Bouyed by its win in Lok Sabha on FDI issue, the government today said it is confident of a victory in Rajya Sabha as well though the numbers are close even as SP made it clear it will not support UPA during voting on the issue in the Upper House.
SC asks Chief Secretaries of Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra to ensure functioning of benches of Green Tribunal at Bhopal, Kolkata, Pune in eight weeks. SC pulls up Centre, says working and appointment of Chairman of National G
As catchphrases like swarnim-rising-developed Gujarat charted its path toward a crescendo ahead of the assembly elections in Gujarat, Mahuva, a small taluka in Bhvanagar district, stands out. Those terms are an anathema here. Here
The latest white paper released by the NGO Praja Foundation on the state of crime in Mumbai city presents a rather black picture. Data reveals that while law and order situation has remained more or less the same for the past few years, investigat
Indians continue to live in a corruption ridden society with incidents of bribery, abuse of power and unethical dealings on the rise. In 2012, the country stood at 94 out of 176 countries surveyed by the Transparency International`s (TI) annual co
When Victor Hugo said one cannot resist an idea whose time has come, he should have written a detailed thesis on how to sell that idea to the public. For the Manmohan Singh government, if nothing else. The government could then have bought a few c
It isn’t only about the FDI in retail. The union government is facing strong opposition in virtually every attempt it is making to open up the economy to the market forces. The farmers’ agitation over the proposed decontrol of sugar in
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed by a majority ruling former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma`s petition challenging the election of senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as President. Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, who led the 3 to 2
The Rangarajan commission report on ‘sugar sector regulation’ has garnered a lot of attention, mostly in ways that its authors would rather have not. As the sun beat down, hundreds of farmers raised the heat a few notches further at Ja
There is no flat, dreary government school building in Puruna Pitala village in Sheragada block of Odisha’s Ganjam district. Actually, there is. Only it is locked and hidden from view off the road by the new, two-storey building of sober bei
Against the backdrop of BSP and SP keeping their cards close to their chest on voting in Lok Sabha on a motion against Foreign Direct Investment, government on Wednesday said it was in touch with various parties for their support. "We
Travel was one of the biggest challenges I faced when I first came to Medinipur. Although I stay in Medinipur town but my work involves travelling to villages in Salboni block which is about 35 km from the town. I mulled over several options. I th
In his first exposé since forming the Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal has taken the attack to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and alleged that both the BJP and Congress are in cahoots to favour business houses and enter into illegal a
Kat’s cheeks replace Hema’s Ever since former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad made that sexist remark of making Bihar’s roads as smooth as Hindi film actress Hema Malini’s cheeks, the analogy has be
All set for polls Gujarat goes to polls on December 13 and 17 but along with Himachal Pradesh, the announcement came some two months earlier, creating a funny situation. Potential candidates spent more days in anxiety, whil
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is quite innovative in his formulations. Only recently he surprised the planning commission officials in New Delhi when he said that his entire state is urbanised and there is no rural area in Gujarat. Similarl
Sahara group was on Tuesday given a day more by the Supreme Court to spell out when it would return Rs 27,000 crore invested by people in its two firms. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir granted one more day to Sahara wh
A confidential study conducted by the prime minister’s office in consultation with various ministries and the realistic figures has revealed that direct cash transfer (DCT) will save money. The table prepared by the government is bas
In what seems to have set the cat among pigeons, Phaneesh Murthy, who previously headed the business process outsourcing division of Infosys and is CEO of the California-based IT company iGATE at present, has advocated revenue model based on `busi
With Gujarat just 10 days shy of first-phase polling in assembly elections, the stage is set for voters to choose from a variety of candidates in fray — and a wide variety it sure seems. With merely 29 percent candidates being graduates, and
