In a major relief for former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, a constitution bench of the Supreme Court today quashed his expulsion from the state assembly for his alleged involvement in the Amritsar land allotment scam. A ben
Amid uproar over the issue of telephone tapping of senior political leaders, the Government today rubbished the charge in Parliament that it had authorised any such action. "I wish to state categorically that no telephone tappi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said challenges posed by Maoists could be countered by empowering rural poor and marginalised sections through Panchayati Raj Institutions. "We should pay special attention to ensure that PRI
The complimentary pickle and slice of lemon with lunch is no longer complimentary, the daily bun maska and chai ritual becomes just a chai ritual and “Guess what, they’ve increased prices again” is the new anthem before every mea
When Mohammad Israel found himself drifting into the role of an imaam, no one among his family and friends told him that he was choosing a path of chronic economic insecurity. Twenty years after becoming the imaam of Hakeem Baqaa mo
The Jaggis’ bungalow in New Friends Colony, one of the upscale localities of south Delhi, seems like a wrong place to discuss the effects of the price rise. The feeling is strengthened as I walk past a couple of expensive cars in the portico
Manohar ‘knows’ the prime minister. “I have seen his pictures in the papers and on TV and on wallposters,” says the guy who fixes a quick caffeine/nicotine dose for many at Filmcity in Noida. What he doesn&rs
It’s easy to see how poverty is implicated in the misfortunes of Shaikh Salim’s household and why price rise is the last thing the Dharavi-based family needs. Shahadat, 30, his eldest son, lost vision in one eye last year and c
About 150 km and a three-hour bumpy ride from the national capital is the sugarcane farmers’ village of Nanglamubarick in western Uttar Pradesh. The single-lane road along the Gang stream leads you to ripe sugarcane crops standing tall, wait
If you want to find out what is wrong with Orissa’s Ganjam district, listen to Abhimanyu Badatiya’s travails. One of the hundreds of thousands who migrate out of the district every year to find work, he decided not to go back to Surat
As many as 78.2 crore Indians will be living on less than two dollars (or about Rs 100) a day by 2015: that is the grim forecast of a World Bank-IMF
With opposition set to rake up the telephone tapping issue in parliament, the government on Saturday said the issue was being "examined". "We are getting it examined. We have taken note of it and it is being looked in
A whopping 782 million Indians will be living on less than two dollars a day by 2015, a joint report by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said here today. The report titled `Global monitoring report 2010: The MDGs after
In the cacophony of the IPL saga, a more serious scam has just surfaced. More serious because it involves health and lives of more than 1.3 billion Indians. In terms of money it does not match up to the IPL rip off, but its effects, fallout and ra
The consturction of the Maheshwar dam has been ordered to be suspended for non-compliance of environmental conditions, as the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has claimed victory. The ministry of environment and forests, in a letter dated
Faced with frequent disruptions of Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar today said she will soon consult all political parties on conducting it in the evening. "I shall be writing to the leaders of political parties
The CBI today told the Supreme Court that it will consider a representation made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for closure of proceedings against her in the corruption case in view of the favourable orders passed by the income tax
The Election Commission has slapped show cause notices on 15 political parties including main opposition BJP, RJD and JD(S) for failing to furnish details of expenses incurred by them during the last Lok Sabha elections. The parties
Expect normal monsoon rains this season. This is the forecast by the top weatherman for the country which faced an unprecedented drought last year. "The long range forecast for the 2010 south-west monsoon season is that the rai
Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have left behind their northern counterparts as far as the devolution of power from the state to the panchayat is concerned. The panchayati raj ministry’s latest report on Panchayat Empowerment &
