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It’s that time of the year when everyone in northIndiais gearing up for the severe summer. For some, it’s the season to stay indoors and gorge on mangoes, but for others, particularly Bundelkhand’s Sahariya tribal women like Sunita and Dhiru, it signifies only one thing: Long days and sleepless nights chasing after precious water. Being Sahariya women, poverty and discrimination [...]
There can be little doubt that nutrition is a crucial concern for the state of Rajasthan. According to data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3, carried out in the year 2005-2006, 40.1 per cent of children here below three years of age had stunted growth, 22.5 per cent showed wastage and 36.8 per cent were underweight. Yet, it is [...]
The level of deployment and withdrawal of Forces in the States of J&K and North-East is dependent upon the assessment of the overall security situation at any point of time. However, the details of deployment/withdrawal are not disclosed in public interest. The situation in Kashmir, in terms of terrorist violence and infiltration in the last 3 years and current [...]
As the March 3 assembly polls inch closer, rebellion has surfaced in Goa’s political ranks, with those who have been denied party tickets threatening to raise the banner of revolt. Congress, the party which stands to lose most by the rebellion factor, is battling rebels in more than 10 out of the 33 constituencies it is contesting. Goa assembly has [...]
Some weeks ago an English translation of the Royal Chronicles of Manipur, “The Cheitharol Kumbaba”, was released in Delhi by the author, Nepram Bihari, a retired Meitei official from Imphal after patient translation from the old Meitei script as a labour of love. This is the unbroken chronicle of 76 Manipur kings from 33 A.D until Maharaja Bodhchandra, who [...]
ONE of the most used points in the anti-Left propaganda is that Left stands against “development”. How untrue this canard is can be gauged from the record of successive Left governments. The Left and Democratic Front rule in Kerala during 2006-2011saw the state marching ahead industrially. Various new projects were started under that government. The prime priority of that government [...]
The Assam government Thursday assured more than two dozen-odd anti-dam organisations that it would seek fresh expert opinion within six months on whether the 2,000 MW hydro power project in adjoining Arunachal Pradesh would lead to adverse ecological impact in downstream areas. A group of five ministers constituted by the government held talks with four major anti-dam groups, representing more [...]
Karnataka, which saw its image battered by scandals in 2011, enters the New Year with trepidation as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) factional feuding seems set to worsen. The slug fest among BJP factions over who should be the boss of the Karnataka unit, even if papered over by the party’s central leaders, is expected to simmer as the year [...]
(IANS) If the Madhya Pradesh government’s plan goes well, information technology companies Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) may employ 20,000 engineers hailing from the state in the near future, said a minister Wednesday. A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to allot 100 acre land each in Indore to both the Infosys and TCS, on the [...]
Jammu, Dec 28 (IANS) A regional party in Jammu and Kashmir has decided to step up its campaign for the state’s reorganisation to meet the political and economic aspirations of the three regions as it feels regional discrimination is at its peak. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), having three seats in the current state assembly and a protagonist [...]
Jammu, Dec 27 (IANS) A host of challenges await Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is expected to arrive here Wednesday after a nearly 10-day-long visit to Britain, party sources said Tuesday. The National Conference leader had gone abroad to meet his mother on Christmas. During his absence, a section of media reported on an alleged official communication [...]
Jammu, Dec 27 (IANS) Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah has conveyed his anger over the repeated talk of rotating the Jammu and Kashmir chief ministership between the ruling allies, his national Conference and the Congress, party sources said Tuesday. Farooq’s son Omar Abdullah has been the chief minister since January 2009, and a section of the Congress [...]
Srinagar, Dec 27 (IANS) Cold wave conditions continued unabated across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region Tuesday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar Tuesday was minus 4.7 degrees Celsius. It was minus 7.6 degrees in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam hill station and minus 8.4 degrees in north Kashmir’s Gulmarg ski resort. Most of the lakes and water bodies in the valley, [...]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Monday sought the early implementation by the central government of the recommendations made by the prime minister’s working groups on strengthening the economy of Jammu and Kashmir. Expressing the resolve of his party to make the state economically self-reliant, Sayeed demanded the implementation of the recommendations of the working [...]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Some remote and inaccessible border areas in Jammu and Kashmir will soon get electrified through solar and wind energy. This is being done under the Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP) to be commissioned by the Science and Technology department of the state. ‘The project will provide electricity to remote inaccessible areas, border areas and some remote [...]
Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) Seeking to end the clamour within his party about the rotation of the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s post, state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz Sunday asserted that he would deliver the final word on the subject. ‘What all others say about the issue is irrelevant, including the statements of (senior Congress leaders) Mangat Ram Sharma and [...]
Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) Congress, the ruling alliance partner of National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, has stepped up its campaign for rotational chief ministership, seeking its own party leader for the post. A faction of the party led by Pradesh Congress Committee president Saifuddin Soz has started holding rallies where Soz himself maintains silence on the issue, while other [...]
Jammu, Dec 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Congress unit president Saif-ud-Din Soz Saturday met Governor N.N. Vohra here and discussed the problems faced by the people in the state, sources said. Soz, currently on a visit to the Jammu region, told the governor that the empowerment of panchayats was imperative for an efficient governance system, party sources said. He is [...]
Srinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Fear gripped a densely-populated part of Srinagar Saturday after a leopard made a dramatic appearance. It was caged after it was tranquilized. The wildlife department sent experts to Buchwara locality, wildlife warden Imtiyaz Ahmad told IANS. ‘While caging the animal, one of our employees was injured. We have shifted the leopard to the Dachigam National Park. [...]
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) An employee of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was arrested for providing SIM cards on fake names to separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, police said Thursday.. ‘Police arrested Sajad Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Nabi Dar, resident of Sangrampora Sopore, working with BSNL Sopore for providing 10 SIMs and one WLL connection to [...]
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