J&K gets award for e-Governance

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:45

Jammu and Kashmir`s efforts to provide administration with the use of Information Technology has won it the acclaimed CSI-Nihilent Award for e-Governance.

Sreedharan gets Lifetime achievement Governance Award 2013

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 23:34

E Sreedharan, popularly known as the "metro man", was conferred the Lifetime achievement Governance Award 2013 here on Saturday.

Oracle, AP body extend MoU to train students, teachers

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 19:51

IEG has been founded under the Society for Knowledge Networks, a non-profit organisation, by the AP Government.

Google asks India to embrace transparency in Internet use

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 18:32

Asserting that Internet freedom will help attack corruption, Google`s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has asked India to embrace "transparency and openness" of the web that will have a potentially game-changing impact on governance.

Healthy debate required on biotechnology: Anwar

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:33

Considering biotechnology to be area of focus in improving farm productivity, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar Thursday said there is a need for "healthy scientific debate" on the issue.

Top ex-bureaucrats blame political class for poor governance

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 21:58

At a time when nexus between bureaucrats and politicians is being seen as the main factor for widespread corruption in country, top ex-bureaucrats lamented political interference in system.

Governance chaotic as steel frame has rusted, says SC

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:52

The Supreme Court Thursday said India`s governance would not have faced a chaotic situation had the bureaucracy not allowed itself - the "steel frame" of the state - to be rusted.

Narendra Modi as PM candidate: UPA`s governance is far sighted, says Chidambaram

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 00:18

Mounting an apparent veiled attack on the governance plank of BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said while the UPA was implementing far sighted projects others were sowing hatred and dividing the people.

Bangalore: Transparency key to good governance

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 16:22

Transparency is fundamental to good governance, said Nikhil Dey, activist from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan (MKSS), Rajasthan.

Good governance starts with voting for good candidate: Murthy

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 21:13

The first step toward improving governance was to vote for good candidates, said N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder and executive chairman, Infosys, at the second convocation of IIT Hyderabad.

160,000 service centres to implement national e-Go

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:02

India is building a network of over 160,000 Common Services Centres (CSCs) to take a gamut of public services to the very doorstep of the common man as part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), a government official said.