-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The news is worrying. Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe state for children in the country. The latest report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) says UP tops the list of crime against children in 2012. The state reported 15.8% of total crime against children cases last year. UP is also ranked second in crime against women. Madhya Pradesh is a close second with...
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Plan panel punctures Modi’s growth model -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times Though BJP's new poll mascot Narendra Modi's selling of the Gujarat growth model for India looks fine in diatribe, it is not equitable and is tilted in favour of the rich. And this may be the Planning Commission's message to Modi when he visits Yojana Bhawan on June 18 to finalise Gujarat's annual plan for 2013-14. The panel's latest socio-economic data gives an insight into the truth of what...
More »CMs push for better road networks in Maoist-hit states -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The chief ministers of Maoist-hit states have pushed for the second phase of constructing 5,624 km of road stretches in 34 districts falling in Red zones with an investment of Rs 9,400 crore. The government is yet to take a decision on the funding for these. The finance ministry had earlier refused to give this additional amount to the road transport and highways ministry. As per...
More »Bihar falls on health indicators -Dev Raj
-The Hindustan Times Patna: Preliminary figures of the Annual Health Survey (AHS) 2011-12, conducted in nine states across the country are out. With a Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of 26.3, Bihar ranks at the top among all states with regard to childbirths per 1,000 people. Of the states surveyed, Uttarakhand with a CBR of 19.1 and Odisha with 19.8 are the best performers. The other surveyed states - Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,...
More »Farmer’s pod luck-Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth A Sehore farmer finds a unique pigeon pea variety that bears pods three to four times in a row When their two soybean crops failed in two consecutive years, farmer Raj Kumar Rathore tried to convince his parents to experiment with other crops. But it only angered them. They were not ready to give up farming the traditional crop of Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district. He was ousted from the...
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