The RTI Assessment and Accountability Group (RaaG) report is very significant. It is another example of how much interest ordinary people and citizens group have in the health and effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Ac
Dressed in school uniforms and carrying books and pens in their bags, school mates of 134 children, who were massacred on December 16 in Peshawar, returned to their school to resume their studies. With this these tiny but bold individuals ch
Is it Vibrant Gujarat or Vibrant India? A newcomer to the seventh edition of the state’s biennial investment summit might have wondered that. Because prime minister Narendra Modi with his larger-than-life persona was playing the host –
"We are planning to take a quantum leap,” prime minister Narendra Modi told the world on Sunday and very few can afford the luxury of doubt given the pace with which the government is moving. The Vibrant Gujarat glo
Delhi winter can be harsh, really harsh. All the more for a pavement dweller living on alms. The smile on the wrinkled face of Sumitra Devi, 70, will, however, never tell you the story behind her daily struggle. She lives under the sky outside the
A few days before an American-turned-Yemeni preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed in a hellfire missile attack by US drones in Yemen on September 30, 2011, Indian intelligence agencies got a curious tip-off from their American counterparts. There
Governance is a complex tool to achieve political objectives. This reductionist definition may not fit into the academic description of governance. Yet it is quite apt in the Indian context. Unlike politics which requires a sustained dialogue betw
Is the central vigilance commission (CVC) and the health ministry trying to save Vineet Chaudhary, a former deputy director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) against whom several charges of corruption are pending?
Infosys back in action, read a tweet on Friday, and it indeed was back with a bang. The tech major reported net profit of Rs 3,250 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014, up 4.9% from Rs 3,096 crore in the quarter ended September 30,
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa to India. Here is a brief outline of his first few days after the return. January 9: The Gandhi family arrives at the Apollo Bund
The Delhi police on January 1 filed an FIR in the case of Sundanda Pushkar’s death in mysterious circumstances a year ago, the obvious question is what prompted police to wake up? The answer is in the second report submitted by the m
Invoking Digital India, promoted by prime minister Narendra Modi, the telecom operators have asked the government to review the review the base price (Rs 3,980 crore) for popular and efficient 900 MHz airwaves for the February auction.
Another wave is in the air. If everything falls in place, radio waves will overwhelm India in next six months. After a decade long wait, the government will now start the auction of the third phase of FM radio channels (phase 1 was in 1999 and pha
"100 years ago, one NRI returned to India and today one non-resident Gujarati welcomes entire overseas Indian community." This is how prime minister Narendra Modi spoke on Thursday as he inaugurated the 13th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya
Charlie Hebdo magazine’s latest cover featured a caricature of controversial French author Michel Houellebecq, who has penned a novel set in a France governed by Muslims. On Wednesday noon (Paris time) its editor Stephane Charbonnier was sho
Sangam Vihar, a large “unauthorised” colony in south Delhi, is a case study in the utter neglect of development. Water, for example, is in short supply, and residents face several problems in meeting their daily requirement of it.
After six hours of marathon discussion with the government the representatives of the five major trade unions, which had shut down production at all coalfields of Coal India Limited (CIL) for five days, agreed to call off the strike on Wednesday.
After successfully ensuring delivery of a harvested heart to a hospital in Delhi from Gurgaon for transplantation last week, the Delhi Traffic Police have taken to social media to seek the cooperation of motorists to honour the green corridor for
Banks will hold the country to ransom for a week from January 24. Likewise, public-sector unit Coal India employees have struck work since Tuesday and are threatening to stay away for 10 days even as over 40 power units have less than seven days s
Indian prisons are no longer the hellholes of the world and neither comfortable places. The jails are mostly crowded and brutality is almost a daily affair. Under these circumstances, another high court judgement to allow sex for the married coupl
