Gandhi Jayanti

RSS ticks on Gandhi list

20 May 2012

Past recipients include Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, in 1995, the first year the prize was awarded; the Ramakrishna Mission (1998), Baba Amte (1999), and Nelson Mandela (2000).

Centre to monitor states' actions for checking Ganga pollution

17 May 2012

New Delhi, May 17 : The Government today announced that it would soon put in place a system to monitor whether action was being taken by the state governments against the polluters of the Ganga.

Rebel Yeddyurappa slams Gadkari, praises Sonia

13 May 2012

Bangalore, May 13: In an open rebellion, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa today slammed the central leadership of the BJP for "betraying" him in times of difficulty, but praised Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her 'unstinted' support to her party leaders.