Everything you need to know about Avas Vikas Yojna No. 3: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Avas Vikas Yojna No. 3: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) You wear gold bangles, necklaces and earrings, but how about drinking some gold? 51 Buckingham Gate, part of The Taj Group of Hotels, and Luxor Champagne, has introduced a 24 karat gold afternoon tea, which includes edible gold.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Fox Star Studios has come on board with Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films to co-produce filmmaker's upcoming directorial "Bombay Velvet".
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) The producers of the Anurag Kashyap-directed "Ugly" left with the film for the ongoing Cannes International Film Festival, but Vikramaditya Motwane, who's also a producer, was left behind.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The government Monday came out with a slew of guidelines for the Indira Awas Yojna scheme for building houses for rural poor, including increased allocations and a requirement for constructing compulsory toilets for each unit.
Bangalore, May 13 (ANI): Hours after being sworn in as Karnataka's 22nd chief minister, K. Siddaramaiah on Monday announced a Rs.4409.81 crore bonanza for the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities.
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) American automobile company General Motors' Indian subsidiary hopes that its newly-launched multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) will perk up its total sales volume this year as it offers value for money to the buyers, said a senior official.
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) A Jharkhand legislator is accused of setting a criminal free from their custody, police said Monday.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A Kansas State University chemical engineer and his team are using graphene quantum dots to improve sensing devices in a twofold project.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), May 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday flagged off the 6,100-km long "Vikas Yatra" of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin Monday criticised Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her and other cabinet minister's photographs being printed on Delhi government's loan application form.
Tissa (Himachal Pradesh), May 5 (IANS) When a right to information (RTI) activist in Himachal Pradesh exposed misuse of public funds some years back, he did not expect that his fight for truth would expose him and his family to threats and social boycott.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Sudha Dhir, a 65-year-old homemaker from Gurgaon, Friday won the Dabur Hommade HomeStar contest.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Mahie Gill, who will next be seen in Satish Kaushik's comedy "Gang of Ghosts", says films like "Chillar Party" should be made as audiences are ready to enjoy new kind of cinema.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) A host of popular television actors like Karan Wahi, Gaurav Chopra, Manish Paul, Manav Gohil, and Aamir Ali, are set to play Gold Charity Cricket Match here Friday.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): International Labour Day is being celebrated today across the world to honour the contribution and sacrifices made by the working class.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Anvita Dutt, who wrote the popular song "Radha" for "Student Of The Year", will now pen a track for Kangna Ranuat for her upcoming drama "Queen".
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) The Goa assembly witnessed an unusual disruption during the budget session sitting Tuesday when a legislator almost fell off as his chair gave way under his weight.
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Southern actor Prithviraj, who plays a policeman in "Aurangzeb," says the movie is different from commercial cop films like "Dabangg" and "Rowdy Rathore".
Ghaziabad, April 19 (IANS) Ghaziabad police arrested two dreaded criminals with over 75 criminal cases against them, police said here Friday.
Raipur, April 18 (IANS) HCL Infosystems has bagged a major contract from Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for supply of laptops to final year engineering and medical students in the state, official sources said on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on appeals of three convicts against a trial court verdict awarding them life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Upset over the death of Students Federation of India (SFI) leader Sudipto Gupta earlier this month, the activists of the CPI (M)'s student wing heckled West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra here on Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) SFI activists Tuesday heckled West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission here Monday to protest the death of a young comrade in Kolkata.
Panaji, April 8 (IANS) It is OK to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar.
Panaji, April 8 (IANS) The six Goa legislators who rode on their motorcycles into the assembly complex without wearing helmets Friday have been fined for violating traffic rules, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Monday.
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Six legislators, including a cabinet minister, Friday rode on their heavy motorcyles into the state assembly complex, allegedly without wearing the mandatory helmets, triggering a controversy. The transport minister promised a probe and action.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Five people, including two Myanmarese nationals and a former Assam Rifles officer, have been arrested for smuggling pseudoephedrine tablets of worth Rs.15 crore to northeastern states of India and Myanmar, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Anurag Kashyap has enhanced and tweaked a folk song by a young Shimla-based composer, whom he discovered, to use it in his upcoming co-production "Queen".
Lohardaga, Apr 4 (ANI): In a bid to instill fear among locals, Maoists blew up a village council building in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district yesterday.
Lohardaga, Apr 4 (ANI): In a bid to instill fear among locals, Maoists blew up a village council building in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district yesterday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Director Vikas Bahl's upcoming movie "Queen" will see real eunuchs as part of a wedding scene.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) An 18-year-old boy was shot at by the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a Delhi businessman in a road rage incident here, police said Monday. The PSO has been arrested.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Tihar Jail authorities Friday informed the Delhi High Court that Vishal and Vikas Yadav, convicted in Nitish Katara murder case, will not be shifted from it to a prison in their home state.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The mother of the murdered youth Nitish Katara Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against the state government's decision to transfer some convicts, including those sentenced for her son's killing, for the Tihar jail here to prisons in their home states.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the city government on a PIL seeking direction for release of pensions for widows and divorced or destitute women, pending for last 11 months.
