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India: alliance

SP seek nationwide poll alliance with Congress

Congress ally for national electoral pact
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-26 12:33
New Delhi: The ruling Congress party and its new ally Samajwadi Party are exploring the possibilities of having electoral alliance beyond Uttar Pradesh particularly in the states where Muslim community has an influential presence.
India: Left parties

Communists divided over projecting Mayawati as PM

RSP and Forward Bloc opposing the move
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-22 11:21
New Delhi: Sharp differences have come up within the Left Front over the issue of projecting BSP chief Mayawati as third front's Prime Ministerial candidate with two allies RSP and Forward Bloc opposing the move reminding the CPI(M) that Left are struggle-based parties.
India: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment

Creation of a National Security Fund suggested

Unorganized workers are to be given social security cover
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-22 11:13
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment of India has demanded the government to create a National Fund to institutionalize the implementation of all social security schemes covered in the proposed unorganized sector workers' social security bill.

India: Politics

Congress - SP seat-sharing pact hits roadblock

Congress staking claim on more than two dozen seats in Lok Sabha elections
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-22 08:45
New Delhi: The much-publicized seat-sharing talks for Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh between Congress and the Samajwadi Party has hit roadblock with the Congress staking claim on more than two dozen seats, most of which are currently held by SP.

INDIA : CONGRESS

Sonia to bring Azad, Patil into party as VPs

Sonia Gandhi bringing Azad and Patil in party as Vice-Presidents
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-21 09:44
New Delhi: In a move to usher democratic process in the party set up the Congress high command has decided to give up the method of nominations to order election of heads of the party's state units and the frontal organizations.
India : Cabinet reshuffle

Indian PM puts off Cabinet reshuffle

Cabinet reshuffle put off amid instability in Jharkhand
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-21 09:41
New Delhi: In view of the political instability that has taken over Jharkhand following the withdrawal of support by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislators from Madhu Koda government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has planned to putt off much-awaited expansion-cum-reshuffle of his Cabinet.
India: Jammu & Kashmir

PM takes charge of the volatile situation

Govt's failure to control violence in Jammu attracts sharp criticism
Kushal Jeena - 2008-08-21 09:23
New Delhi: With the Union Home Ministry failing to control ongoing violence in Jammu over the issue of transfer of land to Amarnath Yatra Shrine Board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has virtually taken charge of the situation and monitoring the developments on daily basis.
Water supply, solid waste management and sanitation

Urban India facing a resource gap of nearly 89,237 crores

11th Plan estimates requirement of Rs.1,29,000 crores
Gyan Pathak - 2008-08-20 18:20
The Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are the key to overcome the resource gaps in urban infrastructure said the Union Minister for Urban Development Shri S. Jaipal Reddy in Hyderabad today.
Tackling Increased demand for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Universalizing Secondary Education in India

Government’s initiatives during the 11th Five Year Plan
Subhash C. Khuntia - 2008-08-18 11:35
Secondary Education occupies a crucial stage in the educational hierarchy as it prepares the students for higher education and also to face the challenges of life at large. Besides moulding the personality traits, this stage of education also enhances individual level of productivity.
India: Delivering power to the grassroot

A review of the old and the new era of Panchayati Raj

15 years after the constitutional amendment
Special Correspondent - 2008-08-18 11:27
Village communities in the Indian sub-continent have been self-governing over the centuries. The earlier councils or assemblies called Sabhas had a position of considerable authority and slowly they assumed the form of the Panchayats. These Panchayats became the pivot of administration and the principal forum for the dispensation of justice and resolution of local disputes.