This seems to be the season of scams for the Congress. While at the Centre the UPA government is trying to deflect culpability in the helicopter scam on the NDA government, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has posed some tough questions
The government, through a court order procured by Arindam Chaudhari of IIPM, has blocked 73 links that have negative references to the latter. While there is outrage at how Arindam has gamed the media, as well there should be, the below a
For innovation in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme (MNREGS) that has paid off big, one needs to look at Kandhamal. The hill-locked district in western Odisha may seem the unlikeliest place for such success, tho
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said that all procedures were "strictly followed" by the UPA government in the controversial VVIP chopper deal and the matter should not be politicised. "I don`t think it
The Jet-Etihad deal is almost here and I stick my neck out that a battered Maharaja, living on doles from North Block, is consigned to die. This isn’t to mourn for the inefficient. My despair is on behalf of tax payers in gen
Batting for universal coverage of food entitlement, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen called for strengthening the draft food security bill, particularly the provisions relating to children’s entitlement. He said the supreme court orders on mid-day
Stock and commodity exchanges in India will never disappoint you. Normally, when they are not fighting among themselves for the market share, they are fighting against each other over other ‘taxing’ issues. The battle lines are drawn i
“In the present age, governance has assumed critical importance and appears too important to be left only to the government.” Thus spake Vinod Rai, the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG), the government’s chie
When Napoleon and his pigs secretly modified some of the commandments and coined the tenet “all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (in George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm), one can be reasona
Strong protest from the state governments and the political storm brewing over the AugustaWestland chopper deal are likely to frustrate the union government’s bid to introduce and pass its ambitious food security bill in the forthcoming budg
The draft of president Pranab Mukherjee’s speech to the joint session of parliament at the beginning of the budget session has been finalised. The draft was given a careful reading by the cabinet on Wednesday. T
As the head of comptroller & auditor general`s office, Vinod Rai may be a thorn in the flesh for the Manmohan Singh government but the strong and independent evaluation by his office of government`s accounts on revenue raised and money spent h
As the chopper scam is unraveling, the key question is who made the dough. The Italian probe report which brought the scam to light maintains that the tweaking of parameters was the game-changer. Thus, the question is who, when and why changed the
The Supreme Court on Friday held that telecom companies which were unsuccessful in availing fresh 2G spectrum, and those which did not participate in the auction process, will cease to operate "forthwith". However, telecom compan
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday defended imposition of curfew in the Valley, saying restrictions would not have been needed if no one tried to create trouble after the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
The chief ministers of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh have expressed their strong protest against the proposed food security bill in their letters to the prime minister. Their main grouse ar
Kashijora is a quaint village spread like a thick vine around sporadic clusters of sal trees. Though administratively part of the Salboni block in West Medinipur district, the village is a world in itself. Nestled into an expanse of green, it is a
The prime minister’s office (PMO) has called a meeting today of the heads of Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) and Directorate of Military Intelligence with a view to take a consolidated policy about the role of su
The Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday got off to a stormy start with BSP and RLD members creating ruckus during the Governor`s address to the joint session of the House and throwing paper balls towards the chair. As
At a meeting this week with all state governors where select cabinet ministers were also present along with the prime minister, president Pranab Mukherjee ensured that the government was made accountable. He also secured assurances from the prime
