Two years ago when Irfan Alam, a young IIM graduate, started the Sammaan Foundation in Bihar that helped people get bank loans for buying rickshaws and thereby, earn a living, it was hailed as a revolution. From the initial 100 people, today there are a few lakh beneficiaries of Alam

Contending that innovation is the only way to sustain India

Local project affected boycotted open house in January Villagers affected have not accepted compensation MUMBAI: While Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan prepares for a two-day sojourn in the Konkan from Friday, the Jaitapur nuclear power project affected people have decided not to attend a meeting he will address on February 26.

Improved life expectancy at birth has its own set of problems for the country
Life expectancy at birth, or the average number of years a newborn infant would be expected to live if health and living conditions remain the same, is a standard indicator for the level of socio-economic development.

Improved life expectancy at birth has its own set of problems for the country
Life expectancy at birth, or the average number of years a newborn infant would be expected to live if health and living conditions remain the same, is a standard indicator for the level of socio-economic development.

COIMBATORE: The Forest Department has provided guidance to four tribal settlements in Coimbatore Forest Division and has shown the way for the tribal population to successfully take to agriculture.

Divisional Forest Officer V.

With a view to empowering adolescent girls, a 'Sabal Yojna' is being implemented in 15 districts of the state. The State Cabinet has sanctioned the Yojna on February 7 at its meeting. Under the Yojna, living standard of the adolescent girls will be improved with paying attention on their health and ensuring nutrition meals.

The Orissa government today conceded eight of the 14 demands made by Maoists to release Malkangiri district Collector Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi, whom they have held hostage since February 17.

Government representatives held discussions with three interlocutors designated by the Maoists, but there were indications that a final deal might be struck only tomorrow, possibly i

BHUBANESWAR: As several bail petitions were filed in different courts of Orissa on Monday for the release of suspected Maoists in the wake of the demands made by the Maoists for release of abducted Malkangiri Collector R.

GUWAHATI, Feb 21