perception of "suspect quality".
Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to field Sushma Swaraj from Bhopal in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections not gone down well with party workers and leaders in Madhya Pradesh.
United Arts' Mayandi Kudumbathar, starring a record-breaking 10 directors, is a sentimental drama that still manages to engage your interest.
The MUTP II focuses on segregating the outstation and suburban railway traffic, which will eventually increase the frequency of trains on the suburban railway network. The MUTP II focuses on segregating the outstation and suburban railway traffic, which will eventually increase the frequency of trains on the suburban railway network.
The company is enhancing its capacity from the present 28,000Mw to 55,000Mw by the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan and, therefore, fresh addition is necessary, GK Agarwal, executive director (human resources), NTPC, said.
Aiming at bolstering the sagging economy as well as providing housing to all, the urban poor will get 5 per cent interest subsidy for home loans up to Rs 100,000, taken during the Eleventh Plan period.
World No 5 Roger Federer's possible records aside, it is the first time since 2003 that the semis have featured four men outside the top four in the world rankings.
There would be a gap in legislation to be caused by proposed winding up of MRTPC with respect to unfair trade practices. The gap can be filled in be establishing NCPA through enactment of National Consumer Protection Authority Act, the document said. The MRTPC, which has been looking into various unfair trade practices would be wound up to make way for Competition Commission, which is likely to be fully operational by the end of next year.
Chasing 194 runs, India resumed their second innings at 110 for the loss of five wickets with Kohli and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik needing 84 for victory.
Pakistan on Tuesday executed 12 prisoners convicted under militancy and murder charges
The Eleventh Plan draft document has built a strong case for relaxing foreign direct investment norms in key sectors like insurance, private banking, single brand retailing and broadcasting. The draft would be discussed at full Planning Commission panel meeting on Thursday.
Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday warned India of a 'befitting response' to alleged provocation along the LoC
A circular power grid connecting the northern region to the western grid would be a major component. The grid would cover Seepath, Zeoni, Bina, Gwalior, Agra, Fathepur, Sasaram, Gaya and Ranchi, connecting back to Seepath in North India.
"This is the result of tighter fiscal discipline imposed by the fiscal responsibility framework ... and an optimistic revenue outlook driven by the buoyancy in revenue collections during the last three years of the 10th Plan," the 11th Plan document points out.
The inclusion comes weeks after versatile actors Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, both of whom have also acted in several English movies, protested the term at a function organised in London to honour them.
Population growth rate would be 1.5 per cent during the period 2007-12. "The next 10 years, India will register four major changes. The economic growth will accelerate, the technology will also grow and domestic industry will experience major liberalisation," Ahluwalia said after inaugurating the 22nd Indian Engineering Congress in Udaipur.
Exports may fall below $300 bn by 2015-16 end.
The government also approved the State Bank of India's Rs 10,000 crore equity issue.
Rumours about senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's resignation from the Akhilesh Yadav cabinet kept doing rounds here Tuesday afternoon, soon after his abrupt departure from SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence.
Bollywood star Preity Zinta launched 'Kings 11', team Mohali of the Indian Premier League, amidst confusion over the venue for the mega show in Mohali on Monday night.
Minister of State for Textiles, E V K S Elangovan said the government expects an increase in employment of 45.19 million persons in the textile industry by the terminal year of the Eleventh Plan. Consequently, the total employment in the textile sector including allied industries is projected to increase to 105.39 million persons in 2011-12 from the present level of 88.02 million persons, resulting in a net addition of 17.37 million persons.
A section of teachers and student outfits have come out against the handbook on sex education prepared for children studying in ninth and eleventh standards, alleging the content it discussed bordered on pornography.
The railways have chalked out a massive modernisation scheme for implementation during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan in partnership with the private sector
India added 26 gold, 18 silver and 6 bronze on Thursday.
"The earmarking of 15 per cent of the plan fund and the Prime Minister's 15-point programme with Rs 4,000 crore marked for Muslim dominated districts demolishes the secular contours of the Constitution," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. He added, "The plan document sans the poor and down trodden and anti-people with a primary focus on targeting the Muslim community for petty electoral gains has done very little to ally the apprehensions raised by the BJP."
Two days ago, Jayalalithaa had cancelled her visit at the eleventh hour saying that she was unwell and hence, giving former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu centrestage in talks with Kalam.
Raunak Gupta, studying in class eleventh, had gone to learn swimming during a summer camp on Monday morning and was drowned.
One is to increase the intake capacities in the existing universities and colleges and the second, to increase the number of colleges and universities. But the real focus will be on increasing the enrolment of disadvantaged sections, like the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities and even the poor
The finance minister has delivered a Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) handout to farmers. How much of that will go to the farmers who are truly debt-stressed is a moot question. But is this the tonic that our farmers need in order to restore agricultural growth to the 4 per cent plus level that the Eleventh Plan wants? Are we addressing the right problems in our agriculture and food policy?
