On the occasion, Rao took salute of a ceremonial parade held at Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai.

As many as 673 gram panchayats have been identified to be developed in the 1st phase of 'Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana', Union Minister Biren...

The minister said that MPLAD scheme is for creation of durable community assets, as per the guidelines.

Naresh Agrawal said that MPs will find it difficult to visit their Parliamentary constituencies in next elections.

Of them, 485 are from Lok Sabha and 176 are from Rajya Sabha, Rural Development Minister Birendra Singh told Rajya Sabha today.

A decision to issue these amended guidelines for PMGSY was taken in a meeting chaired by Rural Development Minister Birender Singh.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will tomorrow travel to Lucknow to visit the the Army's Central Command headquarters.

Party sources, however, said that adopting the villages does not mean endorsing the scheme launched by Modi.

"My belief is that along with Amethi's, people of all the 6.50 lakh villages of the country should be strengthened," Gandhi said while spea...

He praised PM Modi's ambitious 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' but felt it would take more than 50 years to cover 6 lakh villages in the count...

Gadkari, however, has reiterated in his letter that MPs would not be allowed to choose their own village or that of their spouse to be deve...

The 41-year-old iconic cricketer was one of the nine people chosen by the Prime Minister for his initiative.

Under the scheme, each MP will take the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.

The Diwali Milan get together hosted by PM is significant as it comes ahead of government formation in Maharashtra, amid speculation of a p...

Gogoi had earlier welcomed Clean India campaign and took part in a cleanliness operation in Guwahati, following which Modi had praised him.

Modi mentioned that he had established the world`s first "Children University" in Gandhinagar and wished Satyarthi well in his future endea...

Modi would discuss the plan of adopting a village from his constituency, besides inaugurating a trauma centre at the Banaras Hindu Universi...