Loading...
 
Skip to main content

View Articles

List Articles
Urdu Media in Nation Building

Urdu gives inspiration to people: Arjun Singh

Internet edition of Jadeed Khabar launched
Andalib Akhter - 26-02-2009 18:02 GMT-0000
NEW DELHI : Urdu played an important role in the freedom struggle for independence of India and it inspired millions of hearts, said Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh.
India: Labour

Parliamentary standing committee seeks rise in wages ceiling

Smart cards for employees recommended
Kushal Jeena - 25-02-2009 11:52 GMT-0000
New Delhi: In a move to bring the minimum wages near to the new high wages scenario Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment has recommended to revise the wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 without any delay.
Report on trafficking in persons

Modern slave market : The worsening crisis

Human trafficking for sex and forced labour
Gyan Pathak - 19-02-2009 09:24 GMT-0000
In a first global assessment of its kind, A Global report on Trafficking in persons reveals that the most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation.
India: Delimitation of constituencies

BJP stands to lose in post-delimitation

Bleak electoral prospects for BJP in new electoral profile
Kushal Jeena - 11-02-2009 11:39 GMT-0000
New Delhi: Delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies seems to have the potential of crashing Bharatiya Janata Party's hopes to return to power at the centre, as number of Muslim-dominated constituencies has risen from 119 to 164 giving sleepless nights to BJP strategists.
Bundelkhand Ekikaran Samiti

Demand for separate State of Bundelkhand will be major issue in LS Polls

Causes of plight highlighted by Founder president Pandit Vishwanath Sharma
Gyan Pathak - 11-02-2009 09:03 GMT-0000
New Delhi: Demand for a separate State of Bundelkhand comprising 17 districts the two provinces, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will be a major poll issue in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Polls this year.
Right to Information Act

Remove bureaucratic mindset towards RTI Act says CIC

Suggests legislation to stop misuse and broadening its scope and ambit
Gyan Pathak - 30-01-2009 16:42 GMT-0000
New Delhi: Right to information (RTI) Act needs to be fully publicized by the government, it should bring a legislation to protect individuals from its misuse and it should readily give informations to the persons in need, said the Chief Information Commissioner of India.
India: Violent extremism

Sisters against violent extremism initiative launched

A new move to curb violence against women started
Neelam Jeena - 30-01-2009 11:36 GMT-0000
New Delhi: SAVE-Sisters Against Violent Extremism, an initiative that was started with 35 women all over the globe in Vienna, was launched in Delhi today at the Indian Institute of Social Sciences.
India: Poll alliance

Congress rules out national level alliance for Lok Sabha polls

Ruling party to have state-specific electoral pacts
Kushal Jeena - 29-01-2009 10:23 GMT-0000
New Delhi: The Congress party, the torch-bearer of the ruling United Progressive Alliance has ruled out the possibility of a national alliance with its allies and said it would stick to state-specific electoral pact with the constituents.
Indian National Congress

Sonia Gandhi may revoke suspension of Naranyan Rane

Rane repents his utterance against congress high command
Kushal Jeena - 28-01-2009 12:17 GMT-0000
New Delhi: The Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to revoke the suspension of former Maharashtra minister Narayan Rane ahead to the Lok Sabha elections.
India: Poll alliances

Consilidation of third front worries Congress

Smaller parties may dampen electoral prospects of INC
Kushal Jeena - 27-01-2009 08:45 GMT-0000
New Delhi: Worried over the consolidation of non-Congress and non-BJP forces in the country, particularly in the southern parts, Congress leadership is working overtime to woo some of the allies of the third front including Telengana Rashtra Samiti in Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka.