The quality of learning in schools in rural India has declined and remained neglected in the nine years of the UPA government, says the annual status of education report (ASER) 2013 prepared by Pratham, a non-profit organisation. While the
The Odisha government is in a state of shock after the supreme court directed the central government to submit the Justice M B Shah commission report on illegal mining in the state. However, a probe by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) is
Robust development of the electronics manufacturing sector in India has been a priority ever since Rajiv Gandhi started the first phase of liberalisation in 1986. It still is. In 2009, a task force comprising various members from the industry a
While the election commission (EC) eventually decided to abandon its plans to tie up with Google for online voter facilitation, the agency has an intriguing story to tell on why it was compelled to even think about the free lunch that the global s
While Maoist operations have been contained considerably in Odisha, the state’s director general of police (DGP), Prakash Mishra, feels there is an urgent requirement to fill up vacancies in the police department for the state to hold the fo
Reward of Rs 20 lakhs, lover, and a better life were the three reasons for Gudsa Usendi, official spokesperson of the Communist Party of India-Maoist Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), to surrender to the Andhra Pradesh police, accordin
The Aam Aadmi Party government’s move to provide 666 litres of water per day to each household with functional water meters has been predictably welcomed by people, even as critics say it will not help 25 percent of Delhi households that lac
Krishnanand Singh (alias Chhotu Singh), a contractor with criminal background from Buxar, was all set to join JD(U), the ruling party in Bihar. But his entry into chief minister Nitish Kumar’s party has become uncertain – or at the ver
In Islam, earning (or paying) interest is considered haraam, and it makes sense, given the countless lives ruined by usurious moneylenders. But it would be only in ideal world that people can get loans without interest – it would also need p
It was the counting day, December 8, outside the Aam Aadmi Party office. The story of AAP’s spectacular electoral debut was unfolding and all of Delhi’s television cameras had descended on the scene. As they were busy capturing the cel
The foundation stone for the the country`s first Hadron therapy centre was laid by prime minister Manmohan Singh at the Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai. The Rs 425-crore National Hadron Beam Facility and a Cancer Centre for Women & Ch
Reclining in an easy chair with the evening sunlight filtering through the wooden trellis of the window, he is the picture of the sunset years of life. Like any other nonagenarian, he is thin and frail. He can barely walk, and talking is
To attract investments in hilly states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the central government announced a package in 2003 with 100 percent exemption for 10 years in excise and income tax. The package also included subsidy for 15 percent of th
There are more than 275 underground cadre of Maoists actively involved in several states out of which 75 are in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The DGP of the state, Prasad Rao appealed to these cadres to surrender and avail the government rehabilitation pac
Maoists received another blow, with Maoist party forest special zone committee`s official head, Gumudavelli Venkata Krishna Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi, surrendering himself before the authorities on Wednesday (January 8). However, the police are ye
(Editors`s note: As Rahul Gandhi gets written off by most analysts with the `emergence` of sister Priyanka, here`s a contrarian view – written by our former editor BV Rao when the Congress vice-president was facing similar flak not long
It’s over a month since the sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act-2013 and the rules made under it were made effective on December 9, 2013. While this is a significant milestone in India’s
The election commission of India (ECI) may not sign an arrangement with Google which proposed to offer cloud services for facilitating online voter registration and directions to polling stations, according to a senior government official aware of
Every country has to safeguard its national interest and in the process of doing so, one state’s interest often comes in conflict with that of another. In such a situation both can either decide to compromise or trod on a path of altercation
As parliament prepares for the monsoon session, it is now certain that the 15th Lok Sabha, whenever it is dissolved, will end up as the least productive house in history. Researchers have logged the number of hours lost due to disruption of parlia
