The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as......
'We had become buffoons with Lalu. If you were a Bihari you were seen as a buffoon -- that has changed. Now there's a pride in being a Bihari.' Part I: 'We took a U-turn under Nitish Kumar' Seven......
The mining scam had first rocked Karnataka and now Goa. While the mess in Karnataka is well known, the scenario in Goa is no different. The Central Empowered Committee in its interim report on......
The recommendations of the people's tribunal on theproblems of the tribals and the Maoist insurgency offers a comprehensive plan to tackle the situation and looks into the root causes of the issues......
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......
Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......
Budget proposals The following announcements have been proposed in the Union budget 2015-16:- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), to be established with an annual flow of Rs 20000......
Indian Chamber of Commerce, in its pre-budget memorandum, has asked for corporate tax rate in India to be brought down to the global average of 25 per cent to regain the growth momentum. The......
The land acquisition process for the Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 540-billion) Posco steel plant in Orissa, which came to a halt on 6 August 2010 following the stop work order by the ministry of environment......
A day after the Centre gave the final forest clearance to the South Korean steel giant Posco's project, Orissa government today said it would soon resume land acquisition at the proposed plant site......