People of Achhala village have been keeping track of the visitors as well as non-visitors. On Friday, former chief minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) founder Keshubhai Patel arrived in Tejgagh, the larger village just two km away, and peo
The unprecedentedly high level of voting in the first phase of assembly elections in Gujarat comes from equally unprecedented measures the election commission took to encourage citizens to cast their votes. On December 13, Saurashtra
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday unveiled the Delhi government`s ambitious food programme `Annashree’, under which monthly cash subsidy of Rs 600 will be transferred directly into the bank account of the seniormost female member of 2
There were 22.86 million Internet subscribers in India at the end of March 2012 - way below the target that was set for 2010 - on account of multiple factors that have prevented its spread, Parliament was informed today. The number of Inte
The chief information commission (CIC) might have struck another blow on the momentous Right to Information Act with its recent ruling that the attorney general (AG) is not bound to answer RTI queries. The declaration has drawn flak from R
Take this: tech is the future, that future is hovering close to the present, it is wow, and India is closing in on it. Now, take that as the assurance by the government. Discussing th
A revised draft of cyber security policy and cyber security architecture will be presented to the cabinet for its approval in next two months, according to highly placed sources in the Indian computer emergency response team (
We, the middle-class, are prone to righteous anger, propped by our education and a superficial knowledge of some laws every time we spot a violation of these. I have cringed and seen others cringe at accepting the services of a below14-year -old a
At 4 am, when they got up to get their act together for D-day, the polling party had little clue about the bright and sunny day that was to follow and that Dugheri would show up in numbers to give their thumbs-up to an idea called democracy.
After a record 68 percent turnout in the first phase of Gujarat elections, the question on most minds is, of course, is it for Narendra Modi or against him? The simple thing to say is that it is too risky to dissect the mood of the electorate and
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia`s father`s plea seeking its direction to the government for raising the case of his son`s torture at the hands of Pakistan army at the International Co
Doorstep banking, made possible by the introduction of electronic fund management system, has enabled faster payment of NREGA wages to workers in Tripura`s rural areas. Earlier, an NREGA labourer had to wait for 15 to 20 days to receive th
Land rights being a major concern among agriculturalists, a group of farmers led by different organisations have demanded that the government must ensure the urban poor and unprotected workers get shelter and a source of income if they are rendere
The doors of rural development minister Jairam Ramesh were knocked at again on Thursday afternoon by a group of people from Kotkasim, Rajasthan, as a part of the three-day protest demanding comprehensive enactment of the National Food Security Act
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government will take some more steps in the next few weeks to revive the economy and boost investment sentiments. "I am confident that the steps we have taken, and some more steps that
It was after a meeting between the prime minister Manmohan Singh and Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav and others on Thursday morning that clinched the truce on the quota bill. Senior PMO official played a crucia
It’s not a Bollywood film if all does not end well. Such situations are a little more real — a mishmash of them is strung together and given a four-letter tag: life. But in India, we love Bollywood fare. We know it’s gros
Election Commission on Thursday slapped a notice on former Chief Minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) president Keshubhai Patel for violating election code of conduct while going to a polling booth with a pilot car. Keshubhai, who a
Dugheri is unusually quite on election eve. If not for the fluttering party flags of Sadbhavna Manch (on most houses), it would have been difficult to say the village was going to cast its vote the next day. Only few days back feverish act
