The supreme court’s partial and interim stay on its own verdict on appointment of information commissioners and working of commissions has brought relief to RTI activists. The apex court’s order delivered on Tuesday has removed
The genesis of the problem with Indian politicians, as these columns and many others have said before, lies within a few inches of each other: their brain, and their mouth. Like good hand-eye coordination required of a batsman, it’s the brai
Almost a year after a task force submitted its report on monitoring of the proactive information disclosure under section 4 of the RTI Act, the government has issued a set of guidelines to all central government departments and ministries, instruc
If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thought Narendra Modi’s decision to emerge from the ‘confines’ of Gujarat to the national stage would be a panacea ahead of the general elections, it could not have been more wrong. And
Hitting out at rich nations for bulk of greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday pitched for subsidies for clean energy saying market forces alone would not be able to finance it. Singh also voiced concer
An explosion near the Karnataka BJP office in a crowded residential area here today left five persons injured, two of them seriously.Three cars and another vehicle were damaged in the explosion, the exact nature of which was not immediately known,
While folks working with the right to information (RTI) were still reeling from the supreme court judgment on the appointment of information commissioners in the Namit Sharma case, came the prime minister’s speech on the seventh year celebra
In a dramatic turnaround, the union government has now opened up public-private partnership (PPP) projects to public scrutiny. The move comes in the way of a fresh set of guidelines issued by the department of personnel and training (DoPT)
On January 16, 2013, president Pranab Mukherjee presented the Krishi Karman award to Bihar for a significant increase in production of paddy in 2011-12. The 7.2 million tons produced was 50 percent more than its previous highest yield of 4.6 milli
With most of our judicial and quasi-judicial bodies suffering from enormous delays, the system is in a way surviving on its own. Though there are some good orders and judgments, our lives are finite and if things are not done in reasonable time th
On Tuesday, a supreme court bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhanthe, while dismissing a petition by three convicts of 1993 Mumbai blasts seeking more time to surrender, said, "We have carefully gone through the review petitions and t
The supreme court has granted an extension of four weeks for surrender to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in a case relating to the 1993 bom blasts in Bombay. Dutt was supposed to surrender by April 18 according to the court`s March 21 order. But on W
Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI), the capital markets watchdog, has imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on five individuals for indulging in fraudulent trading of shares of Eltrol Limited. The regulator in orders issued on Monday
The Aligarh Muslim University Teacher’s Association (AMUTA) has noted that despite almost a year of the new university administration taken charge; teachers still do not have any idea of the outline of their vision for the university.
India is considering freeing prices of locally produced oil and natural gas from state controls in a bid to lure more foreign investment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said here. "We are at an advanced stage -- a Cabinet paper is und
New Delhi was the scene of all action related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Tuesday. While the spotlight remained primarily on actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in an Arms Act case and sentenced to five years in jail, Markanday Katju, a former Supr
Indian and EU trade negotiators agreed to continue their efforts to overcome the remaining issues, which have been blocking an agreement after more than six years of negotiations and shared the view that the talks in Brussels will give a new thrus
Three 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts` petitions for extension of time to surrender on the ground that their clemency pleas are pending before President Pranab Mukherjee, were today dismissed by the supreme court. Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi (70), I
Italy today questioned in the supreme court NIA`s jurisdiction to probe the case against its two marines for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, a contention rejected by the government which assured the court that investigation will be complet
Amrit Das stood on the porch of the headmaster’s office in Salboni high school as his father spoke to one of his teachers, staring straight ahead, oblivious to the general air of chaos and cacophony around him. The conversation over, the boy
