The problem with religious revivalists has always been that they rarely come up with original ideas. That is exactly what has happened in Uttar Pradesh as the Akhilesh Yadav government has decided to ban the parikrama, or circumambulation, around
The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh is casting its shadow on Tollywood in many ways. The most recent victims are the two star sons of two prominent Seemandhra icons. The much-awaited releases of Ram Charan Teja and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (Jr NTR)
“It’s unfortunate, strict action should be taken. Parliament passed a stringent law; it should help punish the guilty.” Meira Kumar, Lok Sabha speaker “There should be strict action
Andhra Pradesh Congress and TDP MPs are to strategise their approach for how to plan agitation inside Parliament on Friday. Groups of MPs have already fixed Dinner meetings. Telangana MPs are also planning such Dinner meetings. These MPs
Making the RTI more accessible to the citizens, the department of personnel and Training (DOPT) has launched the online application of RTI application. This will address all queries related to central ministries. The move will mean that the applic
The transparency revolution has gone a step further, as people now do not need to go to a government office to seek information under RTI. They can file petitions from the comfort of their homes as the government has launched a portal along with a
Close on the heels of British medical journal ‘Lancet’ publishing a report recommending active engagement of private players to tackle the problem of malnutrition, the corporate sector in India is planning to introduce the “first
Protesting against the granting of a separate statehood for Telangana, TDP MP and Nandamuri scion N Harikrishna resigned from Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The MP met vice-president and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari urging him to accept hi
When push comes to shove, the Congress party does it best: it pushes and shoves Manmohan Singh further away from the glare and ire. The party’s belligerence is best seen when defending the prime minister – perhaps more so than even wit
While a lot of agencies assume that the relief phase is over in Uttarakhand, the ground reality is that it can be over only when all the people are covered. Relief has not yet reached many parts in sufficient quantities since they are as yet inacc
Rajeev Bhardwaj has joined Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) as Director (HR) on August 19. SECI is a central PSU under ministry of new and renewable energy. It has a mandate to facilitate implementation of national solar mission for achiev
At 57, Nishi Vasudeva is set to break a second record in six years. Having become the first woman to get on the board of an Indian oil company in 2007, the IIM-Kolkata graduate is set to become the first woman to head Hindustan Petroleum Corporati
The much-debated and much-delayed food security initiative – seen as the Congress’s last-ditch attempt to win next elections – has finally had a partial and somewhat tentative rollout. The scheme made its debut on August
Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations special rapporteur who had come to India in the last week of April, had a frightful experience in Imphal. Addressing a press conference in the state capital, Manjoo cried while narrating the plight of the women i
Giving a fresh kiss of life to the famed Himachal apples, the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has decided to undertake apple orchard management programme in two high-yielding districts of the state as part of its corporate social responsib
A company may have indulged in unfair trade practices and yet if it does not dominate the market, then the competition commission of India (CCI) is not the right body to take action against it. That is what the investigation report of CCI’s
The much-debated and much-delayed food security initiative – seen as the Congress’s last-ditch attempt to win next elections – finally rolls out from August 20, in Delhi and Haryana. The beginning, however, will remain half-heart
If politics is only about sloganeering, Indian parties are the greatest players of this game on the planet. Most of the top players in almost all Indian political parties love to coin catchphrases, with most phrases downright inane and of such poo
A motley crowd of waiting passengers on the dimly-lit platform number one of Bathinda junction, in south Punjab is a common sight. Every day the passengers wait for the Lalgarh-Jodhpur train, “cancer train” as they call it, which ca
A day after the markets went crashing down following controls put in place by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to curb capital outflows, the UPA government quickly put on its damage control boots on Saturday (August 17). While finance minister P Ch
