For K Srinivasan, the deputy commissioner (DC) of West Singhbhum in Jharkhand, where Saranda comes, the Saranda Development Plan (SDP) has been a success story a year since its launch. But it’s also one that has come with a cost — the
Five senses make an animal. But the sixth sense often makes a male a bigger beast. And this beastly side of man is manifested maximum in crimes against women. The predatory instincts of a male vis-a-vis the vulnerable female never ceases. Neither
It’s just over a week since the Delhi government’s ambitious food security scheme ‘Dilli Annashree Yojana’ was launched, and it’s the winter of content for most women in 13,289 families that got the first installment
This must be the bad-hair season for the Manmohan Singh government. It seems whatever the government touches turns out to be a scorcher. After a series of roundly-criticised highhanded measures to curb demonstrations against the Delhi gang
The Delhi Police today invoked murder charges against eight people, including a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, after the death of a constable who was severely beaten up by protesters at India Gate on Sunday. The eight persons were on Sunda
Is this what we wanted, the death of Delhi Police constable Subhash Chand Tomar in the line of duty? Is this the what we wanted, with our three-pronged protest against the gangrape and bestiality in Delhi on December 16 night, against the
Unable to address the protests calling for safety and security for women from turning against the police and subsequently the Delhi and union governments, the UPA government has now put what is seen as a gag order on live TV coverage of the agitat
Just as prime minister Manmohan Singh finished his televised speech to the nation about the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, he asked the cameraperson "theek hai?" (did it go alright?). The blooper was watched by million
“Sahab, yahaan ka kya kucch hoga?”(Will anything ever become of this place?) In Saranda, this is a frequently asked question. It is no query and no curiosity prompts it. It is purely rhetorical and often, as intended, conveys t
The Election Commission on Monday started to prepare for elections in the three northeastern states -- Nagaland, Tripura and Mehalaya in the first week of March 2013. As it takes three to four months to prepare for a state poll, the EC wil
Centre to hold meeting of chief secretaries and DGPs of all states on Jan 4 to discuss crime against women: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde tells PTI.
The news TV channels were in for a rude shock after their OB vans were removed abruptly from Vijay Chowk for security reasons. No media van was allowed near parliament or near India Gate. A wireless message was broadcast over Delhi Police
Condemning the Delhi police action against mediapersons during the protests at India gate on Sunday as a "flagrant attack on democracy", Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju on Monday sought action against pol
The heart of the national capital on Monday turned into a fortress with heavy deployment of police who blocked roads leading to India Gate and Raisina Hill to ensure that no protests took place there but the arrangements put commuters at severe ha
Prime minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on Monday morning and appealed for calm as people continued protests against the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in the national capital. After a jittery and rudderless government led by hi
“If women in Delhi are not getting any protection from their own police force in the city, then they should call their brothers, the members of the Aam Aadmi Party whenever they are need of security,” said Gopal Rai, AAP member, giving
While the union government dithers over its food security law and has, in the meanwhile, proposed to handover cash in place of food grains, Chhattisgarh has become the first state to legislate a historic food security law last Friday to provide ne
Instead of focusing on the woes of Russian telecom major Sistema and the Kundankulam nuclear plant, which Russian p
The administration is seen as having lost control when the policeman on the street reaches for his/her baton. Ideally, a cop uses the baton, and subsequently other deterrents, including firearms, only when tackling a situation that has or is on th
I don’t ever want to be in that position but what would I do if I was present when a young girl was being raped or some individual being brutalised by a gang of savages in a public place? I don’t know but I pray to God I would have the
