New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday launched the 'Time for Change' campaign against child labour and asked police to proactively take action against offenders. Speaking at the campaign ...

Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) The Karnataka government has to walk a tightrope so that the state gets over its Bangalore-centric development without hurting the nation's IT capital. It hopes to do this ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's constituency in Jammu will reach 100 percent sanitation and toilet coverage by the year 2266 - taking the longest time ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Shouting slogans and paralysing key roads as they marched in protest, thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh gathered in the capital Thursday to force the government ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India Thursday paid homage to the late Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary with floral tributes and other ...

By M.R. Madhavan The month-long winter session of parliament begins this Thursday, presenting the government with an opportunity to further its reform agenda. There has been much talk of reforms in higher ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled out sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle onboard an Air India flight last month but ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled there was no sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle on board an Air India flight ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Saturday led the nation in paying floral tributes to ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Child malnutrition - a serious issue facing India today - is a gender issue because it is mostly related to women, said health experts and government officials ...

New Delhi/Noida, Nov 12 (IANS) Thursday marked an important day in the history of Delhi Metro as it rolled out of city limits for the first time into neighbouring Noida in Uttar ...

New Delhi/Noida, Nov 12 (IANS) The Delhi Metro crossed the city limits for the first time Thursday when it rolled into Noida in adjoining Uttar Pradesh, where an elated Chief Minister Mayawati ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Delhi Metro entered another state for the first time when its link to Noida in adjoining Uttar Pradesh was flagged off Thursday. The link will open ...

New Delhi, Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 12 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit flagged off the first metro service from the Yamuna Bank metro station in Delhi to Noida in Uttar Pradesh ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Delhi Metro's Noida link was officially flagged off Thursday and will be open to the public Friday. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Urban Development Minister S. ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it will provide Rs.2,700 crore for the development of the national capital region (NCR). "The NCR Planning Board has agreed to provide a total ...

Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) Having weathered a political storm, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa seems busy these days either denying his combative statements or apologising to people for the mess in ...

New Delhi, Nov. 11 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi called an emergency meeting to review disaster management preparations on the oncoming Cyclone Phyan, which is expected to hit the Gujarat ...

New Delhi, Nov. 11 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi called an emergency meeting to review disaster management preparations on the oncoming Cyclone Phyan, which is expected to hit the Gujarat ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The government is not going to give up its opposition to for-profit educational institutions as any collapse of such entities would impact students. "If profit means giving dividend ...

Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Karnataka's Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Shoba Karandlaje Monday resigned. Her resignation was one of the demands of the dissident ministers and legislators. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has ...

New Delhi, Nov.9 (ANI): Massive reforms are required across the spectrum in India's Education sector, declared Human Resource Development MInister Kapil Sibal, at the plenary session on "Creating World-Class Education in India", ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Bills to introduce reforms in the education sector, including setting up an independent accrediting body, will be introduced in the next two sessions of parliament, Human Resource ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): There seems to be no end to the bitter political battle in Karnataka. The BJP central leadership has not been able to defuse the crisis. Fifty-two rebel MLAs ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday told a delegation of students from Panjab University (PU) that he was hopeful of central status for the varsity but ...

Bhopal, Nov 4 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur has urged Britain to extend to 2012 the deadline for a project that seeks to improve living conditions in ...

Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 3 (IANS) Urging terrorists and Maoist rebels to lay down arms, an Islamic cleric Tuesday assured them the community would help them take up their cause. "If terrorists and ...