The RTI Act is still safe from dilution, as the cabinet on Thursday withdrew a set of amendments it had proposed to the Act. UPA chairperson and National Advisory Council chief Sonia Gandhi’s strong opposition to the amendments is said to be
On November 1, news agency PTI reported (which was carried by several national dailies) that the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given ‘stage 1’ forest clearance (which means ‘in principle’ clearance to diver
The jury is out, and the decision has come along the lines predicted. A day after Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, and presumably also of the ruling Congress, made what is being made out to be a definitive, coming-into-his speec
Before the 2002 riots in Gujarat, perhaps no other place would have been referred to as an example of the Sangh Parivar`s religious intolerance as Dang was. Located in the midst of a lush green forest surrounded by the Satpura range of mountains a
In a bid to increase participation of disabled voters in Gujarat Assembly polls next month, the Election Commission has introduced Braille numbers and ballot papers besides setting up ramps at polling booths for their convenience. "Al
Goods and passenger train movement on the Kirandul-Kothavalasa (KK) line was disrupted due to breaches and falling of boulders on the track at various sites due to heavy rains, officials said. Fourty meters of rail track and seven meters d
In a major relief for former UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed petitions against her in the Taj Corridor case. The Lucknow bench of the court also dismissed the petitions against her c
“Mahatma Gandhi Candle March Packaged as Guerilla Warfare!” internet entrepreneur Sanjeev Bikhchandani has rued late Sunday. Straight talk like this is rare. Bikhchandani, an IIM-A all-time distinguished alumnus awardee
Buzz in New Delhi political circles is about the Rs 90 crore soft loan from the Congress to the National Herald. There are speculations whether the minutes of All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Burari or the two meetings of the Congres
The attacks and counter-attacks between Subramanian Swamy and Rahul Gandhi have not stopped since the Janata Party chief took on the first family last week. The round one in all probability has gone in the favour of Swamy. On Saturday, he fires a
Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, former mohtamim or head of the prestigious Islamic seminary of Deoband, is the second most sought-after person in the Gujarat election after chief minister Narendra Modi. His actions are carefully watched and word
Gujarat offers many surprises. One of them is a little Bihar, not far from the Narmada river in central Gujarat. It’s called Netrang, 40 km from Bharuch. Like so many other rural regions in the state, two state highways
In 1999, Congress president Sonia Gandhi warmly received her late husband`s most vocal critic into the party. S Jaipal Reddy returned to the Congress after 24 years of uncompromising anti-Congressism, scandalising his well-wishers who could not be
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will once again look into alleged anti-competitive practices in the Indian film industry. Ajay Devgan Films (ADF) has alleged misuse of dominant position by Yash Raj Films (YRF) in the Bolly
The lawyer in leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley perhaps had a sudden awakening on Friday when he asked Congress to clarify whether it paid Rs 90 crore to Associated Journals, which ran the now-defunct National Herald daily, saying i
While the RTI fraternity has welcomed the government’s decision to junk the proposed amendments to RTI Act, seen as an effort to dilute the transparency law, some eyebrows are being raised over what will come next. The Union cabinet&
Politics is one subject that provokes intense debates and if it is politics in Gujarat, even more so. You can see that happening whether you are at a tea stall or travelling in a train – as I was this week. I got a glimpse of such debates so