Highlights of the Delhi budget for 2013-14 presented Wednesday by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit:
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday recalled its 2009 order which said that a woman beating and kicking her daughter-in-law and threatening the latter that she would instigate her son to divorce her did not amount to cruelty.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The capital will fete the spirit of the moment with a 10-day "Spring Fever" literature festival that will see top writers like Vikram Seth, Ramachandra Guha, Shobhaa De, Gulzar and Mira Nair brainstorm on politics, society, culture and entertainment.
Shimla, March 14 (IANS) Unemployed educated youth in Himachal Pradesh will get a monthly skill development allowance of Rs.1,000 while no new taxes have been proposed in the Rs.21,767 crore budget for 2013-14 presented by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Thursday.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A 13-member youth Indian boxing team left for Subic Bay, in the Philippines, for the 20th edition of the Asian Youth Boxing Championship.
Ranchi, Mar.7 (ANI): Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was acquitted on Thursday by the state high court in connection with the Rs 90 lakh scam pollution control board scam. His alleged associate Binod Sinha was also acquitted.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Four people were arrested here for attempting to rescue an undertrial in a murder case, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) "MasterChef India" judge Kunal Kapoor is keen on donning a different hat! He wants to take part in the next season of dance reality show "Nach Baliye" with his wife, even though he has two left feet.
Shimla, Mar 1 (IANS) The "Queen of Hills", as this state capital was fondly called by the British, is in the grip of jaundice. More than 100 cases have been reported from the town in the last few days, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A new book would help people facing medical exigencies to get emergency response.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The rural development ministry, which runs many of the UPA government's flagship programmes like rural job guarantee and road construction schemes, got a 46 percent hike in its allocation in the 2013-14 annual budget Thursday.
New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): Asserting that inflation is easing gradually but is still a problem that needs to be brought down on a priority basis, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government is taking steps to deal with factors responsible for the slowdown.
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Feb 18 (IANS) Three children of a family were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in their hut in Nandurkhi village of Ahmednagar district early Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday came down heavily on Tihar jail authority for keeping Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted in murder of Nitish Katara, in the jail meant for undertrials instead of convicts.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved road connections for habitations with a population of 100 or more tribals in 82 Maoist-affected districts under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday rubbished the BJP's demand that the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (Prime Minister's Rural Roads Scheme) be named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) US automobile major General Motors (GM) Wednesday said it is expecting a major rise in sales of petrol-driven Chevrolet Beat and Chevrolet Sail cars following the partial de-regulation of diesel prices.
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) US automobile major General Motors (GM) Wednesday said it is expecting a major rise in sales of petrol-driven Chevrolet Beat and Chevrolet Sail cars following the partial de-regulation of diesel prices.
New Delhi, Feb. 5 (ANI): Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar will inaugurate a conference of Ministers for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries of all states and Union Territories here on Wednesday.
Shimla, Jan 25 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Friday announced a slew of schemes for the people, especially school children, women and senior citizens.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The CBI arrested a man 14 years after a complaint was lodged against him and others for cheating a Central Bank of India branch here causing a loss of Rs.1.40 crore, an official said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) She was the faceless woman who bound a nation in concern and shame and made India a talking point across the world. A month after a young physiotherapy intern was gang-raped in the Indian capital and 18 days after she died of her injuries, the spotlight stays resolutely on India's women and their status.
Ranchi, Ja.12 (ANI): Leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) met Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad on Saturday and staked a claim to form the next government in the state.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It is bitterly cold in north India. But while you shield yourself against the chill with a heater or hot air blower, be careful about taking certain precautions. Excessive use of blowers can push you towards various allergies, doctors say.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian government began the New Year ushering in another policy reform aimed at cutting its bloated subsidy bill of Rs.1,64,000 crore by rolling out the ambitious direct cash transfer of benefits covering seven welfare schemes in 20 districts in 16 states Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The pile this week is varied and exciting - from food to different shades history.
Lucknow, Dec 24 (IANS) A depressed senior bank official shot dead his wife and daughter and critically injured his young son and himself here Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The team members of upcoming film "Queen" Thursday dressed in black to express their outrage at the horrific gang-rape incident in the capital four days ago. While the film's lead actress Kangna Ranaut said they will support the victim "in every possible way", director Vikas Bahl demanded that girls should have the freedom to walk on the roads alone any time.
Gurgaon, Dec 18 (IANS) A professor working in a college in Chandigarh was booked here for derogatory remarks on social networking site Facebook against an Indian Administrative Service officer, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Four youth were arrested Thursday for gang-raping a Rwandan national here earlier this week, police said.
Pitampura Medical Forum and Bharat Vikas Parishad, Panchdeep branch jointly organized blood donation and health check up camp at J-U and K U Block Pitampura. A large number of people attended the blood donation camp and benefited the free health check camp.
Ahmedabad, Nov 30 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday filed his nomination papers from the Maninagar constituency for the state assembly elections on Dec 17.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Subordinate legislation should be easy to understand, have limited scope of discretion by the executive and framed without delay and with wider involvement of people, members of parliament (MPs) from different parties said here Wednesday.
