We are now better prepared to tackle challenges that the pandemic throws our way: Harsh Vardhan"As of today, 5.31 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country. You may appreciate that in January, per day coverage was 2.4 ...
India cannot afford to have generations of stunted children: Maneka GandhiGandhi, while chairing the second meeting of national council on India's nutrition challenges, said the states also need to identify people...
Prepare for final battle for Gorkhaland: Bimal Gurung tells peopleI urge the people to get prepared for the final battle as the time has come for a do or die fight if we want to achieve our dream of Gorkha...
Swachh Bharat: Government mulling penalising those spreading dirtSwachh Bharat Mission is being implemented by the Urban Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry for urban and rural areas, r...
Swachh Bharat Mission should become a jan andolan: Venkaiah NaiduThe 500 cities to be ranked in this round of the survey account for about 70 per cent of the urban population in the country.
Jan Andolan Party to file FIR against 3 Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leadersThe JAP has sent a memorandum to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Home secretary R Singh to act against the "anti national statement" of Gur...
Declare suicide prone areas in Maharashtra as organic farming zones: Farm activistProminent farm activist Kishor Tiwari has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
Swachh Bharat Mission should become public movement for its success, says Venakaiah NaiduAgainst the target of construction of 25 lakh individual household toilets by March 2016, over 4 lakh have already been constructed.
Maharashtra government-appointed panel suggests ways to address agrarian crisisChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had recently constituted a panel under activist and Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti chief Kishore Tiwari.
Auto and Taxi unions calls for one-day strike on September 2Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh and Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union said that the new scheme will "snatch" the livelihood of the drivers of auto ricksha...
Farmers' rights group Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti demands resignation of Maharashtra CM Devendra FadnavisThe group demands resignation of Chief Minister Fadanvis, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungattiwar and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Anna Hazare leaves for Wardha ahead of 'padyatra'Anna Hazare, who has announced a 1,100-km padyatra (foot march) to put pressure on the Central government against 'anti-farmer' provisions ...
Congress to launch stir against land ordinanceWe'll begin Jan Andolan (agitation) against it as it will adversely affect the farmers," PCC President Sukhdeo Bhagat said.
12 farmers in Vidarbha commit suicide during the last 72 hoursAccording to a press release, 12 farmers took their lives. All the farmers belong to the cotton-producing belt of western Vidarbha.
- Anna Hazare to consolidate 'resources' in Ralegan Siddhi
The refurbished Team Anna appears to be drifting apart with activist Hazare deciding to "consolidate" his resources in Ralegan Siddhi.
- Maharashtra agrarian crisis massive: Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
Standing crop on more than two million hectares in Maharashtra has been damaged due to "unprecedented" agrarian crisis, Vidarbha Jan Andola...
- Former Team Anna member Mufti to launch a new front to fight corruption
"Corruption, terrorism and communalism are on the rise in the country. A new front, Bhartiya Jan Andolan, will be launched to fight against...