When I met Jiah Khan for a film interview segment I hosted as the programming head of Janmat (now Live India), I was rather surprised by the innocence sitting so cheerfully on her face, almost teasing her naughty image. Bubbly, attractive, sult
While the real estate (regulation and development) bill, cleared by the union cabinet on June 4, is a welcome step for home buyers who are perennial victims of builders’ whims, a major section of consumers still awaiting deliverance is exist
The revised draft on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) once again failed to pass muster with many states. While Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi called it “a poorly conceived idea”, Bihar chief minister said the NCTC suffere
The union goverment may be planning a major reshuffle of governors of states. PMO and Congress insiders say that there could be many new apointees to gubernatorial posts. According to sources, such roles are being planned for party seniors
If S Sreesanth was hurling this, it would have been called a wide delivery; and a wide by a fair margin. Shorn of the cricket parlance, it can be restricted to the phrase ‘losing the plot’ – bit by small bit. That’s Delhi P
The Israeli education minister, Shai Piron, who is also a rabbi, has done what I always wanted to do. Piron burst into a laughing fit over the word `penetration` during a speech about smuggling in prisons. Piron was addressing parli
Of late, the medical council of India has been in news for all the wrong reasons. The appointment of the present secretary, RP Meena, an IPS of the Odisha cadre, has created a controversy in the medical fraternity. The Indian medical association h
Welcoming the judgment of the Central Information Commission (CIC) bringing political parties under the ambit of the RTI Act, litigant Subhash Chandra Agrawal said the order will have long-term effect on the country’s political scenario.
After the fair trade regulator competition commission of India (CCI) flagged various concerns regarding the 24-percent stake purchase in Jet Airways by Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad, Jet has filed its response with the CCI. The competition watchd
Familiarity may breed just contempt. But the overpowering and extended presence of an elder in an organisation produces much more: a morbid sense of alienation within the organisation followed by outright rejection by their own. That is just the p
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline for meeting norms for financial institutions seeking banking licences from 12 months to 18 months. This has given a longer life to the in-principle approval given to these institutions. Ear
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the deadline for meeting its norms for financial institutions seeking banking licences from 12 months to 18. This has given a longer life to the in-principle approval given to these institutions. Earlier, t
Eight tigers dying in the first five months of this year in Uttarakhand has set the alarm bells ringing. The total tiger fatalities this year are likely to be higher than the last year when 11 tiger deaths were recorded in the hill state.
The central information commission (CIC) has ruled that six major national parties come under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Ac
Undeterred by union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s opposition to fresh mining in Saranda, Jharkhand — India’s largest iron ore reserve, and also its largest sal forest — union minister of state for environment a
Here is an irony that will explain a lot of paradoxes about democracy in India. The Congress party comes to power and takes a revolutionary step of opening the government up for scrutiny before citizens through the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
This is the text of reaction from Subhash Agrawal, a prominent RTI activist and one of the two applicants whose complaint led to CIC`s verdict: "This refers to welcome full-bench CIC-verdict holding political parties accountable under
The woman held as a suspected Maoist after a brief car chase in Khammam, the district bordering Chhattisgarh, on Monday was injured in the ambush on Congress leaders on May 25 and was headed for Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh for treatment, accordin
Celebrities craving publicity are often hated for creating needless controversies. But here is another breed on the flipside that is equally weird and works the other way round. Taking the celebrities to task and dragging them to court is perhaps
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is crying hoarse for resources and over fund constraints to address the environmental issues plaguing the country even as the situation deteriorates rapidly. According to a new report of The E
