Everything you need to know about Gram Garhara: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gram Garhara: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
London, May 19 (ANI): A debate held by Afghanistan MPs to back up law to eliminate violence against women came to a standstill amid angry protests by traditionalists.
London, May 8 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles has said that she literally had tears in her eyes when she lent her voice to the upcoming animated children's movie 'Epic.'
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).
Los Angeles, April 3 (IANS) Hollywood director Danny Boyle has reportedly said that his latest films like "Slumdog Millionaire", "127 Hours" and "Trance" have the same storyline about a man overcoming the impossible.
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.
Rio de Janeiro, March 21 (IANS) German first division club Wolfsburg has confirmed the departure of midfielder Josue to Brazil's Atletico Mineiro on a free transfer.
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar said here Saturday that there was a need to broadbase the process of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts.
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.
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.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that security was better in southern Helmand province before the arrival of British forces.
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.
Kochi, Jan 21 (IANS) Shakeela, who was the star of B-grade super hit Malayalam films, is back but says that she is here to direct and not to act in movies. She also clarified that her directorial venture would be a clean movie.
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).
Los Angeles, Dec 11 (IANS) Actress Amanda Seyfried watched 1972 porn film "Deep Throat" to help her play troubled adult movie star Linda Lovelace in a biopic. She found the movie funny.
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.
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should end its sudden surge of executions and institute a moratorium on further executions, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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.
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.
Kabul, Oct. 5 (ANI): Expressing his desire to sign a strategic pact with Pakistan, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, said it would be possible only if Pakistan stops terrorists and suicide bombers from crossing in to Afghanistan.
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.
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (IANS) The Kerala government in its efforts to see that no spurious liquor reaches toddy shops in the state has decided to reward officials with 10 percent of the value of the spirit they seize.
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.
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.
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.
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Iran's four-time world champion Hamid Sourian won the country's first gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, defeating Azerbaijan's Greco-Roman wrestler Roshan Bayramov in the 55kg category here Monday.
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.
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.
Kabul, July 12 (ANI): The Taliban has rejected overtures for peace talks from Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowing to continue their violent insurgency across the country.
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.
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.
Baba Ramdev has another reason to smile as he has got support of another major support for his movement against black money from Ajit Singh.
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Differences in bacterial colonization of the infant gut in formula-fed and breast-fed babies lead to changes in the expression of genes involved in the infant's immune system, a new study has revealed.
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) Following an indefinite strike by the employees associated with the Mahatma gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the Tripura government Friday increased their salaries.
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that the performance audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for all the States will be placed before Parliament in November this year.
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday asked the West Bengal government to submit reports to uprgade and construct new roads in rural areas.
Raipur, May 2(ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon would be released on Thursday by the Maoists.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), May 1 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said that abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, would be released soon.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), May 1 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said that abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, would be released soon.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday began a much-hyped mega rural drive, 'Gram Suraj' of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, from the Maoist heartland of Bastar, officials said.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the performance audit of MGNREGA for all the states will be placed before Parliament by the end of Winter Session of Parliament this year.
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on March 25 broke his one-day long token fast with demanding people to let him support in order to keep on pressure over the government so that in intense pressure, government becomes ready to pass strong......
Social activists and anti corruption crusader Anna Hazare has said that govt. will have to bring Jan Lok pal before 2014.
Bhopal, March 23 (IANS) A total of 212 gram panchayats in Madhya Pradesh have been selected for the Nirmal Gram Puraskar under the Total Sanitation Campaign, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for making India an open defecation free country in ten years time.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for making India an open defecation free country in ten years time.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Chemists at the North Carolina State University have created a compound that makes existing antibiotics 16 times more effective against recently discovered antibiotic-resistant "superbugs."
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the mechanisms behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for more effective antibiotics against infections.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee held consultations with representatives from the country's civil society groups and non-government organisations here on Tuesday in a bid to gauge the views of the social sector ahead of the Annual Budget.
Pithoragarh, Oct 24 (ANI): Soon after the controversy evoked by the poverty line figures submitted to the Supreme Court by the Planning Commission last month, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Commission, put forth, as a part of his damage-control exercise, a proposal for de-linking of the food entitlement and other social programmes from the current poverty line derived from the "factual" findings of Tendulkar Committee.
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): A decade has passed since the 9/11 terror attacks rocked the US, but top cops in the nation's biggest cities are of the opinion that the intelligence and analysis they receive to counter terrorism is not up to the mark.
London, Aug 14 (ANI): Fredia Pinto, who has been dating actor Dev Patel since meeting on the set of 'Slumdog Millionaire', feels that they are the only people who can best understand each other.
