Madhya Pradesh: From 'bimaru' to power surplus state

Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and MP, once derisively called Bimaru states, have suddenly started growing much faster than the national average.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday spoke of the UPA having improved economic performance, rebutted opposition allegations on 2G spectrum and coal blocks allocations, and talked of the country's re-emergence through transformation. Here are ...

We present verbatim Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech on the fourth anniversary of UPA II government, ahead of the dinner organised by the government to celebrate its achievements. The government also unveiled a Report Card on the occassion. This Report to the People is the last before the next general elections. Next year, we will report to the people directly, seeking a renewed mandate. It is only appropriate that this year we take a longer term perspective and report to our people ...

"What else do you expect from a non-result oriented Opposition. There is lot of motivated criticism, sometimes there are attempts to derail us," Singh said in his address to party members and allies at his 7 Race Course Road residence in New ...

From being the only state in the Indian Union with the tag of greatness attached to its name, Maharashtra ought to be worried at a growing loss of reputation. Very few of its minders, though, will admit to a power shift. May 1, the day Maharashtra ...

But in Manipur it's the other way round. A few weeks back, at Ukhrul Distt Hqs, band of shabbily dressed men in khakis searched each and every shop selling cigarettes. Some shop-keepers alleged that packs of cigarettes were even confiscated. Shop ...

BJP president Rajnath Singh has said Madhya Pradesh's achievements in the development sector are laudable. He specially referred to improved power, roads and water. He said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan deserves praise as what was once ...

'His image may have gone down a little because he is talking about poverty and underdeveloped states. That is not the way to sell yourself nationally,' Bihar's best known economist and social scientist Dr Shaibal Gupta tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih. For the first time, the chief minister of an under-developed state, who also has a better image, is claiming better devolution of resources from the Centre, feels Dr Shaibal Gupta, head of the Asian Development Research Institute in Patna. Dr ...

Mark Twain once said that History doesnt repeat itself, but it does rhyme. The theme of nature versus nurture keeps rhyming at various fora and in different dimensions. Chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar has recently, at least twice, stated that one of the ...