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Slowdown has bottomed out, 8-9 pc growth in a few years: Rangarajan
Out of shadow, PPPs at last come under RTI ambit
The mystery of the missing tribals
So sweet: party on as levy sugar, release mechanism gone
UPA undermines EC, again
Rajya Sabha has no time for the budget
Green tribunal returns transparency to MoEF work
Montek reforms: flaunts back-to-universal PDS poll!
Why appointing ex-CBI, IB chiefs as governors not a good idea
FM as Robin Hood – albeit selectively
NCTC yes, but please think it through
Expect another stormy start to parliament session
Amartya Sen bats for universal food coverage
Food security bill back to the drawing table
Three non-UPA CMs question uniform criteria in food bill
Chopper `bribe`: Is this the Bofors moment for UPA-II government?
CBI prosecutor’s collusion a part of larger malaise
Who will take the onus for 36 deaths in Allahabad stampede?
CAG wins the debate; it isn’t a mere accounting body
Odisha govt flouts laws to forcibly acquire land for Posco
Nariman’ resignation a reflection on murky world of law ministry
Ordinance: First UPA doesn’t do enough, and then it overdoes
GM debate: Scientific evidence needed, not rhetoric
“In science, we go by evidence”
A mini revolution in the making?
“How can Lynas ignore GM crops increased chemical usage in America?”
Chautala’s delayed conviction best case for fast courts
“It is the scientists who are asking for regulation and precaution”
Indira Awaas Yojana: Plagued by a long and defective list
Another goof-up, another ambush
Really, Mr Ramesh?
Chhattisgarh takes a big leap; passes food security law
Corruption drowns Dhumal’s chances in Himachal
Where MNREGS takes a back seat
An officer who dares, and cares
Making sense of the proposed decontrol of sugar sector
No network: MHA waits for mobile towers to fight Maoists
The answer to who guards the media shouldn`t be `no-one`
Poor homework may endanger direct cash transfer
Spare a thought for our elders
Spare a thought for our elders
Spare a thought for our elders
How about making prime minister a three-member body?
CAG’s censure on corruption evokes derision from govt
In open defecation area, village says hello to own loo
Spare a thought for oily tightrope Moily has to walk
Odisha’s date with grassroots democracy
MoEF bends: clearance to “no-go” coal block
Empower urban local bodies: Experts
What stinks so bad in Odisha CM`s constituency?
Will India be a nation for the aged?
“Freedom of expression is subject to defamation, contempt of court, to different forms of public interest…”
Public health, private business?
A divorce of little consequences
Montek backs diesel price hike; favours fuel price deregulation
Making sense of coal block allocation scam and CAG report
Icing on CAG: Nobody’s business
CAG findings: answers without answerability
When protection system fell like pack of cards, dark night rose
Silence me lord. Because the court is in session!
Inside the Maoists’ den
DeitY asks states to submit utilisation certificates
Setback for fight against graft as Team Anna loses nerve
It wasn’t just overdrawing that led to grid collapse: Moily
Will Anna be able to achieve anything this time?
Ex-spies pitch for parliamentary oversight
‘Disengage and retreat’ is the new mantra to avoid civilian casualty
‘Disengage and retreat’ is the new mantra to avoid civilian casualty
Bt Cotton: Maha to ban Mahyco-Monsanto
Centre talks tough, asks states to settle forest rights now
Maha subverts forest rights of tribals
Bumpy road ahead: NHAI’s projects go abegging, future grim
Maoists set death squad after a colleague for advocating peace
NAC to focus on reviving interest in MNREGS
Chhattisgarh encounter seems more like a massacre
Who is in and who is out of NAC? Wait for some clarity
Free hand to illegal coal mining
Problem of plenty: 25 MT food grain exposed to elements
Worried about glut, food minister seeks PM’s help
"JNNURM is a great success"
No extra mileage
Time’s up for Manmohan
Ramlila lathi-charge: Police charge sheet is a joke
Food glut: Boon for private players, bane for government
"People don`t know how information is misused on social media"
Kill Bill: Discretion in R&R will undo land acquisition law
Ineptitude and inaction mar governance
Haj subsidy and policy vacuum
Haj subsidy and policy vacuum
Haj subsidy and policy vacuum
Bofors: Best argument for Lokpal
Lokayukta takes on Delhi LG for not acting against ex-councillor
Capriciousness rules aviation policy
The rights epidemic
25 yrs after Bofors, middlemen continue to make merry
Food stocks reach all-time high but left to rot in the open
MMS and his govt in hibernation
Things fall apart, centre cannot hold
Governance policy class: what is a presidential reference?
