Terming the 26 per cent below poverty line population of the country as fifth pillar of democracy, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President of India, stressed to strengthen democracy by taking care

The Goa State government announced on July 15 a new housing scheme - Ambedkar Awas Yojna - that offers land upto 100 sq metres to the poor and homeless. The scheme replaces the earlier 20-point

• Ethiopia is to issue its first-ever private radio broadcasting licences by August 2004. The licences would be issued ahead of the 2005 elections that, analysts say, will test the government's

Poverty ratio in India has been on the decline. From 1977-78 to 1999-2000, both urban and rural poverty ratios declined by almost the same margin. However, absolute figures tell another story. It

Keep your fingers crossed and hope that the Supreme Court will intervene and snip Punjab's apparently adventurous politics when Haryana and Rajasthan approach it