New Delhi, Feb 26 : Panchayat Raj Minister Mani Shanker Aiyar today said that the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and KVIC have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation
(MoC) to work jointly towards the Rural Business Hubs (RBH) in rural areas by converging Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) and other schemes of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
New Delhi, February 26 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday described his five-year tenure in office as a "great opportunity" and revealed that he had never expected to receive the authority as a speaker, but got it.
Speaking about his bad experiences in Parliament, Chatterjee termed July 22, 2008 as the worst day of his term.
He was referring to the cash-for-vote case, when three BJP MPs displayed wads of cash in the Lower House and accused the UPA Government of offering bribes to MPs to win the trust vote.
New Delhi, Feb 26 : Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today said that the North Eastern Region (NER) Vision 2020 document outlines the goals, identifies the challenges and suggests implementation strategies for various sectors for peace and prosperity of the NER.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Aiyar said, "The Vision document suggests regional and sectoral implementation strategies for promoting the socio-economic prosperity of the region, with a view to growth rates in the NER catching up with the overall national growth rates."
New Delhi, Feb 26 : Terming the ongoing mutiny by paramilitary forces in Bangladesh as an "internal matter" of that country, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash on Thursday expressed confidence that the Bangladesh Government would resolve the issue amicably.
Commenting on the situation on the Indo-Bangla border, the spokesman said, "The area is safe and secure."
Meanwhile, Home Minister P Chidambaram has also assured that there are no threats emancipating along the 4,095-km long India-Bangladesh border.
New Delhi, Feb 26 : Inspired by Alaskan art, fashion Designer Ashima Singh holds preview of her Autumn Winter collection here today.
The collection titled 'Ashii' was enthused by the designer's trip to Alaska last year.
"This collection is very close to my heart, I was traveling to Alaska last year and I was completely inspired by Alaskan art," said Ashima Singh.
The designer has paid attention to detailing in her collection by bringing out the rich diversity of Alaskan art.
There has been an underlying opulence of decorative silhouette and patterns. The garments have been beautifully crafted with focus on pleating and feminine trims.
New Delhi - Indian auto major Tata Motors announced Thursday that it would be launching the Nano, said to be the world's cheapest car, in Mumbai on March 23 and order books would be open from April.
A prototype of the car, which is expected to be priced around 100,000 rupees (about 1,983 dollars), was unveiled at an auto exposition in the Indian capital in January
2008 and was earlier scheduled to roll out by October 2008.
But protests by farmers whose land was acquired for the main plant in the eastern West Bengal state delayed the commercial launch.
New Delhi, February 26 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday described his five-year tenure in office as a "great opportunity" and revealed that he had never expected to receive the authority as a speaker, but got it.
New Delhi, Feb 26 : Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today said that the North Eastern Region (NER) Vision 2020 document outlines the goals, identifies the challenges and suggests implementation strategies for various sectors for peace and prosperity of the NER.
New Delhi, Feb 26 : Terming the ongoing mutiny by paramilitary forces in Bangladesh as an "internal matter" of that country, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash on Thursday expressed confidence that the Bangladesh Government would resolve the issue amicably.
New Delhi - Indian auto major Tata Motors announced Thursday that it would be launching the Nano, said to be the world's cheapest car, in Mumbai on March 23 and order books would be open from April.
