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  • 5.49 crore gets employment under MGNREG scheme: Jairam Ramesh

    A total of 5.49 crore households across the country have been provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during 2010-11. This led to the generation of 257.15 crore persondays. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today,the Minister for Rural Development,Mr Jairam Ramesh said, there has […]

    Planning Commission preparing a Universal Health Insurance Scheme

    The Planning Commission said it is framing up a blue print for a universal insurance scheme which would provide a minimum health cover to everyone in the country. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia said this while talking to reporters in New Delhi. He said that Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna […]

    UP Lokayukta recommends sacking of Animal Husbandry Minister

    In Uttar Pradesh all major opposition parties including Samajwadi Party, BJP and Congress have demanded dismissal of Mayawati government for allegedly backing Animal Husbandry minister Awadhpal Singh Yadav. Lokayukta Justice N K Mehrotra has recommended sacking the Minister over corruption charges. Urging Governor B L Joshi to dismiss the Chief Minister along with the accused […]

    Anna Hazare freed, but refuses to leave Tihar

    Arrested social activist Anna Hazare was on Tuesday night released by Delhi Police, who was arrested for defying prohibitory orders and earlier sent to seven days judicial custody. Hazare had declined government’s release order and refused to come out of Tihar jail till he was given permission to fast in the J P Park, his close […]

    Delhi police issues release warrant of Anna ; Parl disrupted over his arrest

    Arrested social activist is set to be released any time from now as Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat a short while back said that they have issued the release warrant of Anna Hazare who was arrested for defying prohibitory orders and sent to seven days judicial custody. Parliament was paralysed on Tuesday over the detention […]

    Indian Navy captures a hijacked Iranian flagged cargo ship MV Nafis 1 off Mumbai coast

    The Indian Navy has captured a hijacked Iranian flagged cargo ship MV Nafis 1 off the Mumbai coast. Defence Spokesperson Manohar Nambiar said in Mumbai that the ship was captured with nine persons on board following intelligence inputs that it may be carrying arms, ammunition and contraband. Sophisticated and automatic weapons were recovered from the […]

    Govt. not against holding any demonstration or peaceful protest: Chidambaram

    The Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government is not against holding any demonstration or peaceful protest. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, Mr. Chidambaram strongly defended the police decision to take Anna Hazare and six of his associates in preventive custody. He said that around 1,500 people have also courted arrest. […]

    Government decides to set up a new Education Commission

    The Government has decided to set up a new Education Commission to make recommendations for improvements at all levels. In his address to the nation on Independence Day on Monday, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that in view of major changes in the educational set up in the country, the Commission needs to […]

    Govt. justifies detention; BJP and Left oppose move

    Government today said that it has nothing to do with the arrest of civil rights activist Anna Hazare. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal termed as baseless the opposition’s allegation that Hazare was arrested at the behest of Congress Party. Mr Bansal said that the all decisions on this issue are […]

    SC issues notice to Centre, UP Govt on ‘Aarakshan’ ban

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on filmmaker Prakash Jha’s petition challenging the state government’s decision to ban screening of ‘Aarakshan’. A bench of justices Mukundkam Sharma and A R Dave issued notice to the Centre and the state government asking them to file their response by […]