Delivering the inaugural edition of the Governance Lecture series, `Saranda and the Audacity of Hope: An experiment in Grassroots Governance’, union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh said that he is appreciative of the magazine&rs
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday led the Rajya Sabha in felicitating Hamid Ansari on his second term as Vice-President and Chairman of the House saying his re-election was a tribute to his qualities. When the House met for the day,
A judicial probe has been proposed into the riot-hit areas of Assam. “A three member judicial team with a retired supreme court judge should investigate the situation and submit a report in three to six months time,” said Shabnam Hashm
Absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda on Monday moved the Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, four days after his bail plea was dismissed by a lower court. Appearing for Kanda, senior a
Ignored by the government, Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday decided to take his protest on black money and corruption to Parliament and vowed to oust Congress in the next Lok Sabha polls. "The government has become completely deaf. We have
At the time of writing, “people editors,” ordinary folks like us who create a “trend” on Twitter, have forced Fareed Zakaria to the top of the India feed. Curiously, and not-so-curiously as well, Zakaria is
A fact-finding team that returned from a three-day visit to the riot-hit areas of Assam recommended a judicial probe into the riots. The team members were Shabnam Hashmi, senior activist, Anhad and member, National Integration Council, Ga
Many say that NGOs or societies (registered organizations) deliver services that the corporate sector cannot deliver; they raise awareness among the people; deliver services that government agencies can’t. In short, their contribution cannot
In outrageous remarks, PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the UP Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits. As BJP and others lashed out at
The parliamentary standing committee on agriculture has recommended shutting India`s doors to genetically modified (GM) crops in a report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Committee chairperson Basudeb Acharia said that the concerns reg
The national green tribunal has allowed filling up of the Maheshwar dam reservoir up to 154 mt on a "trial basis" for a period of three months on the condition that the project does not result into submergence of villages and agricultura
The police have cracked the murder case of an IAS officer`s advocate daughter with the arrest of the watchman of the building where she lived in central Mumbai. "Watchman Sajid Mugal was arrested on Thursday night for the murder and h
Sharad Pawar has termed as "highly irresponsible" a Shiv Sena leader`s remark that the NCP leader has the political acumen to unify NDA and lead it to power in the 2014 general elections. The NCP supremo said his party has been w
Responding to vociferous uproar in both the Houses of parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to bring a Constitution amendment bill for reservation to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions in the government
Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday launched his second round of indefinite protest here demanding bringing back of blackmoney stashed away abroad. Ramdev arrived at the Ramlila Maidan protest venue, from where he was bundled out by police
The much-hyped Lokpal bill could be tabled in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing monsoon session if a parliamentary panel looking into the legislation gives its report before the end of the session, the government said on Thursday. "I am told
The United States is opening up its secret CIA training facility at Moyock in North Carolina for imparting a 5-week "crisis response team course" from October 22 to November 23, which will include high-risk counter-terror raids and night
At 84, age has started showing on BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani as he mixed up facts in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to call the UPA-II as "illegitimate" for winning the election by buying votes with crores of rupees. He correct
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday slammed BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani for calling the UPA-II as "illegitimate" during the Lok Sabha debate on the Assam violence, saying his comments were "disgraceful and unfortunate.&quo
The condition of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to a private hospital here for a liver-related ailment, was "still critical", hospital officials said on Wednesday. "He is still critical and