Politicians are out to gag supreme court and high courts
Poverty alleviation matters, not the numbers
Frivolity mars the debate over army chief’s disclosures
Has desperation put Maoists in Odisha at the Italian job?
EC indeed needs financial autonomy
From dust to dust
NTRO nailed: CAG confirms gross irregularities
PM’s foreign hand bogey is showing
‘Sticky bomb’ exposes serious fault-line in security architecture
ED charges Marans for money laundering
A reprieve for now, but Chidu is not off the hook
Delink legislative, executive works
SC`s slap on UPA`s face: Decide on graft trials in 3 months
Let there be checks on babus jumping into poll fray
RTI at premium: Chhattisgarh assembly charges Rs 500 per query
Should Sachin Tendulkar be given Bharat Ratna?
Distorting army chief`s age flies in the face of law and logic
Fixing education — let Sibal’s kids study with ours…
Fixing education — let Sibal’s kids study with ours…
In Odisha, housing grants are a plot against the distressed
Why can’t president find time to decide mercy pleas?
Daggers drawn on Lokpal as LS prepares to decide bill`s fate
Lokpal headed the CVC way
Maya skips homework
Food security, Lokpal and lessons in policymaking
Politics vs public welfare: No prize for guessing the winner
Is Delhi`s masterplan defective?
More than 200 vacancies in the Tamil Nadu`s lower courts
Anna ko gussa kyon aata hai
Legislative paralysis spells RIP for UPA
Singhvi panel report deconstructed
Lokpal panel shortchanges parliament, opposition
For how long will we have to live with such lazy policymaking?
Mr FM, name those 700 names
What we need is something here and now
Now you know: biz details of RS members
The Joshi way: NHAI`s Rs 1,600 crore bonanza
After talks with Mamata, Pranab meets PM
Uncertainity looms over Country`s first ultra mega power project
Will it and it will happen
Montek is innocent...
`Crime and Punishment` by Khurshid
For our law minister, crime of the private sector is no crime
Govt gets it right. Junks BPL, links schemes to special census
This is the NIA. Wonder why we can`t beat terror!
Don’t fiddle, dismantle MPLADS
Congress and vote bank quota
Resurrecting Irom Sharmila
Anna’s pathshala: What about parliament’s accountability?
Anna’s pathshala: In democracy, people are ‘king’
Which are the ‘forces’ PM is blaming for his Anna woes?
Why we need ‘right to recall’ the elected
Natarajan`s task cut out: just hand over forests for mining
Chidambaram shows the right way to handle a crisis
Watchdog or a lapdog?
Are not sports ministry, SAI and federations responsible for doping?
Telangana - a flawed idea?
Government`s spin minister
Government`s spin minister throws a no-ball at Lokpal
Making a hash of its mandate
Democracy minus people
Why grudge `political` protests
Fibbing on Lokpal may not work
Democracy minus people: True face of governance in Orissa
Ramesh makes a silly point
Manmohan and Sonia long on rhetoric, short on delivery
How about GoM for good governance?
Ramesh’s mea culpa: A sham
Ramesh signs RIP for FRA
Did the Narasimha Rao government sanction Purulia arms drop?
Bill without will
Keeping the Lokpal at bay
Anna, an anarchist?
Anna, an anarchist?
What Anna Hazare wants
MSP for minor forest produce: 15 years too late
Poll freebies as “corrupt practices”
MPLADS has no mechanism to identify local needs: CAG
Focus on relief, not reform
Thank you Thomas, for showing the way to fight corruption!
Logjam over seat sharing between DMK, Cong continues
Thomas out. What about culpability of PM, HM in the case?
Union budget is a missed opportunity: Greenpeace
Where are you, Mr Chidambaram? We can`t afford your aloofness
Go green to avoid food crisis
Budgeting for scams
Ramesh paves way for Posco`s Rs 11K crore bonanza
Hunter`s guide to fight corruption
Latest PJ? Thomas says "I am still the CVC"
Plan panel against telecom operators setting up banking cos
Jaipur Literature Festival, hostage to unethical firms?
