TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu today launched an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the state and the Central Governments immediately provide succour to hapless farmers and artisans who faced the brunt of nature's fury in the last one year. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister expressed serious displeasure over the relief announced by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and demanded higher compensation as the loss was enormous. Naidu, the Leader...

Nothing is going to be right if the proposed amendments in the RTI rules are limited to 250 words and to only one topic, rules for processing RTI application suggested by the Department of Personnel (DoPT) if got approved. This is the thinking of most of RTI activists, according to them common man’s weapon will not be so common if these amendment got approved. According to the proposed amendments in the...

Expressing serious concern over faulty implementation of the government’s flagship programme, NREGA, in Orissa, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the centre and the state government to explain within four weeks why a CBI probe should not be ordered into the irregularities. “We are constrained to observe that the Union of India as well as the state of Orissa, prima facie, have failed to effectively and purposefully implement the provisions of...

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu today launched an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the state and the Central Governments immediately provide succour to hapless farmers and artisans who faced the brunt of nature's fury in the last one year. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister expressed serious displeasure over the relief announced by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and demanded higher compensation as the loss was enormous. Naidu, the Leader of the...

Madhya Pradesh has lost 32 sq km of forest cover due to the dam construction, especially on the river Narmada. "Though Madhya Pradesh had a forest cover of 95,411 sq km, the largest in the country, we lost 32 sq km of it due to dams constructed in the state, especially on Narmada ," Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Sartaj Singh said. The Minister said the agencies pay compensation for deforestration to the...