Union Cabinet clears Rs 8,500 cr for rural roads The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has cleared a Rs 8,500-crore rural roads package to ensure growth and remove Maoist influence in forested tribal areas. | The three-year roads programme, under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), will provide connectivity to 6,000 habitations in 78 Maoist-...
Steepest decline in poverty in Orissa Indian Express | Among the major states in India, Orissa recorded the steepest fall in poverty from 2004-05 to 2009-10, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar said today. | In Orissa, poverty declined by 20.1 per cent during 2004-05 to 2009-10, while on all I...
Orissa's annual plan gets approval Indian Express | The Planning Commission on Friday approved Orissa'a annual plan for Rs 17,250 crore even as chef minister Naveen Patnaik continued to rake up demands like special category status for Orissa and introduction of mineral resources rent tax. | In a mee...
Cannes 2012: Nicole Kidman Drama 'Grace of Monaco' to be Coproduced by India's YRF Entertainment, France's Stone Angels The Hollywood Reporter share Getty ImagesNicole Kidman will star as Princess Grace of Monaco (left) Veteran Bollywood banner Yash Raj Films' U.S. division will co-produce the film –- to be helmed by Olivier Dahan -– with Stone Angels, the French distributor for “Cosmopolis." | Leading Bollywood banner Yash Raj Films' Hollywood-based division YRF Entertainment a...
Black money white paper focus on real estate, gold Indian Express | Under fire from all quarters for its inability to tackle the problem of black money, the government plans to focus on the real estate and gold and jewellery sectors to stanch the movement of unaccounted funds. | The proposed white paper on black money, to be tabled in Parliament's current session, is likely to propose a debate on "offshore volunt...
