Parliament on Monday witnessed uproar over FDI issue with Opposition members shouting slogans during Question Hour leading to adjournment of both Houses till noon. As Lok Sabha assembled for the day, Speaker Meira Kumar offered tributes to
I am Jantar Mantar. I am an iconic protest venue of all sorts affecting day-to-day life of an aam aadmi. In the last two decades, I have seen plenty of such protests, an integral part of a liberal democracy. But November 26 is a symbolic day as th
Government will launch the payout of direct cash subsidy to people through the Aadhaar based system in 51 districts of the country from January 1, finance minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. He said the government intends to complete
Bharatiya Janta Party’s Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani has questioned his party’s criticism of the appointment of new CBI director. On Saturday, he wrote a letter to party president Nitin Gadkari saying that the criticism was the re
Arvind Kejriwal has named his political party the Aam Aadmi Party. Welcome to the big league, Mr Kejriwal. While Robert Vadra’s reactions on the aam and aadmi bit of the party are not known yet, the general reaction could be one of d
Christmas has come a month early for Tamil Nadu`s commuters, as Union minister Jairam Ramesh has sanctioned Rs 1,133 crore to the state for upgrading 3,000 kilometres of the state’s roads under the Prime Minister’s Gramin Sadak Yojana
The lokpal bill report tabled by a select committee of the Rajya Sabha is a diluted bill, the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), a civil society organisation, has alleged while raised objection to certain points not
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s dinner diplomacy with the BJP leaders has come a cropper and both the main opposition and Left parties are calling for a debate-vote on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail. While it is hell bent on denying
India is ageing fast. Over the next few decades it will turn from a ‘young’ country to an ‘old’ country. The number of the elderly persons (60+) will rise from the current 9 crore to 31.5 crore by 2050, constituting 20 perc
India is ageing fast. Over the next few decades it will turn from a ‘young’ country to an ‘old’ country. The number of the elderly persons (60+) will rise from the current 9 crore to 31.5 crore by 2050, constituting 20 perc
By claiming that according to his arithmetic the losses in the 2G spectrum allocation scam were only Rs 2,645 crore, former CAG official RP Singh has spawned two new debates. Is he a Congress pawn, as the BJP was quick to claim?
With Ujjwal Nikam, Ajmal Kasab and the biryani in news once again, this article of 2012 vintage would be of interest again. Read from the archives: It was April 29, 2009, the early days of Kasab&rsq
The Mumbai terrorist attack has left the Government with a million questions to answer to its people. Just a day after the execution of Ajmal Kasab, key terrorist involved in the Mumbai 26/ 11 terrorist attack, in Pune’s Yerwada Jail, the Go
Battle lines are being redrawn, new alliances forged and aggressive political strategies are on the anvil to rewrite the political scenario of Andhra Pradesh. After a long time, Hyderabad was agog with a political buzz that was, for once, not cent
Sometimes it becomes a tad risky to open your mouth without realising the consequences, especially if they are of the legal kind. Two things happen in such a scenario: you land in a fix, and end up with your foot right in your mouth.
Corporal Punishments have been banned by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in 2000. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE Act) further reiterated this ban through Section 17, thereby providing an assertion to
The winter session of Parliament got off on a stormy note on Thursday, with the first day getting washed out over FDI in multi-brand retail even as an effort by Trinamool Congress to bring the no-confidence motion flopped due to lack of requisite
It was around 8 in the morning when TV channels started beaming reports that Ajmal Kasab, the 26/11 terrorist whose mercy petition was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee, had been hanged in Pune’s Yerawada jail. The first reactions start
Politicking has begun over 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s execution, with both Congress and the BJP attempting to score political brownie points. While the Congress is trying to go on the front foot, emphasising that the execution inv
