Everything you need to know about Maina Gram: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Maina Gram: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
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.
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).
Nairobi, April 10 (IANS) Lucy Kabuu, one of Kenya's favourites for the women's race at the April 21 London Marathon, has pulled out of the World Marathon Majors event.
Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) A pregnant woman was burnt alive Monday in Nepal by her family members, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
Kathmandu, April 9 (Xinhua-ANI): A pregnant woman was burnt alive on Monday by her family members in a settlement near Morang, some 550 km east of Kathmandu.
Kathmandu, April 9 (Xinhua-ANI): A pregnant woman was burnt alive on Monday by her family members in a settlement near Morang, some 550 km east of Kathmandu.
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.
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.
Johannesburg, Feb 28 (ANI): The UN has urged Zimbabwe to live up to international human rights standards, amid increasing reports of intimidation and harassment, physical violence and arrests.
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 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).
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.
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.
Mumbai, Jan 12 (IANS) TV actor Gaurav Gera, who has always been seen in positive and fun-loving roles, says he wants to try essaying a negative character as he feels it will be challenging.
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) TV actress Kavita Kaushik, best known as the strict yet kind-hearted police officer Chandramukhi Chautala of "F.I.R.", is geared up to show her romantic side in new show "Tota Weds Maina". She says she likes to surprise audiences with every role.
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Kavita Kaushik has played the role of inspector Chandramukhi Chautala in comedy TV show "FIR" for so long that it not only started affecting her real personality, she also had to shake up hard to get rid of it to don the colours of Maina for her new show "Tota Weds Maina".
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian small screen is ready with its dose of entertainment for the new year. Watch out for new concepts, storylines and fresh seasons of popular shows in 2013.
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).
Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) Actor Gaurav Gera, who has been playing the lead role in live Bollywood musical "Jhumroo", has taken up a new TV assignment - "Tota Weds Maina". He is excited about playing a small town boy and hopes it will help him hone his acting skills.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Actress Kavita Kaushik is set to play the role of an effervescent character named Maina in a new comedy show "Tota Weds Maina". She says she can relate to the character's adventurous and fun-loving streak.
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Television actress Kavita Kaushik, popularly known as Chandramukhi Chautala of "F.I.R.", has been roped in to play the lead in yet another comedy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), July 28 (ANI): Three decades of violent naxal activities in this non descript Maharashtra district that borders Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh has claimed 418 civilian lives till date, most of them being murdered by the outlaws.
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.
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.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday said that his ministry was working on the second version of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-2) which will focus on upgradation of roads while providing a window for new connectivity.
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.
Gurgaon, May 1 (IANS) The National Students' Union of India (NSUI), along with students from various faculties at the Amity University campus here, demonstrated Tuesday against the university administration and police for not taking any action against those whom they alleged were responsible for the suicide of MBA aspirant Dana Sangma.
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.
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.
Ralegan Siddhi, Sep 10(ANI): Anna Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal today reiterated that the veteran social activist will now fight for 'Right to Reject' as part of electoral reforms to reduce corruption.
Washington, August 14 (ANI): Marine researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups have created a map of the world's coral reefs and their exposure to climate stress factors.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): Scientists at the University of New Mexico are working on a new type of antimicrobial surface which, equipped with fluorescent lights, would be able to fight off prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): Scientists at the University of New Mexico are working on a new type of antimicrobial surface which, equipped with fluorescent lights, would be able to fight off prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): Researchers at Yale University have artificially created the cell wall of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, tricking it into incorporating foreign small molecules and embedding them within the cell wall.
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh is expected to give his final word on the Vedanta mining project in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa today.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, regarding the NC Saxena Committee report on Vedanta mining and Posco steel plant projects.
Kolkata, Aug 20 (ANI): Rural folk living on the outskirts of Kolkata have welcomed the various employment opportunities generated through financial aid by the Government social schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the Swarnajayanti Gram Sarojgar Yojana (SGSY).
New Delhi, Aug.12 (ANI): The Government said on Thursday that to provide speedy justice to common man, it has prepared a 'vision plan' which is intended to make the period of pendency of cases in the courts reduce from an average of 15 years to an average of three years by 2012.
Sydney, Aug.10 (ANI): Former St Kilda footballer Andrew Lovett is reported to have raped a young woman while she was asleep, a court has heard.
