In order to improve transparency in its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the rural development ministry is all set to involve eminent citizens in monitoring the job scheme.

It’s a significant milestone in India’s attempts to counter the growing Chinese infrastructure near our country’s borders. With China going full steam ahead with road and rail construction in the Tibet Autonomous Region

The Maoists killed five CPI(M) party supporters in the Jangallmahal on Friday in protest of the reported illegal detentions by the security forces. “The Maoists would continue this bloodbath in the Jangalmahal if the Maoists,

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to examine a request for “political asylum” by an American, Jeff Knaebel, a Vietnam war veteran and staunch Mahatma Gandhi follower, who has been living in Shimla for 15 years.

Everybody knows gold has a return value and its price is calculated based on the number of tolas (10 gm). One tola can even cost Rs 18,000 on a given day.

Actress Khushboo on Friday took the plunge into politics by joining the DMK. The actress met Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi at the DMK headquarters and enrolled in the presence of deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin and other leaders.

Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh is headed for a fresh controversy, with his ministry rejecting a proposal by the department of atomic energy (DAE) to start exploratory drilling for uranium at Balphakram National Park located in the South Garo Hills of Mehgalaya.

The CBI has ruled out any conspiracy or sabotage behind the helicopter crash that killed former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The agency also said the accident could have been averted by the pilots.

Nikhil Dwivedi is on cloud nine. The actor recently met the legendary Clint Eastwood while on a work trip to South Africa.

Six Maoists were arrested from various parts of the state on Friday. Three of them were rounded up from Khejuri in East Midnapore, two from Bankura and one from Arsa in Purulia.