Two Italian marines, charged in India with the murder of two fishermen, will not be returning to India to face trial, Italy`s foreign ministry has just said. Big surprise. The Indian government is shocked. Shocked? They should be embarrass
Suggesting that absence of a proper eligibility criterion was affecting the quality of reportage in the country, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice(retd) Markandey Katju has set up committee to recommend minimum qualification require
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday termed as "unacceptable" Italy`s refusal to send its two marines back to India where they were facing trial for killing two fishermen and said the issue will be taken up with that country.
While the earlier decades saw widespread debates and criticism of the appointment of politicians as governors of states, which continues unabated despite the Sarkaria Commission’s clear recommendation that only politically neutral individual
Flight operations were affected after a minor fire broke out in the air traffic control room at Chennai airport in the wee hours on Tuesday. The flames were noticed by the staff around 2.45 AM, official sources said, adding five five tende
It must be feeling good to be Shashi Tharoor today. Our principal political party, to which the former UN under-secretary general swears allegiance, wants him to retweet. Wasn’t it just the other day that Tharoor was the butt of so m
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has pulled up Coal India Limited (CIL) for taking undue advantage of its monopoly position in the country and supplying cheap quality coal to state utilities. The competition watchdog has given CIL
A study by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to assess the impact of in-service teachers` training on the actual classroom practices and students` learning says serious steps should be taken to review and redesign t
In a morale-boosting performance ahead of assembly polls, the opposition Congress in Karnataka on Monday put up an impressive show in the elections to urban local bodies, leaving JD(S) and the ruling BJP way behind. With results in around
Delhi woke up to the news of the alleged suicide of Ram Singh, one of the accused in the gangrape in the city December last year. Prison officials claimed he used his own clothes to hang himself around 5.00 am in Tihar jail. "Singh wa
This is Modi’s dilemma. On the one hand, hard-core Hindutva is his forte; that is where the core of his fan club originally came from in 2002. On the other, that constituency is not sizeable enough to catapult him to the top post. So, he has
One of India’s bigger tragedies, as is often said, is her politicians and their loose tongues. Asked to speak, they generally spew venom. So hours after Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 gangrape and subsequent killing
Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl here, allegedly committed suicide in a high-security cell in Tihar Jail early on Monday morning. 33-year-old Singh hanged himself with the help of his clothes f
"It is regrettable that India, instead of leaping like a tiger is cowering like a mouse before the Sri Lankan government." (Statement by J Jayalalitha, July 14, 2012, tamilguardian.com
The Indian Express’s front page on Saturday, March 9, was revealing. Coming a day after International Women’s Day, when wonder politicians spoke to their heart’s content on the issue, with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit goin
In a bid to revive the capital markets and boost investor confidence, Sebi on Friday announced a slew of measures including extension of the initial offering period under the Rajiv Gandhi equity savings scheme (RGESS). During a meeting hel
Bitti Mohanty, the absconding son of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a 26-year-old German national in 2006, has been taken into custody by Kerala Police here. According to police sourc
Early one February morning, Rashida Bibi, an employee of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) sat with a handful of children outside the ICDS centre in Sayedpur 2. The ration to cook the meal for the children at the anganwadi centre, R
Ever wondered what’s common between Mogambo and Iran? It might seem to be the unlikeliest of comparisons. Deep in prehistoric mountains, his cavernous palace accessible by helicopter alone, Mogambo leads a solitary existence. Flanked only by
Finance minister P Chidambaram has allocated Rs 1,000 crore in the budget to make women “nirbhaya”, or fearless. While the scope of this fund is yet to be worked out, it is likely to focus on safer transport for women. In India, safe t
