Note: On Sunday, September 1, top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders met some of the BJP’s tallest leaders – LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and party president Rajnath Singh. On agenda reportedly was a quick decision to name Gujar
Wajahat Habibullah, the first chief information commissioner of India, gave the central information commission (CIC) a strong foundation and Satyananda Mishra, an IAS officer of 1972 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre, managed its evolution. Mish
While many are seeing a sudden assertion of its identity by the Central Bureau of Investigation after the supreme court called the country’s premier probe agency a “caged parrot” of the government, former Uttar Pradesh DGP Pr
On January 8, the Bombay high court said the Insurance Regulation and Development Authority (IRDA) can go ahead with the process of finalising regulations for settling insurance claims and for the role of third party administrators (TPAs) and powe
Notwithstanding the slowdown in the steel market, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) registered a 16% growth in sales during the month of August ’13 by selling 10.86 lakh tonnes of steel products as compared to 9.38 lakh tonnes in corre
The government’s plan to merge associate banks with the State Bank of India (SBI) has not gone down well with the banking employees’ associations. Protesting against such a move the All India Bank Employees’ Association
Dark economic clouds hang over India. The rupee is in a free fall, economic growth has faltered, the twin deficits (fiscal and current account) have gone haywire, policy makers seem unable to make up their minds, and experts talk of an Asian crisi
When Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit placed government advertisements in 2007-08 ahead of the assembly elections, she would not have imagined what kind of publicity she was buying. Using government funds to promote her party must have helped h
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill says: No unilateral cancellation of flats The promoter shall not cancel the allotment unless he has sufficient cause to cancel i
So, 66 years of independent India later, have we fulfilled our duties to citizens (as political leaders representing them), especially those who are relatively young? I feel New Delhi (parliament and the government) has failed to me
There are at least seven pillars on which the edifice of the election commission (EC) is solidly built: The constitution of India Acts and rules made there under Judicial support T
In the last few weeks, two issues related to the Indian economy have been in the headlines. One is the debate, not a very pleasant one at times, between two of the most famous economists India has produced, on the growth versus development questio
As the economy flounders, and the prime minister hunts up a new, vocal avatar, we take excerpts from Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day speech, and what should be read between the lines: ON REFORMS
Poor progress of development and lack of governance are common problems affecting most Indian cities and these can only be addressed by empowering the city governments, instead of leaving all decision-making powers with the state government, exper
Scheduled to be tabled in Lok Sabha on September 30, the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) report on 2G spectrum scam is leant to be delayed further – it will now surface in the winter session of Parliament. Though the delay is bei
While the multiple uses of radiation in various fields including healthcare, communications technology, energy etc is a boon, lack of adequate knowledge in handling it can prove disastrous. The idea of effectively using this tool while exe
Making a statement on the tumbling rupee and the worrying state of Indian economy, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and tried to talk up the market sentiment by referring to the expected buoyancy in the rural sector thanks to a good monsoon
The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011, passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday, has faced criticism not only from the industry but also from civil society activists. ALSO READ:
As relevant as ever they are, in the internet age, Mahatma Gandhi’s words are closer and more accessible too. Launching next week is a website that hosts all of Gandhi’s collected works, in three languages, among other things, as part
Passengers flying through Chennai’s domestic airport can now get their own postal stamp with photographs. By just paying Rs 322, a person can get 12 stamps of Rs 5 each. All one needs to do is to fill up a required form at the counter with a
