Just after Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash in Delhi, the AICC session was under way to take stock of the political situation. Having lost a son who played a crucial role in assisting her, Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister and AICC chief,
After I heard the Tharoors had received eleven billion responses to their tweets over their marital fallout, I thought it was a great way to get back some social traction. Ever since I stopped running, the daily newspaper invitations have sort
I am all for the underdog but the pious get my goat. Like I was leaning on the side of Indian diplomat Devyani Khorbade vs. the nasty government of the US until I saw her pictures in the paper this morning paying tribute to Dr. Ambedkar, the leade
K S Chandrashekar, joint secretary (IT), Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, has said that the union territory will become 100 percent e-savvy by the end of this year. One of the main projects for this purpose will be the ‘UT Wide Ar
To boost electronics system design and manufacturing, ESDM, the government can focus on a set of 25 high priority products, which accounts for 82 percent of the overall electronics consumption and develop a supportive ecosystem to set off the disabil
It was a bright and sunny winter morning, just over a fortnight ago, when Arvind Kejriwal, fresh after taking oath as the new chief minister of Delhi, told thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, and beamed nationally by all TV st
As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI), every ten percent depreciation of the rupee adds 120 basis points to inflation. This is because higher import costs are passed on to consumers and increase in fuel prices leads to higher fiscal deficit to the ex
The quality of learning in schools in rural India has declined and remained neglected in the nine years of the UPA government, says the annual status of education report (ASER) 2013 prepared by Pratham, a non-profit organisation. While the
The Odisha government is in a state of shock after the supreme court directed the central government to submit the Justice M B Shah commission report on illegal mining in the state. However, a probe by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) is
Robust development of the electronics manufacturing sector in India has been a priority ever since Rajiv Gandhi started the first phase of liberalisation in 1986. It still is. In 2009, a task force comprising various members from the industry a
While the election commission (EC) eventually decided to abandon its plans to tie up with Google for online voter facilitation, the agency has an intriguing story to tell on why it was compelled to even think about the free lunch that the global s
While Maoist operations have been contained considerably in Odisha, the state’s director general of police (DGP), Prakash Mishra, feels there is an urgent requirement to fill up vacancies in the police department for the state to hold the fo
It is now clear that the most potent political force in the 2014 parliamentary poll will be AAP and the least potent, Congress. However, at this point of time, BJP is the most formidable party with considerable lead over the rest. AAP is li
Reward of Rs 20 lakhs, lover, and a better life were the three reasons for Gudsa Usendi, official spokesperson of the Communist Party of India-Maoist Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), to surrender to the Andhra Pradesh police, accordin
The Aam Aadmi Party government’s move to provide 666 litres of water per day to each household with functional water meters has been predictably welcomed by people, even as critics say it will not help 25 percent of Delhi households that lac
Krishnanand Singh (alias Chhotu Singh), a contractor with criminal background from Buxar, was all set to join JD(U), the ruling party in Bihar. But his entry into chief minister Nitish Kumar’s party has become uncertain – or at the ver
In Islam, earning (or paying) interest is considered haraam, and it makes sense, given the countless lives ruined by usurious moneylenders. But it would be only in ideal world that people can get loans without interest – it would also need p
It was the counting day, December 8, outside the Aam Aadmi Party office. The story of AAP’s spectacular electoral debut was unfolding and all of Delhi’s television cameras had descended on the scene. As they were busy capturing the cel
The foundation stone for the the country`s first Hadron therapy centre was laid by prime minister Manmohan Singh at the Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai. The Rs 425-crore National Hadron Beam Facility and a Cancer Centre for Women & Ch
Reclining in an easy chair with the evening sunlight filtering through the wooden trellis of the window, he is the picture of the sunset years of life. Like any other nonagenarian, he is thin and frail. He can barely walk, and talking is
