Odisha Cong leaders detained ahead of Modi's visit

Odisha Police detained several Congress leaders and workers ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on Friday. IMAGE: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) supporters, take......

TN seeks special package of Rs 1K cr to address water crisis

Amid a severe drinking water crisis in Tamil Nadu, state deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam on Friday sought from the Centre a special package of Rs 1,000 crore to augment irrigation structures......

Many Oppn CMs to stay away from Modi's Niti Aayog meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog's 9th Governing Council meeting on July 27, which will focus on making India a developed nation by 2047, an official statement said on Friday.......

Meet the man who delivers health care to rural India

Just a few years ago, Dr Bhagwati P Agrawal, founder and executive director of Sustainable Innovations and erstwhile World Bank and United Nations Development Programme consultant, launched Aakash......

Govt approves NREGA job for 150 days

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on drought, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, has increased the number of days one will get guaranteed work in the drought-hit areas under the Mahatma Gandhi......

Jairam Ramesh writes to CAG over delayed audits

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has sent a missive to the Comptroller and Auditor General, expressing concern over delayed audit reports adversely affecting the flagship National Rural......

How 46 million Indians are being slowly poisoned

Water from as many as 78,508 rural habitations is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, iron or nitrate, finds out Chaitanya Mallapur/IndiaSpend.com. Around 46 million people in India - or the size of......

Modi Sarkar's Budget IV will keep focus on countryside

The focus is likely to be on consolidation and improvement of existing rural-centric programmes to ensure their completion ahead of the next general elections in 2019, rather than announcement of......