-The Hindu Manoharpur (Jharkhand): Deep inside the Saranda sal forest, Thalkobad lies at the core of what was a CPI (Maoist) "liberated zone" in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border. Thalkobad, along with 24 other villages, was reclaimed by the Indian state after a massive military operation - Operation Anaconda-I in August 2011 to destroy the CPI (Maoist) Eastern Regional Bureau and several training camps inside Saranda. The village...
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Modi's tribal scheme shows he is pro-poor as well (Comment)-Vivian Fernandes
-IANS Those who cherish India's constitutional values will find Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi's boast to build a state of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (India's first home minister and deputy prime minister) taller than the Statue of Liberty rather chilling. By prizing nationalism over individual freedom, Modi may have once again revealed his illiberal nature. People who dislike this aspect of him, Leftists mainly, give vent to their disapproval by dismissing Modi's development...
More »Poor response to solar energy projects in Krishna district -Rajulapudi Srinivas
-The Hindu Vijayawada: Even as people are facing severe hardships with power cuts and many industries are closing down due to the problem, there was no proper response on the use of solar energy in Krishna district. According to official sources, there are about 13 lakh power connections in the district, of which 11 lakhs are domestic services. The demand was about 11.5 million units, but the supply was only 9.6...
More »Services sector contributes Rs 2.98 lakh crore to Delhi's GDP
-PTI NEW DELHI: The services sector contributed a whopping Rs 2.98 lakh crore to Delhi's gross domestic product (GDP) of Rs 3.65 lakh crore in 2012-13, keeping its position as the main driver of the city's economy. The services sector, which includes real estate, hotels, restaurants, banking, insurance, wholesale and retail trade, accounted for 81.54 per cent of Delhi's total GDP in 2012-13 compared to an 81.62 per cent contribution in 2011-12,...
More »Building euphoria-Himanshu Upadhyaya
-Frontline But in Modi's Gujarat the difference between development and darkness is all too visible to those who care to see. NARENDRA MODI may have won three consecutive elections and ruled Gujarat for more than a decade after he was posted there almost as a night watchman, to borrow a cricketing expression. He may have mobilised a massive fan following that is shouting to catapult him into the Prime Minister's post,...
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