Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Tuesday that a generous new compensation package would shortly be announced for the farmers whose lands have been acquired. With the PM according the safety of nuclear plants the highest priority, the NPCIL and Maharashtra government have assured him that all efforts would be made to engage the local population and address their “fears and concerns in a credible manner”.

A decade ago, an ardent devotee of the Satya Sai Baba based in the United States donated `600 crores to the Satya Sai Central Trust (SSCT), which oversees the large number of charitable activities being undertaken across several countries.

Q. Some Congress leaders have made serious allegations against Shanti Bhushan and his sons Jayant and Prashant Bhushan

Would architects of the distinction of Dr Charles Correa and Habib Rehman and the famous historian Prof. Narayani Gupta seek out a job vacancy by reading through the pages of employment newspaper Rozgar Samachar?

Determined to continue his doctrine of conciliation with neighouring countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken a courageous step to resolve an issue that has marred relations with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

With Japanese nuclear authorities placing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis at par with the world’s worst nuclear disaster which took place at Chernobyl in 1986, Indian experts feel the cumulative release of radioactive substances will contaminate the affected areas for several years.

Planning Commission’s deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia made a candid remark on this April 3 when he said that managing India’s water resources was the biggest challenge facing the country.

India’s urban landscape is being changed irretrievably. The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation’s (DMICDC) dedicated freight corridor, which will begin at Rewari in Haryana and travel through Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to end in Mumbai. It will also involve the setting up of 42 new manufacturing cities along this entire stretch.

The killing of the girl child, including the unborn, continues unchecked, with the 2011 census figures showing 31 lakh girls below the age of six going missing across the country.

The world’s largest tiger census — to track how many of the species are in this country — has come up with good news: the number has gone up to 1,706, indicating a 12 per cent increase in the tiger po