The supreme court on Tuesday allowed Manohar Parrikar to be sworn-in as chief minister of Goa, but he must take the trust vote on Thursday. Parrikar, who quit as defence minister, goes back to hi
The official Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for ‘All Commodities’ for February, 2017 rose by 0.5 percent to 185.5 (provisional) from 184.6 (provisional) for the previous month, authorities said on Tuesday.
A staggering 80 percent of the newly elected MLAs in Uttar Pradesh are crorepatis, shows an analysis carried out by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which also said that 143 MLAs have declared criminal cases against th
One shortcoming of the schemes for fuel for cooking in rural areas is “they do not take into account the gender aspect of access to clean energy”, noted a Niti Aayog blog. Simi Thambi
Ever since the rise of subaltern history in India in the 1980s, there is a widespread attention to marginalised groups which were earlier ignored by mainstream historians. However, the incompleteness of this project led to pioneers like Pa
Bharatiya Janata Party’s spectacular show in the elections 2017 – especially, the victory in Uttar Pradesh, has put a stamp of invincibility on prime minister Narendra Modi’s persona, as the outcome is no short of a mid
As the votes got counted and the results by 11 am indicated a drubbing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa and Punjab, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal shut himself up in his room. The Punjab election result is out. The Congress h
This Saturday, there could not have been a better birthday gift than this for Captain Amarinder Singh – a Congress victory in Punjab. And the icing on the cake – Amarinder Singh also became the longest living scion of the ers
Irom Sharmila, who held her fast-unto-death for 16 long years to demand the repeal of AFSPA, has lost the election, miserably. She got fewer than 100 votes while Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh of
Bharatiya Janata Party’s spectacular show in the elections 2017 – especially, the victory in Uttar Pradesh, has put a stamp of invincibility on prime minister Narendra Modi’s persona, as the outcome is no short of a midterm appra
The Gurgaon District court on Friday convicted 31 people for participating in a factory riot in 2012 in a Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, Haryana. Thirteen men were charged for murder and
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which dramatically swept to power in Delhi in 2015 bagging 67 of the 70 assembly seats, has failed to work its charm in the 2017 assembly elections. Of the five states that went to polls and whose results
Civil society organisations organised Ghotala Rath Yatra in Delhi to protest against Modi government’s alleged attempt to deliberately weaken anti-corruption institutions and its indifference towards introducing laws to
Calling reports on cash transfer and Aadhar card requirements under Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) factually incorrect, the ministry of women and child development has said that there is no plan at present to substitute this with
It seems that Delhi is slowly sprinting ahead of other states, in terms of being the lowest tax state. In the state budget announced on Wednesday, Delhi Jal Board’s revenue has gone up by a whopping Rs 178 crore, as Delhi government has de
On March 7, a court in Maharashtra sentenced Prof GN Saibaba to life imprisonment for involvement with the banned Maoists. In the inaugural issue of Governance Now in January 2010, Saibaba had written an article, taking a hard look at the Cons
Heard of Rakhigarhi? It is a village in Hisar district of Haryana, some 150 km away from Delhi. To some it might look like a dull and not-so-striking village. But archaeologists and scientists say that beneath the layers of mud and d
Aadhaar has become the most trusted instrument for administering services and subsidies for the government. Stories about Aadhaar being made mandatory for services is a daily routine. This is when the supreme court is yet to deliver its final verd
A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and forced into a sex racket by ruling-BJP members in Kutch district of Gujarat. The victim – being called the ‘Nirbhaya of Naliya’ –alleged that 35 women ha
The inherent misogyny and patriarchy in the political class has prevented Indian women from getting a fair share in running the parliament and legislative assemblies in the largest democracy of the world. These attitudes are best illustrated
