The two weeks of political drama of ‘pehle AAP’ to form the government finally came to an end on Monday morning – a week before the year gives way to a new one. Ending days of speculation, riducle, scorn and criticism of being th
Unless a miracle doze is administered in a month’s time, the Congress will have no prospects in the ensuing central and state polls. The regional leaders can`t unite and pose as an alternative. That is why the fight now on is really between
Something is sweet in the air of Muzaffarpur. Take Jhapha panchayat of the district, for example. Prosperity is quite visible in the villages here – there are very few huts, there is no dearth of four-wheeled vehicles and almo
The national human rights commission (NHRC) has taken nearly 300 suo motu actions based on the reports of the media, chairperson, K G Balakrishnan, said on Thursday. He was speaking at the workshop for media persons on ‘Media
Democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people may be an age-old dictum but it perhaps being seen in practice for the first time in Indian politics. Here’s why: in a move that has been criticised by t
Speaking on the indignities heaped on Devyani Khobragade by the US law enforcement agencies, BSP chief Mayawati said that the Indian government had done precious little to help her only because she was a dalit. “Whatever has happened
Simplification of travel has become extremely important in the present scenario where people are travelling more and more for personal as well as professional reasons. “We are planning to come up with a Single Permit system - north of Delhi
Banks in our country are facing a liquidity crunch thanks to the rising pile of bad loans and poor recoveries. So what do they do to keep their kitchen fire burning? They turn to customers to earn more money by levying different kinds of fee for t
As the year draws to a close, there’s a bitter sense of déjà vu in the air. Like 2012, which ended on a tragic and angry note with the gangrape and subsequent death of a paramedic in Delhi, and yet hopeful of a better new year
As prime minister Manmohan Singh went on to claim that the UPA government has always fulfilled its promises and that it does not make promises it cannot fulfil during a Congress parliamentary group on Wednesday, a Delhi based civil society group h
The debate on the creation of new states in India has been renewed with the government’s decision to allow for the creation of Telangana. Since independence, India has experienced the creation of several states after prime minister Jaw
The Aadhaar integration has helped the Chandigarh administration to weed out bogus beneficiaries in social security payments. The savings could be to the tune of Rs 1 crore annually, says a UIDAI official working with Chandigarh regional office.
The Chandigarh police will roll out crime and criminal tracking network and systems (CCTNS) project, which aims to facilitate information sharing among police stations and higher police offices across the country, before June next year. A
The national media, and as a corollary the nation, woke up to the narcotic menace prevalent in Punjab when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi highlighted the issue a year ago. Addressing a rally in Sangrur, Punjab, in October last year, Gandhi, now the
Just brandishing brooms in the air is not governance. I get the strong feeling that the Aam Aaadmi Party (AAP), having had a great journey has lost its nerve on reaching the platform. The train stops here, old son, time to get off and get to work.
Despite the recommendation of the national commission for women (NCW) for a CBI probe into the alleged killing of school teacher in Tikiri, Rayagada district of Odisha, the state government is trying to ignore the issue stating that the state crim
The state finance commissions (SFCs) have been considered important institutions in strengthening and financing local governing bodies (LGBs). Yet, even 20 years after the 73rd and 74th amendments to the constitution the SFCs are rudimentary bodie
Springing a surprise at the markets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan has decided to leave the interest rates unchanged at 7.75 percent in the monetary policy announcement on Wednesday maintaining that it was a wait and watch sc
To press for pay revision that has been due since November 2012, public sector bank employees are observing a nationwide strike on Wednesday. The strike has been called by the united forum of bank unions (UFBU), a consortium of various ban
Union textiles minister from Seemandhra Kavuri Sambasiva Rao faced a humiliating experience when eggs were thrown at him in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The minister representing the Eluru Lok Sabha constitue
