More than 2 lakh people were forcibly evicted and over 40,000 houses demolished across India last year, according to a report released by the Housing and Land Rights Network. The estimates show that over
The conditions imposed by the amendment to the panchayati raj law in Haryana have not only excluded a large section of the population from contesting elections but have also deprived voters of their right
Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee Draft Election Manifesto 2013. The Election Manifesto states "The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee, in its Manifesto for Mizoram Assembly Elections in 2008, made a
Ahead of Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh released BJP’s election manifesto in Raipur. Rice at Re one per kg for poor families, bonus for farmers, interest-free loans for peasants,
In an attractive election proposal, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assured that every school child will receive a mid-day meal, if he is elected as the President. Ruling party Presidential hopeful
<p>People live longer in countries that became democracies from 1970 to 2015 finds this new global study published in the journal Lancet. It states that democracy reduced chances of dying from — heart diseases, cirrhosis, stroke and road accidents. Free and fair elections appear important for improving adult health… most likely by increasing government accountability and responsiveness says the study.</p>
Nagpur: Even as all major political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters in the region during the last-minute campaigning for the state assembly elections, vital issues pertaining to forest,
Contrary to its pre-election stance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after assuming power at the Centre, is seemingly in a hurry to get the proposed mega hydel power projects of the NE region executed.
Sunita Narain, one of the country's leading writers and activists on environment and sustainability, plans to engage with the state government post the election to thrash out an action plan on improving
France's conservative government attacked the Socialist Party and Greens Wednesday for a pre-electoral pact to close 24 nuclear reactors, which ministers said could deal a fatal blow to a leading French
Hopes of a bipartisan accord to break an impasse over the renewable energy target have dimmed, with Labor saying it won't be a party to a broken election promise by the government. The stance comes as
The Election Commission on Tuesday assured the Madras High Court that it will issue an advisory to all parties to avoid use of plastic and polythene for posters and banners during campaign. The EC made
This city, known as the gateway to Haryana due to is location on the Delhi border, has never elected a non-Jat candidate in the past 11 Assembly polls. Though the Congress has been retaining the seat
Political parties are looking to use the water issue as a trump card in the upcoming elections after the monsoon this year has filled up the dams around the city to about 95%. On Sunday , deputy chief
Campaigners including National Trust and Greenpeace ask politicians to demonstrate their commitment to the environment. Green campaigners are calling on all of the UK's political parties to include
Residents pin hopes on to-be-elected civic body Drinking water scarcity and mosquito menace are the biggest problems requiring urgent attention by the Corporation Council to be formed after the October
Known for its penchant for the cycle, which is also the Samajwadi Party’s election symbol, the Akhilesh government in Uttar Pradesh has now decided to develop Noida, Lucknow and Agra as cycle-friendly
Though the civic election area round the corner, garbage overflows vats at several places in South Kolkata. Strange as it may sound, or not as the case may be councillors of the civic body elected
Trade diplomacy takes a new turn with the election of Pascal Lamy as the new director-general of WTO. His election is said to be an outcome of
The newly elected BJP-NDA Government today made it clear that the much-touted river linking project will not be carried out without the concurrence of the riparian states or beneficiary states. This
