Thrissur: About two lakh panchayats would be brought under broadband facility by end of 2014 under the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) scheme, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj V Kishore Chandra Deo said on Saturday.
Out of a total of 2,46,000 panchayats in the country, 50,000 have already been brought under broadband facility, he told reporters at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KLA) near Mulamkunnathukavu here.
The main objective of the Abhiyan, started in 2012, was to strengthen the Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs) and improve the infrastructure facilities, Deo added.
He stressed the need for strengthening the LSGIs as they implemented development projects of the Central and State Governments....
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08:15 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in energy, mass transit, industrial cities and road projects. The MoU was signed by officials of Pakistan's Water and Power Ministry and China's Norinco International in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. A Chinese delegation headed by Norinco's vice president Wang Yitong is currently visiting Pakistan. According to the MoU, Norinco and the Pakistan government will...
03:11 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Formula One giants Ferrari and Marussia dazzled in the first Jerusalem F1 Peace Roadshow on Thursday, driving around for the first time in the Holy City at speeds of up to 240 kilometres per hour on an 2.8 kilometre track.Tens of thousands excited spectators witnessed the much anticipated event. The event featured at least seven international racing drivers, as well as top Superbike and stunt riding champions. Three-time Formula One...
12:14 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: A major overseas job racket has surfaced. Documents available with CNN-IBN show how fake mercantile institutes are duping hundreds of students. Agents and companies send students abroad on fake visas and there they are forced to work as labourers. Glossy ads, a salary in dollars and an exciting life in the blue sea is what Bappi Sarkar had imagined his life would be. His parents had sold their...
09:05 AM, Jun 14, 2013
The much awaited Eastern Expressway has opened to motorists in Mumbai. And just in time with rains playing havoc with traffic - the freeway promises a signal free ride for 14 kilometres. It is being called the longest flyover in Mumbai, also the second-longest in India. ...
07:25 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai: India's second longest flyover will be made open to the public in Mumbai on Thursday. Almost 17 kilometre long, it is dubbed as India's longest flyover in an urban area in Mumbai. The much-awaited Eastern Freeway being thrown open Thursday ahead of schedule, after angry citizens tired of braving potholed, congested roads, protested the delay in throwing it open. Officials were reportedly waiting for a VIP from the Centre...
08:20 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai: The death toll in the tragic building collapse in Mahim, Mumbai rose to ten on Tuesday. Six people have been injured in the incident and include a fireman. Two others are still feared trapped in the debris and the rescue operations are on. Altaf Mansion, the five-storey building on Cadell Road collapsed late on Monday night after it rained heavily in the city. More than 60 fire brigade officials...
10:14 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Another tragic building collapse in Mahim, Mumbai has left four people dead and six injured. The injured include a fireman and many are feared trapped in the debris. Altaf Mansion, the five-storey building on Cadell Road collapsed late on Monday night after it rained heavily in the city. Around 10 to 12 people are feared trapped and rescue operations are still underway. More than 60 fire brigade officials and...
07:59 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: A 26-year-old engineer and civil services aspirant was killed and an under-training Indian Police Service (IPS) officer injured after their motorbike was hit by a truck here, police said. The truck driver ran away. Karmveer was killed around 11 pm in Kashmere Gate area in central Delhi and his friend Devesh Kumar, a 2012 batch IPS officer, was injured when their motorcycle was hit by the truck. Karmveer...
10:59 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Ludhiana: A fire broke on Sunday out in the camp office of Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari in Sarabha Nagar area here, causing minor damage to the office equipment. The incident took place around 11 am, a fire department official said. Two fire tenders of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation were used to douse the fire. By the time the flames could be controlled, one Air Conditioner, a computer and...
08:15 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Islamabad: An imminent terrorist attack was averted on Saturday in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, when police recovered 15,000 kg of explosive material from a warehouse, a media report said. Police found the explosive material and two pick-ups vans during an operation on Peshawar's Ring Road, Dawn News reported. Two suspects were arrested, but the owner of the warehouse managed to escape, police said. The two pick-up vans were used...
03:23 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Gangtok/Darjeeling: Around 600 tourists returning to Gangtok from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathu-la were stranded at 5th Mile, 15km from Gangtok, following a landslide on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg on Saturday evening, official sources said. "Around 5pm, when the tourist vehicles were returning from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathu-la, slush and the debris blocked the road at 5th Mile and 112 vehicles were stuck," said a check post police...
11:19 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be no end to the rising accident graph on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway as two motorcycle-borne men died after a dumper hit their vehicle at around 11:30 pm on Thursday night. The dumper overturned after hitting the motorcycle resulting in injuries to its driver and cleaner too. Both the men on the motorcycle worked as mechanics in Delhi and were returning to their home in...
12:19 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Bangalore: A 21-year-old management student has been arrested in Bangalore hit-and-run-case in which a 19-year-old youth was killed. A speeding Audi had rammed into an autorickshaw on Saturday, killing the youth. The hit-and-run happened on MG road in the heart of Bangalore. The youth, who was killed, worked at a restaurant nearby. Police said since the car was bought just two days ago, it only had a temporary registration. Eyewitnesses...
10:15 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Moscow: A group of activists in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl have planted potatoes in street potholes across the city "to see if these potatoes will grow sooner than the city authorities repair the roads". Road construction and repair in Russia is notoriously inefficient, with funds allocated for road maintenance often embezzled or misused. The quality of the road surface in many parts of the country remains extremely poor,...
10:08 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday launched a Rs 422 crore road corridor project in Mukarba Chowk area of North-West Delhi. To be constructed on Outer Ring Road, the corridor will link the crowded Madhuban Chowk with Mukarba Chowk area. The project is part of a 20 km-long signal free corridor from from Vikaspuri in West Delhi to Wazirabad in North Delhi, the total cost of which...
12:41 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: TV actor Ayaaz Ahmed says he is happy to be on the small screen at the moment and is in no rush to enter Bollywood. Ahmed, who rose to fame after participating in popular youth-based reality series Roadies, will be seen in a new romantic saga 'Do Dil Ek Jaan' and he said that the experience he had during the shoot of the show was no less than...
01:01 PM, Jun 01, 2013
London: England captain Alastair Cook said the absence of seamers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn was "more than precautionary" after New Zealand's five-wicket win in the first one-day international at Lord's. Before play started on Friday both Broad (knee) and Finn (shin) were ruled out of the opening two fixtures in this three-match series, placing a doubt over their fitness for Champions Trophy one-day tournament in the UK. "They are...
09:28 AM, Jun 01, 2013
London: The BBC says 152 new sex abuse allegations have been made since the Jimmy Savile scandal erupted last fall. The broadcaster said on Friday the allegations have been made against 81 current and former staff members and contributors, including some who have died. It said that 25 cases of suspected abuse involving current staff members or contributors have been reported to police for investigation. Reports of widespread abuse by...
08:24 PM, May 31, 2013
London: England pace bowlers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn have been ruled out of the opening two of three one-day internationals against New Zealand, with the first starting at Lord's on Friday, due to injury. Broad has a bruised right knee, which he hurt during the final stages of the second Test at Headingley. Finn is unavailable due to shin soreness. The England and Wales Cricket Board said in a...
03:49 PM, May 31, 2013
