60 pc of the affected are in the age group of 20 to 45 years

Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised among the large States in India, has witnessed uneven urban growth.

India’s IT hub Bangalore has left behind four metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata — to emerge as number one in quality of living, according to a global survey.

Study says natural growth of urban population added largest chunk of 40m people to urban areas & sees rapid urbanisation of villages as challenge

The urban population figures of Haryana and Punjab present a study in contrast.

The Orissa government has prepared a Rs 662-crore plan to bring 13 primitive tribal groups (PTGs) on the verge of extinction in 12 districts in the State to the mainstream.

New Delhi:National Advisory Council member N C Saxena has accused rural development minister Jairam Ramesh of betraying the understanding reached with the Sonia Gandhi-led panel and diluting the pr

“The HIV/AIDS Bill that is still pending with the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry should be tabled and passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.” This was a sentiment echoed by s

After creating a storm over demand for CBI probe into the irregularities in implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister of rural develo

India, which has one of the highest population of HIV-infected people in Asia, has witnessed a decline in new infections by a significant 56 per cent from the epidemic's peak in 1996, with other As