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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
RS approves Bill for NRIs’ voting rights
NEW DELHI: (AMN) Non-Resident Indians (NRI) can now easily cast their votes in their motherland during elections. Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill…
Speaker concerned over disruption of House
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has expressed concern over disruptions in the House. Describing the trend as alarming, Mrs Kumar said that if this is not checked, it…
Moists kill 9 security personnel
RAIPUR/ PATNA (AMN): Nine security personal were killed in two separate Naxal related violence in Chhattisgarh and Bihar. Five security personnel were killed in a Naxal ambush, suspected to have…