The ethics committee of Medical Council of India (MCI) has been reconstituted with a surprise element this time. Name of former president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and member of World Medical Association (WMA), Dr Ajay Ku
In a late evening development on Friday, the Enforcement Directorate has attached Delhi and Noida properties of former minister Matang Sinh in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. Sinh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investiga
What does the big turnout in the election rallies reflect? For parties it may be show of support. But for voters it is certainly not.
Hours after she launched #ShameTheRapistsCampaign, activist Sunitha Krishnan was allegedly attacked by goons in Hyderabad on Friday morning. Her vehicle was attacked by unidentified men while it was parked in the old city area.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley does not believe in living on borrowed money. This means the government will not overshoot limits imposed on fiscal deficit. However, to maintain 4.1% fiscal deficit target the government is planning to
Anil Goswami has been sacked as home secretary for stalling the arrest of an accused in the Saradha scam. The government action came a day after Governance Now reported on Goswami’s links with the accused, Matang Sinh (
The shameful state of Indian education is documented every year by Pratham in its annual survey of education. Since the tragedy never ends, its statistics also hardly change from year to year. That can be boring. Luckily, Pratham also applies its
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s New Horizons spacecraft, en route Pluto, has sent the first image of the dwarf planet. The planet in the image looks like a dot along with its largest moon Charon. The ima
After Anil Goswami, who had to resign from the post of home secretary for interfering in the arrest of Saradha scam accused, it is the turn of Trinamool Congress MP to quit parliament and the party. The Trinamool Congress’s Ra
Aam aadmi in the metro is debating. It is no more an oblivious crowd with earphones-raging out loud music-plugged in the ears. They are discussing politics, especially Delhi elections, Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal. The core the
After an unprecedented ouster of a senior bureaucrat for questionable conduct, the government moved swiftly to fill the gap. LC Goyal, who had earlier served as a joint secretary in its internal security division between 2002 and 2007, on Thursday
The rape of a girl by a cab driver in New Delhi has once again reminded us of Nirbhaya. For sure, the Nirbhaya rage and rallies had broken the culture of silence; however, repeated cases of coercion against women, either on the streets or in homes
Even supporters of BJP are not convinced about compensation for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. A neck to neck contest is anticipated between BJP and AAP on Feb 7, for Hari Nagar and Tilak Nagar assembly constituencies, in west Delhi and
India has arrived in India. In one small achievement, Indian company Micromax has dislodged multinational brand Samsung as top smartphone vendor in India. According a report by UK research firm Canalys, Micromax has 22 per cent sha
A group of economists have challenged the government move to scale down the ambit of the food security initiative, arguing that leakages in the public distribution system (PDS) are not as bad as an official committee has concluded. A &lsqu
Former union minister Matang Sinh, a Congress leader from Assam, created a ruckus at the CBI’s Kolkata office before his arrest on January 31, exposing stinking skeletons in the government’s cupboard. He tried to throw his weight aroun
The ongoing campaigning in Delhi assembly elections has three contours. The most visible being ‘in bad taste’, as it creates an uproar and is, at times, censured by the watchdog, Election Commission of India. The other two strands &nda
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), as it enters 10th year, will be critically undermined by budget cuts and fund squeeze. The proposed dilutions to the provisions and the arbitrary capping of funds will be major a
A poster war has broken out in Tamil Nadu with supporters of former union minister P Chidambaram putting up posters calling Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief EVKS Elangovan a political buffoon. An uneasy silence took over the Tamil Nadu
Political madness is at its peak in Delhi, with barely four days to go for the assembly election. Narendra Tandon, the main in-charge of the BJP’s election campaign, resigned from the party on February 2, complaining th
