The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be having a tough time courting its allies, both present and erstwhile. A day after Bihar chief minister put its NDA big brother on a deadline, giving it time till this yearend to announce its prime minist
The supreme court has ruled against the introduction of the African cheetah in India. The apex court, however, has approved the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh and given a six-month deadline for it to be completes. Wi
Workers work overtime, don’t get paid for it, the agency responsible for paying them accuses the official concerned in the government organisation where they allege misappropriation, that official cries foul, a probe committee is formed, the
Noting that public expectations on law and order and policing are increasing, the Centre today asked state governments to come onboard with it and implement the recommendations of the second administrative reforms commission (ARC). "N
On April 10, within hours of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and finance minister Amit Mitra being subjected to heckling by SFI activists in New Delhi, the state’s governor, MK Narayanan, in Kolkata asked the CPM politburo to apol
The Maharashtra state chief information commission on Saturday gave an order to the prison authorities to display on their website and also on notice boards details of undertrials who have undergone over 50 percent of the maximum prison term t
While India comes under the mandatory “review mechanism” in compliance under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) next month in Vienna, New Delhi has not made necessary efforts in fighting corruption. &ldquo
Motilal Vora, the senior most Congressman, has confirmed to people close to him that Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli. Her mother Sonia Gandhi does not wish to fight the electoral battle due to health reasons. If Vora i
Future of many students aspiring for medical education is in jeopardy the Medical Council of India (MCI), the statutory body regulating medical colleges, affiliations of new colleges and registration of doctors, is facing internal troubles again.
In large swathes of land across India, few men are more powerful than an elected public representative, and fewer still are as essential for development as such men and women on a mission to usher in change. Acting on a tip off abou
If Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh is home to the country’s largest hand-knit carpet weaving industry, Moradabad is famous for its brassware; Aligarh is famous for its locks and neighbouring Khurja in Bulandshahr is well known for its ceramic potte
At a time Arvind Kejriwal is focusing his Aam Aadmi Party’s pre-election campaigning on irregular supply, empty promises and inflated bills by the capital’s civic agencies, the heat for chief minister Sheila Dikshit went up a notch on
There is a saying about the old, moustachioed men with a thing for the Patiala peg. Old generals, the saying says, never die. They just fade away. There’s also a saying about the middle-aged, moustachioed or otherwise, with a thing f
Among the political high dramas of recent times, the side-plot of Narendra Modi versus Nitish Kumar has had more than a healthy share of melodrama since 2009. Besides its entertainment value, the rivalry between the two satraps has assumed signifi
As the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2013 report criticised the India for not having ‘inclusive’ growth, the government made a soft dismissal of it and called for a revision of parameters in judging human development.
While Medha Patkar’s indefinite fast to protest against the demolition of slums in Mumbai entered its seventh day on April 10, the Prithviraj Chavan government in Maharashtra has till date resolutely avoided engaging in a dialogue with the p
Quick to latch on to the stroke of luck after activists of the Delhi unit of Student’s Federation of India and mother hen CPI(M) heckled her and manhandled her finance minister Amit Mitra, Mamata Banerjee has returned to Kolkata and got hers
There were anomalies in transaction of the national commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR) in the financial year 2011-12, the office of the director general of audit has found. According to the audit report (Governance Now
In the era of better technology, which has produced millions of unemployed people and also forced its workers to work overtime, the CPM’s trade union arm – Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has made a radical suggestion of reducing
The government’s attempt to hide the report cards of central ministries and departments has come in for harsh criticism from former bureaucrats. “The government has the tendency to hide vital information crucial to public inter
