The government has taken an informal decision to send “high-level” delegations of MPs to five-six countries to keep our elected representatives in good humour. This brainwave has come from Kamal Nath. A detailed background paper on thi
Rahul Gandhi, the newly anointed vice president of the All India Congress Committee, does not want to have a political secretary at this juncture. He, however, will soon take inputs from some confidants including Jairam Ramesh, Sachin Pilot, Jitin
Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde is again in the eye of storm for his unwarranted comment that he had evidence that BJP and RSS had run Hindu terror camps. “Reports have come during investigation that BJP and RSS co
Once again I paid a visit to Ravidas Tola neighbourhood in Maghra village of Biharsherif Block. Ravidas is a community that is classified as mahadalit, the most marginalized of the marginalized lot. It was early in the morning, and most people wer
Change with continuity - rather than the other way around - emerged as the theme of the Congress chintan shivir in Jaipur. It was evident in Rahul Gandhi harking back to Mahatma Gandhi even while declaring that a young and impatient India wanted f
The hotly anticipated gladiatorial contest between Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi and the BJP`s Narendra Modi -- whehter or not their respective parties name them as prime ministerial candidates -- came one step closer to reality as the forme
The Congress party would require Rs 100 crore during the next 18 months - till the Lok Sabha elections - to counter the main opposition BJP in the field of social media, telecom minister Kapil Sibal said at the session on emerging political challe
A nation has clearly been moved by its own hypocrisy where the rights of women are concerned. The year will be most remembered for the reckoning and the call to face the not so funny mirror and learn the cruel truth. Nothing has demanded so much a
Congress president Sonia Gandhi responded to civil society rage against black money, corruption and gender violence but failed to tackle contentious political issues in her inaugural address at the party`s chintan shivir in Jaipur. A lot was left
Former Chief Minister and KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa on Friday ruled out the possibility of his party forming a government with BJP after the assembly polls. "There is no question of KJP joining hands with BJP to form the government.
“The double digit growth which Gujarat has posted despite international economic slowdown has no parallel. Soon we may witness that Gujarat will be a role model even for China.” At the Vibrant Gujarat summit, held in Gandhinaga
In the last three years, enrolment in private schools in rural areas has risen by nearly 10 percent every year. It has increased to 28.3 percent in 2012 from 18.7 percent in 2006, says the annual status of education report (ASER) 2012. The report,
Disapproving the Centre`s diesel deregulation move, UPA key ally DMK on Friday demanded that the government reconsider it and raise the subsidised LPG cylinder cap to 12 from the proposed nine, asking it not to invite the wrath of the poor on cook
Kasturi Majhi left Tentulikhunti, her village, in Odisha’s Balangir district, to work in a brick kiln along with her parents in Andhra Pradesh. She was 11, old enough for work that could supplement her household income. But Majhi was also of
Carved out of Bihar, the new state of Jharkhand hit India’s political map on November 15, 2000. In just over 12 years, it should have ideally had its third government in place. Instead, 12 years, two months and as many days old, the state lo
With assembly elections in several states around the corner and the general elections due next year, the UPA government seems to have succumbed to populist measures. On Thursday, the government took a decision to increase the cap of subsidised LPG
Without me at helm, Bengal would have been auctioned. That’s the latest from Mamata Banerjee. In this Oscar season, if there was an award for megalomaniac scripts, she would have certainly been one of the hopefuls — perhaps con
Sometimes even the background of a picture speaks a thousand words. In one of my rapid-fire photography sessions, my lens captured a strange scene in the background. A few blackboards painted on the sides of the overground Yamuna Bank metro statio
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday said the grounded fleet of Boeing Dreamliner aircraft would be allowed to fly only after clearance by US regulator Federal Aviation Administration and the DGCA. "Certainly, we will not fl
On October 18, the scheduled gram sabha meeting at Dhavalapur panchyat in Sheragada block of Ganjam district began about three hours late because most villagers were busy getting their Aadhaar cards made at a local school. The woman sarpanch, Suni