London, Aug 14 (ANI): Fredia Pinto, who has been dating actor Dev Patel since meeting on the set of 'Slumdog Millionaire', feels that they are the only people who can best understand each other.
Washington, Aug (ANI): 'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto has revealed that she collects Alexander McQueen creations as she is a huge fan of the fashion house.
Sydney, August 8 (ANI): Freida Pinto has rubbished reports that she has secretly married her 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-actor Dev Patel, insisting that she does not know when she will get hitched to her boyfriend.
Bangalore, Aug 7 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for upgradation of skills to combat new challenges like cyber crime and hacking.
Bangalore, Aug 7 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for upgradation of skills to combat new challenges like cyber crime and hacking.
Bangalore, Aug 7 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for upgradation of skills to combat new challenges like cyber crime and hacking.
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) President Anurag Thakur on Thursday demanded a clarification from the Haryana Government over irregularities in land allocation to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT).
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said that the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), which is run by party president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, has not forcibly acquired village land in Haryana as has been reported.
London, July 25 (ANI): Former St Kilda footballer Andrew Lovett has walked free from court after a jury rejected a model's claim that he had raped her at a teammate's apartment.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has emphasised on the need for social audit in anti-poverty Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Tripura, June 29 (ANI): The first ever post independence Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 to identify people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) began on Wednesday from Sankhola village of Hazemara block in West Tripura District.
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Scientists have found that a predatory bacterium significantly reduces the number of salmonella bacteria in the guts of live chickens, suggesting that the bacterium has potential to be used as a "living antibiotic."
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A chemist from the University of Copenhagen has done what most renowned doctors could not do.
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A chemist from the University of Copenhagen has done what most renowned doctors could not do.
New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday emphasized the need to strengthen the country's Gram Sabha system to ensure proper implementation of government schemes meant for rural people.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): Tinie Tempah's second album may feature Usher, as the 'Written in the Stars' hitmaker is planning on collaborating with heavyweight producers and artists on the album.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has urged to the Chief Justice of India as well as to the chief justices of all high courts in the country to step up efforts towards reducing pendency in courts and improving justice delivery and legal reforms.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Washing hands with contaminated soap from bulk-soap-refillable dispensers can increase the number of disease-causing microbes on hands and may play a role in transmission of bacteria in public settings, according to a new study.
Anand (Gujarat), Apr 26 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today said rural managers must be committed to constitutional ideals to achieve inclusive development, social justice and equality.
New Delhi, Apr 22(ANI): The Union Panchayati Raj Ministry is organizing the 'National Panchayati Raj Divas' on Sunday to mark the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, that came into force with effect from April 24, 1993, which institutionalized Panchayati Raj through the village, intermediate and district levels Panchayats.
New Delhi, Apr 3(ANI): Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has utilized 97.2 percent of its allocated budget of Rs.4300 crores (revised estimates) for the financial year 2010-11.
New Delhi, Mar 26(ANI): Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday launched the Green India Mission, which targets five million hectares of new forest cover and five million hectares of improved forest cover.
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Emphasizing on the need for proper sanitation in rural areas, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday said improved sanitation is regarded as a socio-cultural and economic yardstick for a nation.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will felicitate over 2808 Nirmal Gram Puraskar awardees from 21 states at a function in Vigyan Bhawan here on Wednesday.
Kabul, Feb 9 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused foreign reconstruction teams of obstructing the progress and "hindering the governance" of his country, and asked them to leave as Afghan forces take over security.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): The Ministry of Rural Development has released grant in aid worth Rs. 26,83,00,000 crore for construction of rural roads in Manipur under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
Kabul, Jan.27 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears to be getting increasingly isolated and outmaneuvered by his country's lawmakers.
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Johnny Depp said he loves playing Captain Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
Lucknow, Dec 21 (ANI): When we talk of India's mammoth work force, be it in rural or urban scenarios, what comes to mind is the 'unorganised' sector. They form the multitudes that do not 'belong' to a sector governed by a slew of measures in accordance with labour laws or employment terms defined by policy measures. These are the multitudes, which fall outside the ambit of Central Government legislation pertaining to wages and salaries. They are covered by the laws of the state governments.
Kabul, Dec 4(ANI): The Pakistan Army had offered to mediate between the US with Taliban leader Mullah Omar, said Afghan intelligence chief Amarullah Saleh, a diplomatic cable unveiled by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has revealed.
Kabul, Nov 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's election watchdog has disqualified 19 candidates who contested in the September poll, seven of whom are members of the 249-seat parliament, for alleged fraud.
Washington, Nov 05 (ANI): It seems Freida Pinto is in no mood to give inside details about her relationship with boyfriend Dev Patel.
New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Rabi crop for 2010-11.
