3K personnel deployed as Kabir's mosque plan heightens Dec 6 heat in Bengal

West Bengal braces for a politically fraught Saturday as suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir pushes ahead with the foundation-laying ceremony for a 'Babri Masjid-style' mosque in......

Providing food security to migrants is the duty of government: SC

Taking note of basic global concept on food security, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that in the absence of explicit provision for it, the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the......

Is Imran Khan dead? PTI urges Pak govt to clarify

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has sought an official response from the government amid growing "rumours" about the health of jailed party founder Imran Khan, urging authorities to immediately......

'Coercive, unilateral': BRICS nations slam Trump tariffs

The BRICS nations have expressed concern over the proliferation of trade-restrictive actions in the form of 'indiscriminate rising' of tariffs, particularly measures used as a means of 'coercion',......

Budget 2012: Govt to fully provide for food subsidy and food security act

The government will provide for the entire food subsidy, including that which is proposed in the National Food Security Bill, from next fiscal. "The government has decided that from 2012-13......

Lack of funds: Food Security Act to be put on hold

The proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA) may have to be put off to 2012 due to financial constraints, going by a recent Planning Commission document which points out that additional resources......

Food security measures kick up a row

The much-awaited announcement in the Union Budget to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kilo to every family living below the poverty line in rural and urban areas,......

Food security law can't cater to APL families

The central pool of food grains is insufficient to provide for families above the poverty line who are covered by the Targetted Public Distribution System, if they are to be all included in the......