With assembly elections in several states around the corner and the general elections due next year, the UPA government seems to have succumbed to populist measures. On Thursday, the government took a decision to increase the cap of subsidised LPG
Without me at helm, Bengal would have been auctioned. That’s the latest from Mamata Banerjee. In this Oscar season, if there was an award for megalomaniac scripts, she would have certainly been one of the hopefuls — perhaps con
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday said the grounded fleet of Boeing Dreamliner aircraft would be allowed to fly only after clearance by US regulator Federal Aviation Administration and the DGCA. "Certainly, we will not fl
On October 18, the scheduled gram sabha meeting at Dhavalapur panchyat in Sheragada block of Ganjam district began about three hours late because most villagers were busy getting their Aadhaar cards made at a local school. The woman sarpanch, Suni
Growing hostility on the western border is threatening to overshadow the Congress chintan shivir, to be held in Jaipur this weekend. The conclave`s significance lies not just in determining the Congress strategy for the 2014 general elections but
In the eighties when Chaudhary Devi Lal was famous as the Tau of Indian politics, his son Om Prakash Chautala came across as a rogue progeny of an influential jat leader in Haryana. Chautala Jr’s idiosyncrasies that often bordered on outrigh
Sometimes, the law catches up with our big-shot politicians too. A Delhi court today found former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA-son Ajay Chautala and 53 others guilty of committing illegalities in recruiting more than 3,200 junior basic
To address problems that arise out of superstition, a conference was organised in the Moupal high school in gram panchayat number 8. This action came after three women suspected of practising witchcraft, were murdered by the tribal population of D
Kaku Ram, a provision store owner from Chandela village in Abu Road block, had been having sleepless nights ever since he received his voter’s identity card. Reason: the election commission called him “Nathu Ram”, while all his o
People of Jammu and Kashmir used to have 93 representatives (six MPs and 87 MLAs) till about a couple of years ago. Then panchayat elections were held in 2011, in which people of the restive border state took part with high hopes and there came up
In a move expected to boost organic farming and rainwater harvesting in the long run and curb illegal activities in and around protected forests, the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has set a final deadline for the states to decla
A contingent of curious shutterbugs and sleepy foreigners await in the moist redness of the winter dawn the glimpse of the decade. A minute or two later, from behind the mistiness of the moment appears an unruly army of ash-smeared naga sadhus bra
Pehle hoga nari samman, phir hoga Bharat nirmaan. (Respect for women first, building the nation will come subsequently). Thus goes one of the slogans thought up for the Congress “chintan shivir”, or brainstorming sessi
While the Congress has asked all its senior leaders to provide details of ‘social media life’ in an effort to embrace the latest form of media, as reported by the
From policy paralysis to policy pandemonium! This is the way the UPA-II government has transited over the past few months. From a regime that was unable to take any decisions due to political and other compulsions, it has transformed into one that
For years, residents of Abu Road block’s Neechlagarh panchayat have been trying to oust the government liquor shop located bang next to the village school, but in vain. This year, however, they might just succeed.
Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh on Tuesday asserted that the Indian Army is prepared to face all challenges to national security and foil the designs of the enemy against the backdrop of nationwide anger over the beheading of a soldier by Pakistani tr
# "To my understanding, consumption of fast food contributes to such incidents (rape). Chowmein leads to hormonal imbalance, evoking an urge to indulge in such acts," Jitender Chhatar, a resident of Jind`s Chhatar village and khap pa
As I entered Bhimpore on the foggy Christmas eve, I was greeted by a group of men. Upon enquiring I learn that a man was caught trying to steal a goat. The villagers were taking him to the nearby police station in Pirakata. I found people
Khap panchayats’ diktat on dress code for women, and asking them not to carry mobile phones, is unlawful, the Supreme Court observed on Monday. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said such diktats are against th
