Everything you need to know about Bhartiya Gram: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bhartiya Gram: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) From special sessions to explain the new four-year undergraduate courses, helping in course selection to assistance in lodging, commuting and counselling their parents, unions and associations catering to students from the northeast in Delhi University (DU) are doing all they can to make aspirants from the region feel at ease as admissions commence.
Bengaluru, June 3 (ANI-Business Wire India): UAE Exchange has opened two new branches in MG Road and Byappanahalli metro stations.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): The seventh Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in Sydney, Australia, from November 10 to 12 this year.
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A regional meet of Indian diaspora will be held in Sydney, Australia, Nov 10-12, 2013. in which nearly 1,000 people are likely to participate, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Thursday.
Rayagada (Odisha), May 23 (ANI): More than 3000 tribals assembled in Muniguda village of Rayagada district on Wednesday (May 22), to protest against mining in the Niyamgiri hills.
K.Siddaramaiah, a congress leader, was sworn as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka by Karnataka governor, HR Bhardwaj on May 13, 2013 in the presence of thousands of people including his family members and relatives at the Kaneetarava stadium, Bangalore. Siddaramaiah has an active political career in which he have served many ministerial posts like Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka (twice, 1996 and 2004), Minister for Finance, Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Minister for Sericulture and Animal Husbandry and Minister for Transport.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): In a major boost to the roll out of the women's self help group model across the country, the Union Cabinet has cleared important changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (Aajeevika).
New Delhi, Apr. 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate a national conference to celebrate the National Panchayati Raj Day at the Vigyan Bhawan here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Reservations for women, scheduled castes/tribals (SC/STs) and other backward classes (OBCs) in panchayat raj institutions should be frozen for two or three terms so that they get the same opportunity as MPs and legislators to augment experience and knowledge, says an experts committee.
New Delhi, Apr. 12 (ANI): The Central Government has approved a project to create National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) connecting all the 2, 50,000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country through Optical Cable (OFC).
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) national general secretary Praveen Khandelwal has said that the unanimous decision of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce to ask the
Gangadevipalli (Andhra Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) If India lives in its villages, then the model it perhaps must follow is Gangadevipalli, a hamlet in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district where every house has the bare necessities of life, and more.
Anti-Rape Bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday, is currently being discussed in an all-party meeting in New Delhi. This Bill will provide stricter punishment for crimes against women.
Former Minister and Governor of various States, Honourable Bhishma Narayan Singh and Justice O. P. Verma awarded Bhartiya Udyog Ratan Award to
Guwahati, Mar 12 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said his prime focus is to increase job opportunities for youth, and in this regard, he recently launched a youth entrepreneurship development programme.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The rural development ministry, which runs many of the UPA government's flagship programmes like rural job guarantee and road construction schemes, got a 46 percent hike in its allocation in the 2013-14 annual budget Thursday.
Jammu, Feb 28 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir assembly's budget session began Thursday on a stormy note as independent member Abdul Rashid Engineer raised the issue of Afzal Guru's hanging during the governor's address.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It's a labour of love that's taken 10 years and resulted in a 27-volume encyclopaedia on the demography, economy and social structure of rural India to aid the development process. It complements a similar work on the country's towns and cities.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who regretted his statement linking the BJP and the RSS with terrorism just two days ago, is again in the eye of a political storm over the alleged intelligence failure behind the Hyderabad blasts that killed 16 people and injured 117.
Hamirpur, Feb 19 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who has been blamed by the present Congress government for indulging in mass tapping of phones when he was at the helm, Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the issue.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Time now to grab designer wear at marked down prices. A host of designers are set to sell their high-end collections at low prices as part of a shopping fiesta titled Splurge.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved road connections for habitations with a population of 100 or more tribals in 82 Maoist-affected districts under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday rubbished the BJP's demand that the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (Prime Minister's Rural Roads Scheme) be named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Kishanganj (Bihar), Feb. 6 (ANI): The Gram Panchayat (village council) of Charakhpura village in Kishanganj district of Bihar has ordered a social and economic boycott of Dalits, following their decision to lodge a complaint against an alleged assault with a girl from their community.
