“Those responsible, whether baalik or nabaalik (adult or minor), must not be let off.” The bereaved father`s burst of anguish draws murmurs of assent from a group gathered in the tiny courtyard of his two-room house in southwes
With the Karnataka Assembly elections due in May, power struggle has renewed in opposition Congress, with Lingayat leaders demanding the state unit president’s post for one of its leaders. Admitting that he is a contender for the po
Exactly two weeks since she was raped, mauled, violently attacked by six men and then thrown off a chartered bus in south Delhi late December 16 evening, the 23-year-old bravehart was cremated at a private ceremony early Sunday morning. Th
Yes, we all have to something to say. She fought the good fight and died. In some ways, however gross that sounds, she has been relieved of pain. It also brings the death penalty on the table for the creeps who did this unspeakable
Riding a thumping third victory in the recently held Gujarat elections, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi visited the national capital to a rousing welcome on December 27. Skillfully using the platform of the National Development Council (NDC)
It is instructive how one ghastly incident can expose the absence of governance as starkly as the gangrape and murder of a young woman in Delhi has done. With the advantage of the distance that time creates between event and emotion (which
The much-awaited decision on Telangana issue will be taken within a month, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde announced on Friday. Shinde said he has heard "carefully" the opinions of eight political parties of Andhra Pradesh at a
As I waited on the porch of the Khatun family in Sayedpur village, I noticed cement bags sewn together and put up in the open space of the front porch to block the cold winter breeze. But the absence of toilets piqued my curiosity and I asked some
The Saranda Development Plan (SDP) was mounted after security successes against the Maoists in the monsoon of 2011. The state wanted to quickly consolidate its hold in the area and 13 new paramilitary camps of the central reserve police force (CRP
A day after walking out of the NDC meet, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday said renewed moves were being made to set up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) despite opposition to it by several states. "The pro
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday stressed that no time should be lost in bringing the perpetrators of the barbaric gangrape to justice while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the guilty will not be spared. Addressing the media on the
Was he, was he not? That’s the question of the day thrown up by ABP Ananda’s report on Abhijit Mukherjee’s gender sensitivity. Was he high? Was he not? While reports that Mukherjee has relocated to Mars after bein
The gruesome rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in New Delhi reveals the downside of a society in transition. Every middle-class family that has a growing up daughter studying or working away from home is somewhat at risk. Much depends on h
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the UPA government’s policies which "lack urgency or seriousness" in tackling economic crises and the "sense of pessimism" in the 12th plan. He was addressing pa
Amid a cheering crowd of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at the party headquarters at 11 Ashoka Road, Gujarat chief minister made a straight pitch for them. Recalling in his brief address to them how he spent years in a corner here and was st
Abhijit Mukherjee did not have any other introduction than as president Pranab Mukherjee’s son and it was in that capacity, he was elected MP from Jangipur in West Bengal. Now, we know him better. In an interview with the ABP Ananda, a Be
A day after unveiling measures to review laws dealing with sexual assault, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the law will deal with the culprits in the gangrape case in the capital expeditiously. Singh, addressing the 57th mee
The National Water Resources Council chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to adopt on Friday the draft National Water Policy, 2012 that stresses on the need to evolve a broad over-arching national legal framework on water. Th
After Ahmedabad and Lucknow, Delhi seems to be raising a toast to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi following his spectacular success in winning the state elections for the third time in a row. Much before Modi arrives for the national
Bureaucracy can sometimes be very frustrating. I visited the Salboni hospital one day to know about the general health concerns of the people with an added emphasis on pregnant mothers. I wanted to speak to the Block Medical Officer (BMO) but he w