Adopt ‘adarsh’ policies, Mr Ramesh, ad hoc ones will not do
More Pawar to hoarders, consumers be damned!
Five things for Mrs Gandhi to do
FM asks lenders to check exposure to firms named by CBI
Should non-Delhiites be barred from the DDA housing scheme?
Time to go beyond resignations
Aman Kachroo ragging case: Four seniors convicted
Ten mistakes NAC made on food bill
Lessons from the Narmada Bachao Andolan
"Plan com needs refurbishing to offer change"
Govt says CWG may add USD 5 bn to economy, create 2.5 mn jobs
TN govt has no plans to stop free power supply to farmers: CM
Will Ayodhya verdict lead to resolution of the dispute?
India’s first ever noise barrier in Mumbai
Higher MSP recommended for pulses, oilseeds
Judiciary and Corruption
Jairam a green crusader, did you say?
SC green bench directive an invitation to more violations
Nitish shows the right way; stands firm in hostage situation
Should leader of opposition be in the CVC-appointment panel if she has no say?
SC slaps Pawar; says free food distribution is our order
Another kill bill clause for nuke non-liability
Whistleblower bill is self-defeating
Punjab farmers miss Bihar’s helping hands
Niyamgiri shows Gandhian humbug actually works!
Ramesh champions environmental laws, corks Niyamgiri mining
Mining Niyamgiri hills will be illegal: NC Saxena report
For god`s sake Mr PM, Mamata has just accused your govt of murder
Go Kalmadi Go. Games can’t be a bigger fiasco without you.
POSCO’s land acquisition in Orissa is illegal
Unified command against Maoists a cosmetic exercise
Don`t take that call from the PMO, Mr Ramesh!
Rajiv`s self-governance dream is shattered, so let`s not talk about it
Cabinet defers decision on khaps, honour killings
Don`t bet on Met for accurate monsoon forecasts
Well done, Manmohan, Mugambo khush hua. Very khush!
Don’t make a Quixotic rush to cash transfer: Dreze
Tribals as partners in development
A largesse too late: Cong washes its Bhopal guilt with Rs 1500 cr
Turning the PDS around
Fighting the market forces - why PDS scores over cash transfer
Ram rattles BJP
Bhopal`s Hall of Shame
Right to Food or just a route to wash off governmental guilt?
What do we do when the three pillars of governance conspire against us?
Jharkhand: Hurtling from one crisis to another
So many rights – and none saved their lives
It`s high time PC got a free hand in dealing with the Maoists
For Maoists, even children are no more than a “shield”
Vedanta`s theology spells end of the world for Orissa`s tribals
Is Kasab alive a better message to terrorists than Kasab dead?
No time for legislation
For Ganjam, diamonds are not forever
Shouldn`t we bar MPs and ministers from taking any job we have not given them?
`Link food bill to agriculture`
PC in a pickle?
Digvijay Singh has gone mad: BJP MP
Rules flouted but Ramesh has only “regret” to offer
How to deal with the Maoists
Are half-baked operations taking precedence over full-fledged strategy against Maoists?
Maoists` financing - the blood flows as long as the cash flows
Should we prosecute journalists who sting to expose corruption?
`Lack of training led to Dantewada slaughter`
Is the Congress persecuting Amitabh Bachchan?
Governance Now Headlines
Postcards from the Republic of Hunger
Judicial standards bill to refurbish judiciary`s image - govt
SC decision on CJI should be respected: Habibullah
Seven RS members suspended for unruly behavious
What`s new about your model, comrades?
Cloud service for e-governance
After G2B services, Adobe keen on G2C stake
Futility of talking to Muivah
Airtel ready for m-gov ecosystem
Reaching the masses - next step for e-gov
SGPC condemns beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan
India takes first step to bring back black money from abroad
Infrastructure report by CDE
India`s defence expenditure to be commensurate with growth
Manipur info commissioner orders Rs 1 lakh fine
Should Bt Brinjal be allowed for cultivation?
Edged out of the Republic
Bad governance, frittering away public money
`Only solution is to finish off Maoists`
Elect one CM, get three free... loaders!
DK: Back of the Beyond
Kapil Sibal
Playing hookey with hockey