PM emphasises on development in tune with needs of the local people

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who on Tuesday reached the state’s remotest area of Chhota Bengal in Kangar district — the area still lacks proper road links and other basic infrastructure facili

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged the need for greater flexibility in the implementation of the rural schemes and demand for support and security to make their delivery more effective

The Bombay high court on Tuesday quashed a Ratnagiri district magistrate order prohibiting the association, Indian People’s Tribunal, to hold an indoor private meeting to hear the grievances of peo

KOLKATA, 11 SEPT: The state health department is all set to frame a Health Service Guarantee Bill to ensure that people are not denied the basic services and benefits from state-run hospitals.

With the Supreme Court clearing its proposal to de-reserve Deopani Reserve Forest in Lower Dibang Valley, the Arunachal Pradesh government is set to begin work to restore land rights to the reserve

Bowing to agrarian states like Punjab and Haryana, the Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha an amended version of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011, deleting f

IMPHAL: As per the provisional report of Census 2011 released by the Directorate of Census Operations Manipur on Monday, the total population of Manipur as on March 1, 2011 is estimated at 2,721,756 out of which 1,639,737 are male and 1,351,992 are female.

Urban Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan has told the Delhi Assembly that the Government was ready with 15,000 flats for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers.

Local authorities are deliberating on an ambitious plan to resettle thousands of forest-dwelling villagers across Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Narayanpur district in a bid to provide essential services like education and health care. Sources in the administration say the plan is still under consideration at the district level and is yet to be formally presented to the State Government.