Facing flak from opposition parties after over 190 people were booked for demonstration in Sambhal, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday came into a fire fighting mode saying the cases lodged against the protesters will be withdrawn.

Poverty is a cross-border phenomenon and India could learn from the experiences of the Benazir Income Support Programme, the Pakistan government's flagship poverty alleviation scheme, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday alleged that the e-governance plan of the Bihar government was increasing unemployment in the state by eating into the job opportunities.

Punjab government has issued a grant of Rs 21.24 crore under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) to provide safe and secure environment for the overall development of underprivileged children.

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said he will request Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to recommend a CBI probe into irregularities in seven districts of the state under MGNREGA scheme.

Haryana power distribution companies (discoms) on Friday announced a waiver scheme for consumers who have pending electricity bills.

Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh on Friday demanded that School Education Minister Archana Chitnis be removed from the state Cabinet for organising the marriage of a minor girl. Chitnis organised the marriage under the 'Kanyadan Scheme' on Friday.

Rejecting the "notion" that the direct cash transfer scheme would abdicate government's commitment to welfare state, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said it is an answer to the "incompetent Army of corrupt delivery agents".

Old age pension holders are likely to get double bonanza in New Year as the government is mulling to increase the amount of pension money which will be transferred to their accounts through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme. The plan is afoot to increase the pension amount at par with the average annual inflation rate.

Eying a healthy share in domestic market in the upcoming festive season, Air India has launched an advance purchase fare scheme which will give fliers tickets at a price 15 percent lower than available cheapest fares.