The move has surprised environmentalists as many coal blocks with little or no forested areas are available for allotment.

An advocate and a taxi operator, both from middle-class families, have been buying vegetables, bread, biscuit, etc, in large quantities and feeding cows, bulls and dogs in their ne...

The complicated procedure of wage payment under the MGNREGA scheme is a loophole which needs to be corrected at the earliest to provide immediate succour to the destitute.