So much exercise is being done for the Lokpal Bill and to educate the people about the usefulness of RTI power, but if the common understanding of having a power to have a SAY in the election and selection of the politicians or candidates are not
It has been noted that there are many bogus Facebook accounts. So it is correct to say that Facebook encourages bogus users and discourages bonafide users in order to give a wrong impression that it is socially very strong. But the fact is, it pra
I have a very simple and cheap solution to root out any type of corruption: If we are against any minister for his misdeeds or not delivering goods to the satisfaction of the people, who have democratically elected that minister, the voters should
Nine days after their fast the anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and other members of Team Anna ended their agitation on Friday at Jantar Mantar. Promising to give a political alternative to the country, team Anna announced to form a political
R.I.P. or Really Important Plunge? My instinct is to say, “Anna Hazare, you are done! Team Anna, R.I.P.,” and then sign off. [NB: The headline of an earlier column, at the height of the pro-Anna hysteria, was “Ann
Team Anna on Friday said its political alternative will not compromise on corruption, holding their fight is for changing the system and not power. "Anna is a hero of people. How long he can remain deaf to the voice of people?
If this round of indefinite fast by Anna Hazare and his associates failed to achieve anything, it was not entirely unexpected. Governance Now had expressed doubts a day after Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others began their
Former RSS chief K S Sudarshan traced after he was reported missing in Mysore, said the police. Sudarshan was sitting on the road side due to tiredness and was being escorted back: Police. Sudarshan was reported missing after he we
Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in the BMW hit-and-run case, on Friday got a reprieve from the Supreme Court which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him and directed him to do community service for two years.
A belated realisation that own clumsy policy decision was holding up the infrastructure projects for the past 16 months led prime minister Manmohan Singh to relax the government land transfer ban. The realisation came when he probed why th
I can’t but envy Barkha Dutt. Undeterred by trolls, the NDTV anchor reaches these Congress ministers faster than most. And then she shoots them down with one simple question. In the olden days their answers would merit a two-para press relea
The new power minister Veerappa moily on Wednesday dismissed that overloading or over withdrawal of power lead to tripping off three grids – North, East and North-east. He said it was a ‘layman’s understanding of the problem and
A day after moving away from the power trip across half of India as the power minister, new home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday tripped his predecessor P Chidambaram just before assuming the charge. He delayed going to th
With government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna on Wednesday held discussions among themselves on the way ahead even as the health of fasting Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai worsened. The team h
The newly-appointed Power Minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday refrained from blaming states for overdrawing electricity that may have led to the collapse of the three grids yesterday and said he will focus on combating the many troubles that are
More than 20 hours after the country`s worst power failure, the three major electricity grids that had collapsed have been restored, Power Grid said on Wednesday. The Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Grids -- that cater to over half of
The human body is a maddeningly complex system that rarely reveals its inner workings to the outside world. Consider this. The average human being is exposed to a billion different kinds of bacteria, viruses and micro-organisms on a daily basis. E
The Northern and Eastern Grids tripped on Tuesday, leading to power failure in several states of the country affecting hundreds of millions of people. Whil
There are many anecdotes about Jayaprakash Narayan. One such anecdote recounts how the old man turned angry when he was made to wait for an hour to meet then prime minister Indira Gandhi. More commonly known as JP, he was a socialist comrade of Ne
Anna Hazare`s indefinite fast entered the third day on Tuesday with the activist regretting the attack on media by his supporters and warned that he will call off his fast if they again indulge in violence. Team Anna member Arvind K