Ludhiana, Nov.27 (ANI): Stating that India's agriculture sector continues to be the lifeline of its people and a key factor in the economy's overall productivity, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday that it has rightly been accorded due priority in every budget and Plan for achieving India's developmental goals.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left parties still adamant on a debate with voting on FDI in multi?brand retail, the ruling UPA Monday said it was sure of its numbers in the Lok Sabha.
Gurgaon, Nov 24 (IANS) An engineer with a private firm died Saturday after a pole from the elevated section of the Gurgaon's under?construction Rapid Metro line fell on him, police said.
Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday promised road link to around 1,000 rural clusters with at least 250 people and claimed 25 million citizens have gained from a law enacted for timely delivery of public services.
Patna, Nov 22 (IANS) Bihar plans to provide food supplement and medicines free of cost to nearly two lakh tuberculosis patients in the state, mostly poorest of the poor, said state Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) With the threat of a no confidence motion looming over parliament's winter session starting Thursday, the ruling UPA's strength stands at 245, less than the majority mark.
Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Credit delivery to the priority sector, including farmers, students, weaker sections, minorities and others is far better in the southern states, said Finance Minister P. Chidambaram here Tuesday.
Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Credit delivery to the priority sector, including farmers, students, weaker sections, minorities and others, is far better in southern states, union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said here Tuesday.
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has decided to link 10 key schemes to the Aadhar unique identification programme as part of the larger thrust on e?governance to ensure fast delivery of services with transparency and accountability.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Scoreboard on Day Two of the Ranji Trophy Group B tie between Delhi and Odisha at the Ferozshah Kotla here Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Does your teenage daughter often complain of backache and joint pain? Is your college-going cousin always lethargic? Vitamin D deficiency among youngsters, which causes such problems, is becoming common these days and is a growing health concern, doctors say.
Betbari (Assam), Nov.6 (ANI): There is an oft repeated saying that peace brings development. This could be very true in the case of Assam, especially for its rural areas, which once was under the sway of various insurgent groups. Today, with militancy on the decline, various government-sponsored schemes are being implemented, and the people of the region are accepting the fact that they have benefitted.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) There is a nip in the air, and as you welcome the change with light woollens, you also have unwelcome visitors such as flu, cough and fever.
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee is on his first visit to Kerala since after he assumed the highest office in the country. He arrived here Monday.
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) The district administration of Farukkhabad, the parliamentary constituency of Law Minister Salmam Khurshid, Saturday gave India Against Corruption (IAC) permission to hold a rally there.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a two-day visit to Kerala from Oct 29 to inaugurate the Viswa Malayalee Mahotsav, an official statement said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A 17-year-old youth drowned in the Yamuna river when he along with his friends went for immersion of Goddess Durga idols, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) No Indian will be figuring in the 2012-13 season of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) with India Fighters, formerly Mumbai Fighters, pulling out.
New Delhi, Oct.14 (ANI): The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVC), a regional party from Jharkhand, has formally withdrawn support to the Congress party-led- government at the center, as a mark of protest against certain recent policies that it termed as anti-people.
Washington, Oct. 12 (ANI): An innovative scheme by an NGO to provide rural Indian communities with toilets and running water in every house has been given the first 'Global+5 award' in Geneva, USA.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has called for scientific survey of malnutrition in the country and said his government was working towards improving nutritional standards in the state.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A 19-year-old boy killed his 60-year-old father here after a heated argument over money and tried to burn his body after leaving it in the house for two days, police said Thursday. The accused, a Class 12 pass-out, has been arrested.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A total of eight lakh families will come under the health insurance cover as Delhi government has decided to extend Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna to domestic workers, railway porters, street hawkers and vendors in the capital.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Hockey India Tuesday announced a list of 48 probables, who are to start training from Oct 15, for the upcoming international tournaments.
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Days after withdrawing support from the UPA government, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi Saturday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and vowed to support the Trinamool Congress.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has exhorted the construction agencies to ensure quality of material and construction.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Bringing its differences right to the government's doorstep, a combative Trinamool Congress said Monday that it might bring a no-confidence motion against the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the next parliament session.
Patna, Oct 1 (IANS) At least 10 people died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district after they consumed spurious liquor, police said Monday.
Ranchi, Oct 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government suffered a minor setback Monday with the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), which has two Lok Sabha MPs, announcing that it was withdrawing support over the decision to permit FDI in multi-brand retail.
Delhi Minister, Ramakant Goswami has stated that the city government has taken a number of welfare measures for such workers with an aim to make their lives and working conditions comfortable.
Bangalore, Sep 25 (IANS) Air India hammered Nagaland 16-0 to become the first team to enter the quarterfinals of Hockey India's second senior National Men's Hockey Championship here Tuesday.
Bangalore, Sep 24 (IANS) Minnows took a beating as defending champions Haryana and Punjab notched up their second victories with big wins in the preliminary league of the senior men's National Hockey Championship here Monday.
