The logjam in Parliament entered its second week on Monday with BJP members stridently demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of coal block allocation. Both the Houses were adjourned till noon as BJP member
Facebook is whizzing with young Unmukt Chand. So is twitter. The news channels are rushing to interview even the neighbouring dog. How we uncork the champagne without caring how flat and rotten our sporting system is. Let me walk you thro
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday took potshots at prime minister Manmohan Singh and the coalition he is leading, saying that people had lost faith in them. “People have lost faith in the authority of PM,” Ku
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday sought the help of the banking community to achieve his goal of rapid and inclusive growth of the state by improving their micro-level functioning. He said banks proved to be a big hurdle in reaching o
Even after 65 years of independence 65 percent of the country’s population has remained unbanked, says Amitabh Verma, commissioner, general administration of Bihar government. What it meant is that the formal
“We need constructive participation and collaboration,” said Alok Prasad, CEO of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), aptly summing sum up the panel discussion on Microfinance and Empowerment: The Last Mile Challenges and Solution
At a time when Bihar is growing at more than 10 percent, the real challenge is to combine financial inclusion with social development. “Inclusion doesn’t mean only financial inclusion, it should also lead to social development,”
Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi has appealed to the banking institutions to convert their delivery mechanism for the financial inclusion programme into a successful business model so that it is sustainable and benefits the poor. He s
I suspect that the interest shown by the “mainstream” Indian media in the Fareed Zakaria plagiarism controversy was more because of his Indian origins and celebrity status than his professional transgression. There are many good reason
Parliament was disrupted for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as opposition triggered uproar in both Houses demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over controversial coal block allocations. As soon as both the Houses me
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Friday said he will seek a review of the Supreme Court judgement dismissing his petition in the 2G spectrum case against Finance Minister P Chidambaram. "I will seek a review of the judgemen
In a huge relief to Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for making him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case, saying there was no prima facie material against him of any criminal conspiracy or procuring of a
Senior BJP leader LK Advani wants the presence of ADMK MPs on Monday in parliament to expose UPA-II coalgate scam. Advani is to phone Jayalalithaa on Friday to suggest that she may ask her MPs to remain in Delhi on Monday. ADMK MPs are to
There are an estimated 50 million Indians on Facebook. A few million also use Twitter. Disclaimer: I have active accounts on both. I imagine you do too. So, let’s not waste time on the number for YouTube, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Or Dave Car
India does not have a nuclear and radiation safety policy even after 30 years of creation of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in 1983 specifically to formulate such a policy. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that i
Under opposition fire for two days, government on Thursday launched a counter-offensive on seeking to put BJP and the Left in the dock in Parliament over their suggestions in 2005 against auction of coal blocks. BJP members, who have been
An MLA of Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), which is an ally of the ruling Congress in Assam, was arrested in the wee hours on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the recent violence in the state. Pradeep Brahma, alias Gara, who represents
Normal operations in India`s public sector banks, including cheque clearances and fund transfers, were on Thursday hampered for the second day because of the strike called by unions to protest against reforms in the sector and outsourcing of non-c
Absence of Pranab Mukherjee as a troubleshooter to end the deadlock is not being felt by the UPA-II. Moreover, as the BJP wants the scalp of prime minister Manmohan Singh, no leader in the UPA-II is willing to stick his neck out. Neither s
Keeping up heat on the UPA-II government by paralysing parliament for the second day on Wednesday demanding the prime minister`s resignation over the "coalgate," the Bhartiya Janata Party now wants him to appear, along with finance minis
