Tim Morgan of Global Youth network visits Mizoram, India, and gives an update on the rat and mautam situation faced by the residents.

The Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju has said that one of the dimensions of the country's defence policy is to deter the exploitation by external forces of our internal vulnerabilities while we fashion a domestic political response, which draws on our democratic strengths. Speaking at the 7th Shangri La Dilaogue in Singapore on Saturday Shri Raju gave a detailed overview of security architecture in India.  read more »

The Ministry of Urban Development provided an outlay of Rs. 1204.00 crores for the year 2007-08 under Urban infrastructure Development Scheme for small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) Scheme. A number of proposals for release of Additional Central Assistance (ACA) against the aforesaid allocation, were received from State Governments, i.e. Rajasthan, Karnataka, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Punjab,Maharashtra, Kerala and West Bengal.  read more »

Her Excellency President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil was accorded a warm and heartfelt send-off to Delhi by H.E. Governor Shri V.S. Kokje, Lady Governor Smt. Leena Kokje, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues, Lt. General J.K. Mohanty, GOC Army Training Command Shimla alongwith senior Army officers and senior officers of the State Government at Kalyani helipad near Shimla in early hours today.  read more »

The first 500 MW unit of NTPC’s giant power project at Sipat in Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh went on full load today, almost a full year after it was declared commissioned. It will go fully commercial in about three weeks time. Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Commerce and Power was present, along with Shri R.S. Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC, Shri K. Ravikumar, Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL and local MPs and MLAs. The second 500 MW unit is expected to go fully commercial by October, 2008.  read more »

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has taken several steps for protection of Indian women deserted/harassed by their NRIs husbands after receiving many complaints.  read more »