Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had ordered a scrutiny of land deals of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra last year, was today shunted by the Haryana government to an inconsequential post. Khemka, presently managing director of the Haryana Seeds Development Corporation (HSDC), will now [...]

Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from Sunday to campaign for a stronger Lokpal bill, electoral reforms and other issues he has been raising for the past few years, an aide said here. The first phase of the nationwide tour, planned since a [...]

While National Investigating Agency (NIA) probes the veracity of claims of Delhi Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police on credentials and motives of a Kashmiri man, Liaquat Shah, arrested for alleged terror plot in the Capital, the surrender policy for former militants needs an urgent review. According to Jammu and [...]

Gangadevipalli (Andhra Pradesh): 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. From regular power and water supply to a scientific water filtration plant, a community-owned cable [...]

Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by separatists in the Kashmir Valley partially affected life here Thursday. While banks, post offices and government offices functioned normally in Srinagar, several private schools remained closed. Public transport plied partially on city roads. However, private vehicles were running normally during the strike. Shops [...]