Policies aiming to combat malnutrition are ignoring an entire generation of women whose overall health has a direct bearing on children’s growth, say advocacy groups and researchers Cradling a frail son on her hip and with a plastic bag stuffed with clothes in one hand, Tara Jadam walked into the rehabilitation centre inside the district hospital here to spend the next two weeks. On a hot afternoon, she has walked several miles...

-IANS   The West Bengal government Tuesday tabled a legislation in the state assembly in its bid to return a portion of the land acquired by the erstwhile Left Front regime from "unwilling owners" for setting up the now abandoned Tata Motors small car factory in Singur . The 'Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011' was placed in the house by Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee. The bill seeks to scrap...

As the Lokpal Bill gets mired in a tortuous birthing, the debate shifts to who exactly has the right to pass a law Why Politicians Hate Civil Society     * Unelected activists stealing Parliament’s right to make laws, undercutting role of parliamentarians     * Demands like an all-powerful Lokpal directly impact political-bureaucratic class and the status quo     * Rigid deadlines, fasts unto death to press home issues are akin to holding government...

Problems of land acquisition once again led the Punjab government on Wednesday to scrap the prestigious project of self-contained integrated information technology and knowledge industry park — spread over an area of 1,276 acre — in Rajpura. This is the fourth project of the government which has been scraped due to land acquisition problems. According to sources, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state government decided...

-PTI   The government plans to provide an additional 5 million tonnes of wheat and rice to above poverty line (APL) families at subsidised rates through ration shops, food minister KV Thomas said on Wednesday. The additional allocation, which would be over-and-above the normal quota under the Public Distribution System (PDS), would provide relief to the common man and also help the government in clearing godowns for storage of new crops. The government...