The government is adopting a cautious, step-by-step approach to cash transfer of subsidies. Forty-three officials, including secretaries to the government of India, have been deputed to visit as many districts across the country to assess the viab
In this age of 3D election campaign, ironies, paradoxes and hidden messages which the election results throw are usually ignored. Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections throw many such signals which are yet to be deciphered. For instance,
If the world is going to end on December 21, at least Gujaratis are not concerned. The only thing on top of their mind – of course, apart from their quotidian matters of job, business and family – is the Gujarat assembly election outco
Sharmi Bai doesn’t feel shy any more. Having long given up the ghungaht, or the saree veil, she presides over the male-dominated Neechlagarh gram sabha with an uncharacteristic élan. Dressed in a bright pink sare
Even as the state is inching its way into Maoist-affected Saranda region, in Jharkhand`s West Singhbhum district, with a development plan, rural governments (elected village-level panchayats) are being forced to make do without offices.
In another step to provide relief to passengers who will be hit by fog and affected by train delays, the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has launched its mini-site for fog-related information in collaboration with railyatri.in.
The gangrape of the 23 years old medical student has caused me and many women like myself, sleepless nights. The very thought of what this young girl must have gone through that horrific night sends jitters down my spine. What kind of beasts are w
Barely 48 hours after parliamentarians showed disgust, outrage and their “helplessness” following the gangrape in the national capital, it emerges that two members of parliament and six MLAs carry charges of rape against them.
Narendra Modi’s third consecutive victory in the Gujarat assembly elections concluded today and it demolishes many myths of party, political and sociological behaviour of the Indian electorate. First, there are few takers of the theo
For analysts, Gujarat election result has never been less than political sudoku. Just as trends started coming in, intense debates could be heard on whether Narendra Modi would cross the magic figure of 117 seats — a feat he achieved in 2007
As 2012 draws to a close, it will be remembered for several things: the Coalgate scam, Arvind Kejriwal`s crusade against corruption, Narendra Modi`s victory in Gujarat – and the vicious assault on a young paramedic on the streets of India`s
On the day Nitin Gadkari completes his first three-year term as the Bharatiya Janata Party president and must be sitting in front of the TV with clasped hands, his eyes scanning the ticker for the latest update on election results in Gujarat and H
Development as vote-catcher Unlike 2002 and 2007, there was no communal angle in 2012, save a bit of the Ahmed ‘Miyan’ Patel talk on one side and the minority-in-danger from the other. Then, it was esse
Corruption charges seem to have dragged the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government down in Himachal Pradesh. The initial trend in the counting of votes shows the Congress edging past the ruling dispensation in terms of the number of seats it may bag
Despite a large budget, the state of education in municipal schools as per the White Paper by Praja Foundation reflects sheer apathy on part of elected representatives. Though Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations’ annual education budget for
Development discourse ‘Vikas’ is a rather sanskritised term but surprisingly it was a common refrain even among the most illiterate people from the most far-flung villages of Gujarat when they discussed
In a state as split down the middle as Gujarat, where they vote for either the Congress or the BJP, or the other way round over the last three or four elections, who are these “others”? Keshubhai Patel’s Gujarat Parivartan Party
The ruling BJP appeared set to perform a hat-trick in Gujarat while trends reversed in favour of Congress in Himachal Pradesh where it could wrest power from the saffron party. Official trends in the counting of votes that began this morni
Brazenly mocking the ongoing Operation Anaconda 2, a combing mission of the Jharkhand Police and the Central Reserve Police Force in Saranda, Maoists torched at least 14 earthmovers in Derwan, within 20 kilometres of Manoharpur block in Saranda, o
In what seemed a scene straight out of a Bollywood tragic-comedy, the Lok Sabha was witness to some drama, oodles of ugly scenes and a bigger dose of embarrassment on Wednesday after an agitating Samajwadi Party MP allegedly snatched papers from t
