The much awaited Lok Pal Bill seeking to bring public functionaries, including the Prime Minister, under an institutional probe for allegations of corruption was introduced in the Lok

The Legislative Council today passed the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (third amendment) Bill, 2000 which seeks to make it obligatory on the part of every gram panchayat to report any case of bonded labour

Prof. N. K. Ambasht, an eminent educationalist and presently chairman, National Open School (NOS), has been selected for the Nehru Literacy Award for his contributions in the field of Adult

Rajasthan has been awarded the Decadal Achievement Award 1991-2001for outstanding contribution to literacy during the

While the country was in the throes of the green revolution a little village tucked away in the hinterland of Pune, was bury experimenting with the white revolution. The success story is today

An unusual Indian experiment in studying the ingenuity of common people at the grassroots has been awarded the Asian Innovation Gold by the prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER). "It is

Urban sprawl is taking its toll on the Great Lakes, but the five huge bodies of water are still some of the best sources of drinking water in the world, according to a report from U.S. and Canadian

The District Planning Committee has approved the Rs 9.15-crore district panchayat plan for the 2001-2002 financial year.In the current plan, focus will be given to drinking water schemes and housing

After poaching and encroachment by suspected citizens, the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is now confronting with a new kind of threat-illegal activities like collection of goonda tax,

After taking significant strides in spreading the primary education network in remote rural areas through the Education Guarantee Scheme, Madhya Pradesh has reached another important milestone with