Political parties have failed to keep the promises that were made in the election manifestoes, noted a Praja Foundation report. The report has pointed towards scant concern of political parties on issues taken up during elections
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that 113 crore people trust Aadhaar. “If I talk about the poor, 60 crore people are not complaining , they are happy. When their MNREGA payment is made some strong men or ‘muk
Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that the interim orders of the supreme court on Aadhaar delivered in 2015 are meant for an "interim arrangement" and "it is not a judgement". Respondi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served notices to the district magistrate and superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar over African students being assaulted in Greater Noida. The rights panel has acted on a compl
With no note left behind, death of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar J Muthukrishnan continues to be shrouded in mystery. The 27-year-old dalit scholar was found hanging at a friend’s place in Munirka Vihar on March 13. Since then se
Though Lok Sabha elections have never generated enthusiasm among voters in Kashmir, the antipathy that the ubiquitous mobs of young men hurling stones and petrol bombs at polling stations displayed on Sunday in Srinagar was unprecedented. So was t
The Election Commission of India has cancelled the RK Nagar by poll in Tamil Nadu, a state where political parties have bribed voters in the past too. The poll panel order clearly states that the atmosphere in the constituency has b
On April 10, 1917, Gandhi arrived in Champaran division of Bihar, to take up the cause of the indigo farmers. This was not only his first satyagraha after returning to India in 1915 but also his first major political campaign.
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has dismissed cow vigilantism that led to one person being killed, when he said in parliament that no such incident has taken place. Here is the relevant section of the debate, translated into Eng
People who have known the prime minister up close say his magic – which according to analysts handed the BJP a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh despite anger over demonetisation – is not all about charisma: it emanates from his goo
The Indian judicial system is feeling the strain of having a staggering 2.7 crore cases which are in the lower courts alone. Everyday more cases are being added. Add to those numbers, the cases in the high courts and the supreme court.
Since November last year, India has witnessed three horrible railway accidents, two near Kanpur and one in Andhra Pradesh. They claimed more than 200 lives. Railway experts feel the casualties could have been far fewer had Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of a man who was beaten up by Gau Rakshaks. The rights panel took suo motu cognizance of media repor
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay has called those who live in South India as “black people”. He later took to twitter to “feel sorry”, but the damage had already been done. Ta
In the fight against black money over the past three years, 23,064 searches/surveys have been conducted, authorities said. Also, more than Rs. 1.37 lakh crore of tax evasion has been detected.
The five-month long unrest in Kashmir, which saw a ding-dong battle between the stone pelting mobs comprising young agitators and the pellet gun holding security forces after the death of a leading terrorist last summer, is one of the reason
Tamil Nadu farmers have criticized an agitation at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, which is being led by Ponnuchamy Ayyakkannu from Trichy district. The agitation had grabbed eyeballs as the protesters have used human skills
A young Indian surgeon doing his senior residency in Boston University in the US has a new tool to fight cancer of the esophagus. It is a tiny stringed brush hidden in a capsule and can be swallowed. Later it can be pulled out to
The oldest case in a high court is 61-year old. The civil case in the Rajasthan high court was filed in 1956, the Lok Sabha was informed. The oldest criminal cases were filed in 1976. One case in the Jammu
In a little over a month, the BJP government would be completing three years in office. Yet, there is no sign of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas who would have battled black money. Wondering why? Well, the sticki
