The Dharba Valley Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh continues to fox security and intelligence agencies on many counts, but mostly on why Naxals resorted to this unprecedented step. The 4-page statement issued by the Naxals yesterday owning responsibi
Much to the chagrin of India, which has opposed raising caste–based discrimination at the international forum, a group of seven UN Special Rapporteurs in a recent statement highlighted the plight of dalits. In a joint statement, they said th
The practice of overstaying the deputation period is not only rampant among the IAS officers who often cling to their political masters and refuse to go back to their parent state (read
On the morning of May 28, Tuesday, three days after Maoists ambushed a Congress leaders’ motorcade and killed 27 people, some media houses and journalists received a four-page press note and an audio tape statement. Sent purportedly
Maoists on Tuesday morning claimed responsibility for the May 25 attack in Chhattisgarh in which 27 people, including state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and veteran party leader Mahendra Karma were killed, according to letter and audio statemen
The fate of YS Jaganmohan Reddy continues to hang fire even as the Kadapa MP completed a neat one year in detention. The CBI had arrested the beleaguered son of late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on May 27 last year in connection with the di
Seven prime ministers, a similar number of telecom ministers and several bureaucrats in the department of telecom (DoT) have aided, abetted or silently looked away as a series of scandals rocked the Indian telecom sector over the past two decades
Over 48 hours after one of the biggest Maoist attacks in Chhattisgarh`s tribal area claimed 24 lives and left several others injured at Jiram valley near Darbha, intelligence sources on Saturday claimed it was a joint operation of Kerlapal area co
Ajay Maken, Union Minister of Housing and Poverty alleviation has ordered a CBI probe into the allegation of poor quality dwelling units by Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) in Chennai, Vishakhapatnam and four othe
The union government is seriously deliberating on increasing the retirement age of central government employees to 62 from the existing 60. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled for early next year, the decision, the poll strategists
Amid indication that the route was changed at the last minute, which ostensibly brought the Congress leaders’ convoy directly into the path of insurgents in Maoist-controlled territory, the Chhattisgarh police have launched a massive manhunt
People are dying, being killed, maimed – half the world lives on the razor’s edge, and the other half is getting there. It’s a harsh life but we are writing about fried chicken and Tiger Wood’s feelings. Come
Linguists usually don’t use the term ‘dialect’. Each language is just a language, a variety of some language. Because there are no scientific criteria to distinguish a ‘standard’ language from a ‘dialect’.
Dear cricket fans, By the time this post is up, it would be less than a couple of hours to go for the IPL final between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. So this is not a match preview or analysis – those times
Saturday evening’s ambush by a posse of armed Naxal militants was one of the biggest in Chhattisgarh. It claimed 24 lives, including those of top state Congress leaders, and left a trail of unanswered questions. And most of them pretty probi
A day after an armed Maoist ambush left several top Chhatisgarh Congress leaders dead, the police on Sunday recovered the bullet-ridden bodies of state party president Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, along with those of eight others, from Jir
Two senior Congress leaders of Chhattisgarh – Mahendra Karma and Udai Mudliar – were shot dead by Naxalites during a parivartan yatra in Bastar on Saturday evening. Former union minister VC Shukla was seriously injured while Nand Kumar
Kapil Sibal is a classical Indian politician. You got a problem? I got a harangue for you. That’s his style of operation. So in comes the union law minister as Indian cricket goes from crisis to crisis on Saturday, with calls now com
Ranbaxy, punished by a US court this month for quality violations in drug manufacturing, now faces heat at home. The health ministry has asked the drug controller general of India to examine the documents, dossiers and the approval given to the la
Preparations to hold state assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi are under way, with the preliminary conference of chief electoral officers of these states slated to be held in the national capital in the first we
