The weekend summit in Quebec will concentrate on the creation of a Free-Trade Area of the Americas. The Bush Administration is all for it; South America's biggest economy, Brazil, is not so

The Gujarat Government's decision to scrap octroi in 150 municipalities and 330 gram panchayats has been given the Cabinet

The Bush Administration expects its effort to wind new trade negotiating authority from the US Congress to take at least the rest of this year, in a fresh sign that the president's trade agenda is

The World Bank has requested a budget increase of up to $90m next year to relive "considerable stress and overload" on its staff, it emerged. The request was part of a strategy paper released by the

The department of municipal administration is preparing ground for formation of 20 new municipalities in the state. The government machinery is engaged in preparing a report in this regard

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will sanction a loan of Rs 500 crore for execution of rural development scheme in Bihar during the current financial year, official

The Punjab Cabinet today agreed to carry out amendments in the Panchayati Raj Act to incorporate a number of changes in the panchayat

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has said that development of state was not possible without all round development of Bundelkhand region. So the government has decided to implement a

Education ministers of seven south Asian countries have decided to meet once every two years to "intensify cooperation and collaboration" in their efforts to achieve "education for all" in the

The Rajasthan government is becoming computer savvy, State chief secretary Inderjeet Khanna has directed the officials to connect all the gram panchayat head-quarters with Internet by December