A loud bang rang out just behind the press enclosure around 10.30 am on Sunday at Patna`s Gandhi Maidan. I had heard many explosions of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while covering Punjab terrorism in Uttar Pradesh`s Terai region and insurgency
In all, political parties spent Rs 136.88 crore as campaigning-related expenses for the 2008 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a statement issued by election watchdog ADR
Indian companies operate in a high corruption environment adopting different methods to dupe investors and government agencies, a study has revealed. According to Kroll’s Global Fraud Report for 2013-14, 69 percent of Indian companies report
Still struggling from the lashing received at the hands of cyclone Phalin on the evening of October 12, several villagers of Ganjam district are having to deal with a second blow in less than a fortnight as fresh flooding due to heavy rain and a spat
Ketan Desai, a urologist from Ahmedabad who was once removed from the medical council of India (MCI) on corruption charges and continues to face a series of charge-sheets, is all set to return as head of the MCI next month. The stage has b
No, this is not about Modi`s expanding girth. It`s about how archaic are our systems for "group think" on public affairs. It is not only about having to elect an MP, an MLA or a councilor to represent us. “Group think” systems are
All I set out to do was to tweet on which news channel was showing Hunkaar Rally of Narendra Modi in Patna, and who, instead, saw more TRP in Rahul Gandhi descending on Mangolpuri in New Delhi. (I was also interested to know if Modi will use the �
Whatever we might know or not know about our bureaucracy and its working, this much is pretty well known: once an IAS officer, always an IAS officer. From probation until retirement and beyond, IAS officers enjoy the certitude of office and increm
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa tabled a resolution in the state Assembly calling on New Delhi to boycott next month`s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka. The mercurial chief minister has been pushing Manmohan Singh to boyco
As BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi take the Congress over its government’s purported kid-glove treatment of terror in the run-up to elections, especially of the variety emanating from Pakistan, the autumn in the calendar ye
As he boarded the flight back to New Delhi after what could be his last foreign trip as the prime minister, Manmohan Singh could well be right if he felt a sense of achievement. Pilloried at home for multiple scams and what the opposition calls �
The government announced on Wednesday the amount of capital to be infused in twenty public sector banks out of the total budgeted figure of Rs 14,000 crore through preferential allotment. The highest capital of Rs 2,000 crore has been given to the
A welfare board, better working conditions and fixed working hours were some of the suggestions made by Onkar Sharma, regional labour commissioner in the ministry of labour, to safeguard the rights of the workers in the waste management industry.
Change is inevitable, governments change, trends change, one system makes way for another, and it could be for the better or worse. Nevertheless, change is constant and if it is in a positive direction it should be welcomed. Very soon the collegiu
Inching a step ahead in the screening of applications for banking licences, the reserve bank of India (RBI) has asked the applicants to submit additional information by next week. It has also approached other regulators including the securities an
The investment bankers are expecting the buyback price of National Hydroelectric Power Corp`s (NHPC) to be set in the range of Rs 30-36 a share, a hefty premium of 52-80% to the current market price. This could help the government raise at least R
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has finalised policy guidelines on exploration and exploitation of shale gas and oil by state-owned oil companies. Based on this, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) would take u
The government is all set to infuse the budgeted capital of Rs 14,000 crore in public sector banks (PSBs) and a decision on who gets how much will be finalised in a day or two. The announcement by the finance minister P Chidambaram cam
India plans to mine an additional 240 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of coal from 26 new fields in the five years to March 2022. The plan is yet to be finalised and will be presented to the prime minister Manmohan Singh, according to a news repor
The private players can indeed play a major role in institutionalising the framework for inclusive urbanisation, said the minister of state for urban development, Deepa Dasmunshi. While addressing the Euro India Summit to discuss the importance of
