Christmas seemed to have come to Delhi exactly three weeks ahead of schedule. Or so it seemed as the city-state’s jig with democracy continued till late in the evening of December 4 – well past 5 pm, the official time to wind up pollin
That the world economy is still grappling with the 2008 crisis triggered by unhealthy lending practices of large financial institutions in the US is a well-established fact. And the idea of maintaining proper risk-assessment and risk-tackling meas
There is a general impression that Article 370 of the constitution is the tenuous thread thanks to which Jammu and Kashmir is held together with rest of the Indian union. If the thread is broken, the state will secede. Perhaps nothing is f
At around four in the evening, most of the women in the jhuggis were back from their work. Some were busy cleaning their utensils and washing clothes, while others were taking care of the kids, simultaneously chatting about th
Few cricket fans see Sachin Tendulkar as anything less than a national icon, but it seems the election commission (EC) sees him as a Maharashtrian first. “The conferring of the honour of Bharat Ratna on persons belonging to n
The statehood strife returned to Andhra Pradesh once again today. But this time, the baton of agitation switched from Seemandhra to Telangana. Protests erupted across the 10 districts of the Telangana region and state capital Hyderabad over the UP
State owned NTPC has been ranked number one independent power producer and energy trader in the world by Platts 250 for the year 2013. It has also been ranked 384th overall on the Forbes Global 2000 list. As on 31.03.2013, NTPC group has
Though the election commission approved the new right to reject option a long time ago and claims to have advertised a lot about it, for many people living in Raghubir Nagar it is a new concept. And for those who know about it, it is not an option
I don’t have a vote in Delhi (I stay in the Wild West– the badlands of western UP). Heck, I have never ever voted in my life, if you cut out the college and Delhi University students’ union elections. There, too, I skipped it the
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy made a forceful argument to the centre against dividing the state. He painted a scary picture of the law and order situation in the proposed state of Telangana, almost saying that it was an open invi
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy made a forceful argument to the centre against dividing the state. He painted a scary picture of the law and order situation in the proposed state of Telangana, almost saying that it was an open invi
The well-known scholar Chritophe Jafferlot referred to the political assertion of Dalits in the Hindi-speaking states in 1990s as India’s silent revolution. Murmurs of something similar happening can be heard in the portals of Indian politic
Online vigilance has made marketing wizard Suhel Seth return an honorary doctorate conferred upon him by Rai University. In his letter to the Gujarat-based university, Seth wrote, “While I must thank you for bestowing an Honorary Doc
While the country is debating the possibility of a NaMo vs RaGa battle in the 2014 general elections, the likelihood of projecting a third alternative candidate for the prime minister’s post from what can loosely be described as a ‘Thi
Keeping up with high voting percentage at the state that reached 74, almost 70 percent of the Redvakalan residents turned up to vote for the assembly elections on Sunday. Of the total 1095 voters in the village, as many as 770 voted.
In a career spanning over three decades, I chose to play like a one-day cricketer, not bothering about what my score would be at the end of my innings. It is important to make every day count and that’s all I have done. Obviously, there were
A bahubali (musclemen) once upon a time turned politician now, former member of parliament Pappu Yadav (officially Rajesh Ranjan) has now shown the hand that held the trigger once can wield a pen as well. The four-time MP this week launched his au
Many residents of Sangam Vihar, a constituency in south Delhi with migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in majority, will not be able to exercise their franchise in the Delhi assembly elections. They do not have voter cards despite repeated attem
People flaunting scarves bearing the party’s name and symbol on their heads and around their necks moved around with great speed as the time neared. A woman carrying a bag full of rose petals and others holding garlands in their hands stood
Dr Kunal Saha, the NRI medical practitioner who is waging a crusade against corruption in the Medical Council of India (MCI) and irregularities in medical education and healthcare, has pointed out another anomaly in the MCI. In a recent letter to
