Having attacked the prime minister Manmohan Singh for his failure to prosecute the former telecom minister A Raja for his role in the 2G scam and then subsequently absolving him, the Janta party president Subramaniam Swamy has now trained hi
Never since the Emergency (“When they were asked to bend, they crawled”, LK Advani had famously observed about the role of media then) the media in general and some of its iconic editors in particular have faced such close scrutiny as
This piece first appeared on Nikam`s website. “Jamsetji Tata was a man of great achievement, far-seeing and circumspect. His resolute will enabled him to elaborate projec
Delhi Police on Sunday identified five more corridors where it will ensure zero tolerance for traffic offences by enforcing lane discipline, taking the total number of such stretches to 15. Announcing this initiative, city police commissioner B K
A Delhi court today ordered registration of FIR against Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and five others for allegedly making anti-India speeches. "The Delhi police is hereby directed to lodge an FIR un
Mumbai will soon have its first monorail which will connect with the central, western railways and the harbor line. The Sant Gadje Maharaj Chowk- Wadala - Chembur track of the monorail will connect with the local railway stations at Mahal
The urban development ministry is all geared up to honour its `best performing` transport projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission at the Urban Mobility India Conference and exhibition to be held here from December 3-5.
Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s chief minister, though voted by the people of Delhi and thus accountable to them, does not have powers over the police, land and the local council. And she does not like this one bit. Her deep seated d
Sushma Swaraj, the leader of opposition has also joined the Twitter club. She has managed to get 480 followers in just half an hour. In her first tweet, she welcomed her friends, while her second tweet was on her opposition to the appointment of P
As the Noida police failed to make any arrest in the case a week after a man was assaulted for filming the sub registrar office staff taking bribe for registering his marriage, the victim has taken recourse to social networking. Gaurav Bak
The Centre on Friday played its much belated development card to wean away the poor from the naxals and maoists in 60 poverty-stricken and backward districts under their strong influence. The decision to finance these districts for rapid i
The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India has pulled up the environment ministry for failing to implement its projects of afforestation, biodiversity, pollution control, environmental education, besides its lack of monitoring mechanism.
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd`s (JSPL) proposed integrated steel plant at Angul in Orissa has been issued a showcause notice by the environment ministry for flotuing conditions imposed while granting environmental clearance. The ministry has
The dinner party hosted by prime minister Manmohan Singh here for president Barack Obama saw a sorted bunch of 80 top politicians, industrialists and bollywood actors, but the famous US-based hotelier, Sant Singh Chatwal was missing from the grand
I was struggling to make space between two seats in an overcrowded ladies compartment of the Delhi Metro for a little girl to sit when my phone beeped. It was my mother. The message said: Women are beating men in the ladies compartment of the G
Sonia Gandhi should pay attention to her own party that was "full of scams", Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati said here on Friday while hitting out at the Congress president for her remarks on "rampant corruption" in the s
The environment and forests ministry has halted all constructions at the new Lavasa lakeside hill station in Pune district and issued a show cause notice to reply within 15 days why the unauthorised structures should not be demolished "in ent
Bihar has been a victim of the worst kind of stereotypes. Earlier, whenever there was a mention of the state, people reacted as if it existed in 18th century, a state that was extremely backward, a state that did not understand what development me
Without a proper legislation to keep a tab on practitioners and propagators of electrohomeopathy, a stream of medicine from Italy based on combinations of plant extracts, continues to flourish unchecked. Running on a residential plot of
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) Thursday got two more days to interrogate M Jayachandran, a former Common Wealth Games (CWG) official involved in the alleged financial misappropriation during the Queen’s Baton Rally in London last