Kishanganj (Bihar), Feb. 6 (ANI): The Gram Panchayat (village council) of Charakhpura village in Kishanganj district of Bihar has ordered a social and economic boycott of Dalits, following their decision to lodge a complaint against an alleged assault with a girl from their community.
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh Saturday alleged on opposition parties to be indulged in conspiracy to malign the image of BJP as communal and radical while other parties are more communal than BJP which continuously stressed on 'minority', 'secularism' and anti-communal............................
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 2 (ANI): The Bhartiya Janata Party Core Group meet has decided to boycott all public programmes of Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his saffron terror remark.
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) An engineered peptide could kill an entire category of highly resistant bugs that are behind potentially lethal infections such as pneumonia and sepsis.
Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday has defended the remarks of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over 'Hindu Terrorism' which jolted the major opposition party Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), by stating that 'the opposition may disagree with the Shinde's statement but the core facts cannot be denied, which he has put.................
Kochi, Jan. 9 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the Indian diaspora has made our nation proud through the significant contributions that they have made to the development of the nations, which they have chosen to make their homes.
The Governor of Jharkhand Syed Ahmed Wednesday evening finally recommended the president's rule in the state after Arjun Munda led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) government came into minority as it's previous ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew its support from the government....................
Kochi, Jan 9 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a one day visit of Kochi today to deliver the valedictory address at the 11th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a one day visit of Kochi tomorrow to deliver the valedictory address at the 11th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention.
Self proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu has attracted severe criticism by giving controversial remarks over Dec 16 Delhi gang rape victim by stating that "the victim is as guilty as her rapists" and that she should have "begged" in front of the culprits..........................
Guwahati, Dec 28 (ANI): Developmental schemes, like rural electrification, have changed the lives of people in Digaru Gram Panchayat in Assam's Kamrup District.
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday chaired the 26th meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC), convened for reviewing the progress on several issues that it had taken up during its last meeting in March 2012 including the social security to unorganised workers................
New Delhi, Dec.21 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday chaired the 26th meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC).
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21 (IANS) Kerala Minister for the Diaspora K.C. Joseph Friday informed the Kerala assembly that the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will have a special session to discuss issues concerning people from the state.
The much awaited assembly election results 2012 has been finally declared in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Thursday evening. The counting of voting from Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that begun at 8: 30 a.m. in both states as per scheduled time and lasted till 7.00 p.m.................
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (IANS) The Kerala assembly Monday entered the record books by becoming the first in the country where legislators can now start using laptops and iPads on the floor of the house.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Designer Malini Ramani is set to promote the use of safe-drinking water in remote villages across India by making an exclusive range of t-shirts in association with footwear and apparel brand Woodland and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
Ranchi, Dec 10 (IANS) The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday dared the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to withdraw support to the BJP-led Arjun Munda government in the state.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The government Tuesday approved foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs.27.72 crore, while it rejected seven and deferred six proposals.
Bhopal, Nov.26. The dream of Amar Lal, a resident of Keljhiri village located a hundred and sixty kilometers from the state capital Bhopal, deep inside the verdant forests of Harda district, came true when every last house in his village boasted of a toilet-cum-bathroom.
Giving a major setback to already jolted Congress from the charges of corruption, the World's biggest retail company has revealed that company is investigating alleged violations of the US anti-bribery law in India.This new allegation has given the opportunity to major party in opposition Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) chances of attack..................
New Delhi, Nov. 8 (ANI): Veteran lawyer and Member of parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bharatiya Janata Party, Ram Jethmalani on Thursday made a provocative and controversial statement by saying that Ram was a very bad husband.
Singhbum (Jharkhand), Nov. 8 (ANI): The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has come as a boon for villagers in Jharkhand's naxal-affected Singhbum district.
New Delhi, Nov.1 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting held today (1.11.2012) approved the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for the Rabi Crops for 2012-13 to be marketed in 2013-14 as recommended by CACP except in case of Wheat for which there would be further consultation.
Bhartiya Janata Party has backed embroiled party chief Gadkari and rejected all the speculation of his resignation.
Bangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) Popular American thrash metal band Slayer is set to rock Bangalore late Saturday on the maiden visit of its stars - guitarist Kerry King, Chilean-born bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo.
Washington, October 13 (ANI): Two new tests for the diagnosis of resistance to antibiotics, which have excellent sensitivity and specificity, would allow us to adapt antibiotic treatments to the individual's needs and to be more successful in controlling antibiotic resistance particularly in hospitals on a world-wide scale, researchers say.
Washington, Oct. 12 (ANI): An innovative scheme by an NGO to provide rural Indian communities with toilets and running water in every house has been given the first 'Global+5 award' in Geneva, USA.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved amendments to the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, including provision for the gram sabha or village body to be consulted in the event of the area being declared as part of a wildlife sanctuary.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended 20 percent of critical habitat in 41 tiger reserves be opened for tourism, while also proposing that the tourism industry have its say in how funds collected through tourism are spent for tiger conservation.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended opening of 20 percent of critical habitat in 41 tiger reserves in the country for tourism, while also proposing that the tourism industry has its say in how funds collected through tourism are spent for tiger conservation.
New Delhi Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday decided to open registration of land and sale and purchase deeds in 320 erstwhile unauthorised colonies which were recently regularised.
Lucknow, Sep 26 (IANS) More than a dozen people were injured outside the Vidhan Sabha building here Wednesday when police baton-charged a protest rally of 'gram pradhans' (village heads), who were blocking traffic to press for their demands.
Gurgaon, Sep 21 (IANS) A magisterial inquiry has held six people responsible for the death on June 20 this year of five-year-old Mahi who fell into a 70-feet-deep borewell, an official said Friday.
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) The opposition shutdown Thursday against the reforms rolled out by the central government crippled life in many parts of Odisha as passenger and commercial vehicles went off the roads while train services were also affected.
Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar Sunday wished his Gujarat counterparts Narendra Modi on later's 62nd birthday while members of Bhartiya Janta party celebrated his birthday wishing him to be next Prime Minister of India....................
There is all set for the election for the new panel in Delhi Students Student Union (DUSU) post, which is going to, held on Friday.
Lucknow, Sep 12 (IANS) Alarmed by widespread encroachment of pastures, reservoirs, ponds and graveyards that are owned by village councils, Uttar Pradesh has constituted a committee the principal secretary of the revenue department to deal with the issue.
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu): Following violent protests against loading of fuel at the contentious Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant here, the protestors on Tuesday set fire to the village Panchayat office here.
Agartala, Sep 10 (IANS) A science village is set to come up in Tripura to popularise scientific concepts in rural areas of the northeastern region.
Ghaziabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Rajnath Singh, Ghaziabad Member of Parliament (MP) and former president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India into the allocation of coal blocks.
The Monsoon session of Parliament concludes today as both houses of Parliament has been adjourned sine die without doing any job as the impasses continue today on the last day of 20 days long monsoon session.........
New Delhi, Sept 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for an inclusive approach to ensure socio-economic development of communities dependent on forest resources, while underlining the state's responsibility to safeguard their livelihood.
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) Activists of the Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Sunday attempted to thrash former interlocutor Dileep Padgoankar when he was en route to meet Congress partymen here to get their feedback on a report presented by interlocutors October last year.
The main opposition party in Centre Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Thursday called a three-day nationwide protest to be begun from Friday (August 31-September 02) over the coal blocks allocations will begin today........
Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Sunday lashed out at the Congress party for trying to mislead people by protesting against the 73rd and 74th amendments of the constitution on the one hand and continuing to ally with the National Conference (NC).
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused Congress led central government for discriminating with BJP led state governments.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday proposed a grant of Rs.990 crore to the women and child development ministry for hiring women village coordinators for creating awareness on issues like child sex ratio and malnutrition.
Former BJP President Rajnath Singh has criticizes UPA government for its failure on all front and said that now people of India want to get rid of it.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Thursday seeks joint political efforts to work for peace in Assam, which is burning since last fortnight while the opposition Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) slammed congress for doing vote bank politics over the issue and asked government to focus on the "larger issue" of demographic change.........................
