The planning commission hasn’t had an urban planner in its ranks since 1996. Can you believe this? Well, that is a cold fact revealed by someone who should know - Pronab Sen, advisor in the plan panel and chief architect of the appro
Susheela is a teenager who hails from a middle-class family in Delhi. One may think that being a resident of the national capital, and being a girl of the new millennium, she must be aware of gender issues present in society. Unfortunately, no.
Anna Hazare on Friday distanced himself from Prashant Bhushan on the issue of plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was not the team`s stand and the lawyer-activist was airing his personal views. "Prashant Bhushan`s statement (on
In the wake of the RDX haul in Haryana, the Centre has advised authorities in four metros besides Hyderabad and Bangalore to remain on high alert as terrorists may try to strike during the festival season. Acting on intelligence inputs, th
A Delhi court will pronounce on October 22 its order on framing of charges in the 2G spectrum case, involving former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 15 others. "Put up for order on charge on October 22," said specia
Author Chetan Bhagat says the idea of his latest work `Revolution 2020` emerged because of the rampant corruption in the education sector which affects millions of youth. "I am a motivation speaker now and travel around the country. A
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday called for a critical review of the right to information (RTI) act. Speaking at the sixth annual central information commission convention in New Delhi, the PM said, "RTI should not affect the deliberat
Mumbai based RTI activist Anil Galgali has written an open letter to the president asking her to bring all consortium`s working on PPP projects under the purview of RTI Act. Galgali has said that since the projects carried out by t
The fight for justice for the families of Uphaar theatre tragedy has suffered a setback. The Supreme Court on Thursday nearly halved the sum of compensation awarded to them by the Delhi High Court and slashed punitive damages to be paid by cinema
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You need political will, not huge funds, to fix social sector problems like maternal mortality, says a new report from the World Bank. This should serve as a timely reminder for the Manmohan Singh government that seems to consider the GDP growth a
Continuing their indefinite fast against Koodankulam nuclear power plant for the fourth day, activists today asked the Tamil Nadu government to reject Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s letter, seeking cooperation for implementation of the project.
A former aide of activist Teesta Setalvad has moved the Bombay High Court seeking retrial of the 2002 Best Bakery case alleging that the latter not only fabricated evidence and falsely implicated innocent persons but also "managed" the w
Facing a fund crunch, Railways will soon issue tax-free bonds to raise around Rs 10,000 crore. "We have received the notification (clearance) from the finance ministry. Based on the notification, we are going ahead for public i
Armed with a report prepared by former Karnataka Lokayukta on illegal mining, union ministry of mines has asked the Goa government to furnish data on the allegations that the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) used to export the iron ore even as the neighb
Amid tight security arrangements, polling commenced here this morning for the bypolls to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat, which is witnessing a triangular contest. The Anna factor is looming large in the constituency raising the stakes for
With the government hedging its bets with GDP growth turning around the state of the social sector in India, a World Bank rejoinder comes as a wake-up call. Focusing on the issue of maternal mortality, the Bank cited the examples of Malaysia and S
Shooting off another letter to Anna Hazare on the eve of Hisar bypoll, Digvijay Singh, who is leading Congress` counter-attack, today raised the issue of RSS support to the activist and cautioned him that those around him were keeping him in dark.
Hundreds of anti-Koodankulam nuclear power project agitators today took out a rally from near the site to Idinthakarai village, where about 160 people are on an indefinite fast since the last four days, demanding closure of the plant. A sp
Eminent lawyer and jan lokpal champion Prashant Bhusan was beaten up by a youth in his chamber at the supreme court on Wednesday. According to a newsreport in Times Now, the unidentified attacker roughed up Bhusan allegedly over his comments on Ja
