In a bid to transform livelihoods in rural India, the UPA, halfway in its second term, has unveiled a flagship scheme “Integrated Habitat Development Scheme (IHDS)” to qualitatively transform villages. The scheme to run first for three years apparently has come in the backdrop of separate Central government schemes

Ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has sought concurrence of chief minister Mayawati for a CBI probe into irregularities in implementation of Mahatma

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema, meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. — G.N. JHA

Indian literary giant U.R. Ananthamurthy, who is famous for his seminal work on caste system in Kannada called Samskara, was on Monday night shortlisted for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Three Delhi police personnel were sentenced to three years in jail by a city court for conspiring and abusing their official position to intimidate a man to pay a bribe of `7,500 around 11 years ago.

The Delhi high court on Monday granted Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh bail in the 2008 cash-for-vote case on “humanitarian grounds” in view of his “critical” condition. It, however, restrained him from leaving the country without prior permission.

Whether it is political expediency or otherwise, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief minister’s widely reported statement of October 22, 2011 that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) will be lifted

After the trial court framed charges in the 2G scam, the CBI on Monday did not oppose the bail applications of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others, raising their hope of gaining freedom after nearly six months of incarceration.

Cooking has long been known as an effective stress buster and teenagers seemed to have unearthed its charms too. Several youngsters are taking refuge in the kitchen not only to beat the stress in their daily lives but also to bond with their family, who they sometimes estrange from.

Indian scheduled carriers seem to be divided on the issue of whether the government should allow FDI by foreign airlines in Indian carriers, civil aviation ministry sources have said. The government is understood to be considering