The major opposition party of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Thursday slammed government for its sluggishness over passing the effective lokpal bill and asked to act it on a priority basis..................
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Team Anna supporters Thursday staged protests outside the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here, demanding that the party should support Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption.
Mumbai, July 28 (Business Wire-ANI): Two crore of the estimated 4.8 crore mobile Internet users in India have shifted 50 percent of their newspaper and TV time to their mobile screens for entertainment, all categories of news, travel and sports content, according to a report.
London, July 27 (IANS) Olympic table tennis top seed Zhang Jike is fully focusing on preparations for his first match, which he said is "very crucial" to his quest for a gold.
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over a shocking incident in which a 22-year-old Dalit's leg was amputated after he was beaten and tied to a railway track by some people in Ghaziabad district.
Main opposition party Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has congratulated Pranab Mukherjee for the victory in the presidential polls saying that he will enhance the glory of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is perhaps the UPA Government's most popular and successful flagship programme.
Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP) has said that the Time magazine's criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's handling of the government and the economy is nothing
Agra, July 7 (IANS) The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) retained the Agra mayoral seat Saturday with its candidate winning the municipal polls.
Bhartiya Janata Party has said that appointment of Home Minister P. Chidambaram as the head of empowered group of ministers on telecom is nothing but a cruel joke.
Varanasi, July 5 (ANI): Over one thousand children from the city will form a parliament of their own to take up issues concerning them.
UPA candidate for presidential polls Pranab Mukherjee is set to reply today to NDA candidate P A Sangma's and his supporters' allegation that Pranab had hold the position of Chairman of a Kolkata based government institute 'The Indian Statistical Institute' on the day of submitting his nomination papers, so they (NDA) raised voice to the returning officer to cancel Mukherjee's nomination paper.......
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh Tuesday submitted his resigned to Prime Minister, reacting over his alleged charges of anti-graft portrayed in infamous CD case...............
Bangalore, June 24 (ANI): The Rural Development Ministry has sanctioned an urgent relief package as cover for the shortage of foodgrains in certain districts of Karnataka due to a delay in the onset of the monsoon.
After receiving support from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and other allies of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Biju Janta Dal (BJD) supported former Speaker of Lok Sabha P A Sangma Friday dared United Progressive Alliance (UPA) promoted Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for facing a debate with him...................
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The 11th edition of the annual diaspora conclave -- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 - will be held in Cochin, Kerala's commercial capital, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi announced Tuesday.
Refusing to contest for the presidential election in the second term, Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said to senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advaani that he is not going to contest for presidential poll. He never aspired for the second term, media sources said.................
As the time of Presidential polling coming, the activity is rising for making lobbying and creating strategies among political parties. Despite these activities, ruling UPA and opposition NDA have not revealed the name of the candidates that will fight the election fray..................
MP and former President Bhartiya Janta Party Rajnath Singh has said that Wrestling is an ancient Indian game and a lot has to be done for its flourish He was addressing a function organized
Bhartiya Janata Party has strongly criticized the government move that there is no need for a probe into the multi-billion dollar coal scam which has triggered a massive outcry across the socio-political spectrum of the country.
The tussle between Gujarat Chief Minister and one of the 'strongest' leaders of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Narendra Modi and his arch rival former BJP's National Executive Sanjay Joshi proved a major setback for the later, as after stepping down from the post of party's National Executive, Sanjay has to lost the primary membership of BJP......................
New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave the nod for more than doubling the amount for construction of individual household latrines from the existing Rs. 4,600 to nearly Rs. 10,000 and also scrapped the distinction of BPL/APL families to achieve the total sanitation target in the country in the next 10 years.
New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will meet Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, here on Monday to seek the party's support for his crusade against black money.
Chennai, June 3 (ANI): Reacting sharply to Baba Ramdev and Team Anna's repeated offensive against the Centre, Minister of State (Mos) for Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy on Sunday accused them of being "hand in glove" with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
Getting in internal turmoil in the time of need tranquility is not a new thing for Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Slamming the partial rollback of petrol prices by State oil companies, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday dismissed the move, calling it "hogwash", "betrayal" and "fraud" against the people.
