Full coverage: India

30.01.2006 The minister of industries in Tamil Nadu, Nainar Nagendran inaugurated the state governmentÂ’s multimedia campaign to popularize schemes of the state government.

25.01.2006 Much of what we are discussing today is based on information disseminated through media. So, we are familiar with the mediaÂ’s role in setting off deliberations such as this one. How far they succeed in alleviating poverty is another matter.

23.01.2006 The Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, on Tuesday launched the operations in India of the Global e-School and Communities Initiative, a multilaterally funded organisation that supports enhancing the reach and quality of education by deploying Information and Communication technologies.

20.01.2006 The Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, on Tuesday launched the operations in India of the Global e-School and Communities Initiative, a multilaterally funded organisation that supports enhancing the reach and quality of education by deploying Information and Communication technologies.

19.01.2006 The Government of India and the World Bank today signed a loan agreement of US$105 million for the Hydrology Project Phase II. Mr. Madhusudan Prasad, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India signed on behalf of the Government of India.

17.01.2006 The traffic police in Bangalore have now started the process of computerising the pre-paid autorickshaw counters so that the autorickshaws can be better monitored. Two of the city's pre-paid autorickshaw counters have been computerised while a third one will be computerised in a week's time.

17.01.2006 This paper looks at the conceptual and historical evolution of the role of civil society in demanding, promoting and ensuring Right to Information. It specifically looks at the role played by the civil society organizations in India in ensuring the enactment of Right to Information Act which addresses and reflects the voices of the people.

17.01.2006 Media are invited to cover ADB's 39th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, to be held in Hyderabad, India, from 3 to 6 May.

16.01.2006 Next month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will once again revive an initiative which has eluded policy makers for nearly five years.

16.01.2006 ne of the rarest things witnessed during the RJD regime in Bihar was the senior officials ‘arranging’ combs and scissors, apart from teams of barbers to help ensure success of Mr Lalu Prasad’s Nahao-bal kato abhiyan, a cleanliness-related programme for under privileged children living in slums and remotest villages that eventually turned out to be mere “publicity stunt”.

16.01.2006 As the controversy over the demolition of illegal structures in Delhi continues, the Union science and technology ministry has come up with a hi-tech solution — satellite imagery — to ensure that unauthorised constructions do not take place in future.

13.01.2006 It has been 90 days since the Right to Information Act came into force in the country and the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) is working hard to find ways to shroud vital information from public scrutiny.

13.01.2006 IN probably the first incident of its kind since the Right to Information Act came into force here, a lower-division clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Industries was nabbed by the CBI for seeking a Rs 500 bribe to process an RTI application.

13.01.2006 The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stepped up efforts to go in for large scale e-governance with a total investment of Rs 100 crore during next fiscal. However, the corporation, whose annual budget of Rs 8,000 crore is more than that of Kerala as a whole, would spend Rs 70 crore for the same purpose in the current fiscal.

13.01.2006 The e-governance market in India is poised for an explosive growth from the present US dollar 693 million to nearly USD 1,300 million by next year.

13.01.2006 Browsing the internet, one can now view a virtual map of the country in English and other Indian languages and move into the local locality or identify the required spot, thanks to a prototype multilingual interactive digital map developed by the Microsoft Research India in collaboration with the Science and Technology Department.

13.01.2006 The countryÂ’s first prototype of a multilingual, interactive, digital map of India was unveiled on Thursday by Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal at Microsoft Research IndiaÂ’s annual research symposium, TechVista 2006.

13.01.2006 Madurai, Jan 12: A Tamil internet browser that would help rural people understand the web pages has been developed by a Dindigul-based youth R Duraipandiyan.

13.01.2006 Jeevika, a documentary film festival, showcases films which focus on peoplesÂ’ struggles in earning a living in a vocation of their choice. Experience 21 documentary films that depict legal and regulatory restrictions as well as social-cultural norms and religious practices that prevent or constrain people from earning an honest living in the vocation of their choice.

13.01.2006 The Government proposes to increase the number of members in the State Information Commission to five soon. This was announced at a conference convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Thursday on the request of Chief Information Commissioner Palat Mohandas.