My pick of the day is this lead piece on the Comment page of Hindustan Times by historian Ramachandra Guha. He writes that the Central government has lost all credibility in Manipur. If it wants to solv
In a party reshuffle, Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, has been removed as the AICC member in charge of Bihar. Tytler has now been put in charge of Sewa Dal. AICC secretary Mehboob Ali Kaiser replaces Anil Sharma as the
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has launched a comprehensive campaign for conservation and restoration of lakes in the city with a multi-pronged action plan, in a bid to protect them from encroachments. The HMDA has
Mamata Banerjee`s much criticised and even more publicised absence from the thick political action in New Delhi finally paid off on Wednesday with the poll results indicating her party Trinamool Congress` storming of the Red bastion in the Kolkata
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already recorded the statement of Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat in connection with the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) infrastructure scam, an official said today. "
Air India, an institution which once evoked enormous pride in Indians because of its superlative performance globally, has indubitably fallen on bad days. Its ability to survive has become a subject matter of animated discussions which in a way al
Senior police officials from across the country will participate in the three-day Police Science Congress beginning on Thursday and discuss issues like terrorism, Maoism, modernisation of the force and data management here. The 40th
A top US official today said that India would be a "central part" in any consideration of reform at the United Nations Security Council. However, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns did not public
The UPA government on Tuesday eveing released it own report card for the first year of its second term. Price rise was one of the biggest concerns where the government gave itself a `needs improvement` rating. The government has patted itself onth
A Delhi Court today issued notice to the CBI on a petition challenging an order of a lower court accepting the closure report in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former union minister Jagdish Tytler. Additional Sessions Judge V K
The government has ruled out any women officers post for select paramilitary forces even as a significant number of women were recently recruited in lower ranks of some of the border guarding forces. The new notification issued by the Unio
Disgraced former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, sentenced to 18-month prison term by a court here in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, today again failed to get any relief as the Punjab and Haryana High Court deferred the hearing in his bail petition t
With a view to build infrastructure for distributing gas to industrial consumers in the state, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) plans to enter into a joint venture with GAIL India, soon. "The JV Company would
After two years of deliberations, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has diluted its plans of building a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) to carving dedicated bus lanes on three routes. The first stretch of the bus lan
Targeting Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping the Cabinet meeting on Jharkhand today, CPI(M) said she was a minister of the entire country and not of any particular constituency or state. "Being a cabinet minister, you are c
India`s exports increased by 36.2 per cent to USD 16.88 billion in April, the sixth consecutive month of growth. Last April, exports had shrunk nearly 30 per cent to USD 12.4 billion under the impact of the worst recession in 60 years that
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is all set to enter the first phase of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation to manage all information and functions of a business in modular software package as well as common database and will seamlessly in
Taking a cue from Rajasthan and Kerala, Maharashtra government has decided to implement a Rs 200 crore pre-matric scholarship programme for 13.63 lakh tribal students in the state, beginning this academic year. The ambitious programme enta
Eleven eminent persons, including businesswoman Anu Agha and agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan have made it to the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
M Rajshekhar of The Economic Times writes about the
