Let begin Zero Hour first; suggests VP
NEW DELHI: Vice President of India and the chairman of upper house of Indian parliament Rajya Sabha, Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday proposed to bring changes in the timing of…
Rs. 30 crore in 3 years to empower Panchayats!
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has provided mere Rs. 30 crore to 17 States under the Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) during the last three…
Rebuild Nalanda Not to Settle Past Scores
I am very excited at the prospects of the establishment of such a university which is an international project, a project of 16 countries jointly to establish this university with…
Centre releases fund for rural roads
NEW DELHI (AMN): The Ministry of Rural Development has released grant in aid worth Rs. 4200,00,000 crore as part payment of Ist installment of Phase-VI, for construction of rural roads…
Govt prepares for Political solution of Kashmir
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday reiterated need for a political solution to the problems of Jammu and Kashmir. Admitting that the government has not been…
UNICEF Executive Director visits Pak flooded areas
CHARSADDA DISTRICT: UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake’s two-day visit to Pakistan, which wraps up today, has reflected the unprecedented scale of emergency the country faces, with more than 17 million…
India raises Pak flood aid to $25 m
NEW DELHI: (AMN) India on Tuesday decided to increase its humanitarian aid to Pakistan’s flood victims. External affairs minister S.M. Krishna told the Lok that the assistance would go up…
Children in flooded Pakistan go to school
RAHIM YAR KHAN (PUNJAB): Millions of children have been devastated by the disastrous floods in Pakistan. They have lost homes and possessions and have been forced to relocate to temporary…
No Creamy Layer; All Our MPs Are Poor!
AT the time when poor members of parliament were making hangama over their plight and demanding increase in their salary and other allowance in the parliament, our Crorpati representatives were…