Drawing attention to the neglected area of primary education, a primer on early literacy has asked the government to make preschool education available at anganwadis created under the integrated child development scheme (ICDS).
Days before demitting office, comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Vinod Rai has landed another blow on the credibility of the UPA-II government. A constant thorn in the flesh of the Manmohan Singh government, Rai’s team has knocked the bas
Keeping up the heat on the government, BJP today demanded resignation of prime minister Manmohan Singh on the coalgate issue as other parties raised various matters leading to adjournment of parliament till noon. Members of BJP, Trinamool
In another cue that that Trinamool Congress leaders refuse to look beyond their supreme leader, intentionally or otherwise, the Delhi Police on Monday arrested six activists belonging to CPI(M) and its youth wing, the Students’ Federation of
When in doubt cut it out, says an old axiom of journalism. The UPA government of Manmohan Singh, too, tries to adopt it at times. When in doubt, the government fields home minister Sushilkumar Shinde. The former cop, certain to be diagnosed with a
Has law minister Ashwani Kumar, and to a lesser extent prime minister Manmohan Singh, lost confidence of Congress MPs and even ministers? Going by the overall lack of discomfiture among many ministers and MPs, and their apparent disinterest in com
The second part of the budget session of parliament began on a stormy note on Monday as members from various parties forced adjournment of Lok Sabha on various issues, including heckling of Mamata Banerjee, incidents of rapes and demand for separa
As he approaches his superannuation in May, comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Vinod Rai knows it well that he has been the chief tormenter of the UPA government. “I can assure you that the government, if they did make a mistake appointin
While A Raja on Friday said he would give a detailed note of around 100 pages to the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam and concluded that he had “misled” the PM on the issue during his tenure a
Now, investors may breathe a little easier trading in the stock market as the new measures proposed by market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) could make the investment environment less volatile. In a bid to boost inv
While the opposition is set to raise the heat on coal blocks allocation scam, the buzz in the corridors of power is that a senior bureaucrat in the prime minister’s office (PMO) is on sticky wicket. Several senior CBI officers are l
At the stroke of the midnight hour on August 14, 1947, when Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of India’s tryst with destiny, Pratapgarh—barely an hour’s drive from his hometown of Allahabad—decided to miss that date with India’s
Now that a career in politics is over, at least for the time being, former Pakistan dictator Pervez Musharraf is looking at alternative career options, it is learnt. A day after his arrest, Perv, as Musharraf is called in many quarters in
Veerendra Patil, a veteran of several political battles, had once said that the aspiration of the Congress cadre was a double-edged sword: it could bring the party to power or it could mar the party’s prospects. “Yeh pagalpan hai (this
The Delhi Police had arrested a 25-year-old man accused of kidnapping, raping and torturing a five-year-old girl in the national capital. The accused, reportedly named Manoj Kumar, was arrested from Muzzaffarpur district in Bihar on Friday night.
Salvaging its reputation partially, the Delhi Police claims to have arrested the suspect in the rape and brutalisation of a five-year-old in the national capital. The accused, identified as one Manoj Kumar, was arrested from Muzaffarpur di
While the average Mumbaikar fights with more civic issues than this time last year, and are asking more questions of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Council with each passing day, renaming of roads remains the top priority for the elected ward councilo
Good news on the economic front. With the international commodity prices and domestic inflation easing, Indian economy is expected to pick up pace. “I think the slowdown has bottomed out. We will see the growth rate picking up and ba
RP Meena, an IPS officer of Odisha cadre, is the new secretary of the Medical Council of India (MCI), the statutory body regulating medical colleges, affiliations of new colleges and registration of doctors. He was currently director in the centra
The Supreme Court today cancelled 49 leases in mines reporting maximum illegalities in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka, but allowed resumption of activity in mines with lesser illegalities as recommended by a Central Empower
