New Delhi: CPM general secretary Prakash Karat rubbished the talks of a 'federal front' and said, "... let those parties which are willing to come together on a common programme platform do so without that just talking about a front does not make much sense". The Left parties are scheduled to have a convention on July 1 following which they will come out with a set of alternative policies which...
10:29 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: While the Congress is pushing hard for the Food Security ordinance, the Public Distribution System remains in shambles and foodgrains are still rotting in several states. CNN-IBN has been reporting on the crisis since 2010, following up ground reports with RTIs. In 2010, CNN-IBN had reported on grains rotting from India's foodbowl Punjab. Bags of rotting grain in the fields of Punjab tell the story of the government's...
11:32 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Deoli: Even as the UPA pushes for its ambitious food security legislation, there has been little improvement when it comes to storage infrastructure for food grains. CNN-IBN on its visit to Deoli in Haryana for the third consecutive year has found out that 22,000 quintals of wheat, which was brought for storage in Deoli, has been decaying in sacks and has now been declared unfit for human consumption. In 2011,...
09:30 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Food Minister KV Thomas on Wednesday told CNN-IBN that the government wanted to give a signal that it was serious about the ambitious Food Security Bill when asked whether promulgating an ordinance was the democratic way of enacting the UPA's game changing legislation, that envisions the right to food. Thomas also said that the tenure of the present government is limited to ten months and therefore, it is important to...
10:59 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal will on Wednesday push the Centre to grant a special category status to Odisha. The party is holding a 'Swabhiman Samabesh' at the Ramlila Maidan on Wednesday, which will be a culmination of the BJD's 'Swabhiman Yatra'. The campaign for a special status has managed to get the support of 1 crore signatories. BJD chief Naveen Patnaik will also be present at the rally....
10:18 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for an all-party meeting on the Naxal strategy, the Rural Development Ministry has launched a new programme in 24 districts that are badly affected by left-wing extremism. Named 'Roshni', the programme aims to provide training and employment to 50,000 youths in these districts. Sukma, Bijapur, Kanker and Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh, Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, Latehar in Jharkhand, Malkangiri and Koraput in Odisha...
11:04 PM, Jun 07, 2013
The UPA Coordination Committee will meet on Monday evening to finalise the Food Security Bill. Meanwhile, the BJP has hit out saying the government cannot pass an ordinance and that the Monsoon Session must start early than scheduled to discuss it. ...
07:07 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: It is being billed as the David vs Goliath battle. After taking on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the streets, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has finally declared that he would be taking her on in the upcoming Assembly elections in the national capital. Kejriwal is known for targeting and taking on people right at the top, be it Robert Vadra, Nitin Gadkari, Narendra Modi or...
10:35 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Aruna Roy - one of the most prominent and forceful voices within the NAC - has decided to opt out of Sonia's advisory council in its last crucial year. In NAC I, Roy played a critical role in framing and pushing through key legislations like the MNREGA and the RTI. These are legislations that the Congress party hardsells to both voters and political competitors even though it has done little...
11:36 PM, May 30, 2013
Social activist Aruna Roy has quit the National Advisory Council, accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of overruling Sonia Gandhi on issues like paying minimum wages under the NREGA. ...
11:31 PM, May 30, 2013
Activist Aruna Roy has opted out of the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council and she has blamed the Prime Minister for blocking minimum wages under the MNREGA. ...
12:51 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The notification issued by the Prime Minister's Office on May 27 to extend the terms of members of Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has one prominent name missing from the list - that of Aruna Roy. The terms of the ten other members has been extended for a period "co-terminus" with the term of the present Government. Professor Virginius Xaxa of the Delhi School of Economics is the...
09:26 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Naxal threat remains India's biggest internal security problem with the districts of Southern Chhattisgarh seeing the bloodiest Naxal attacks in recent years. An audacious Maoist attack in broad daylight killed 24 people, including the top Congress leadership in the state. But why are the Dandakaranya forests of southern Chhattisgarh called a 'Liberated Zone' by the Maoists and why are they so open to bloody Naxal attacks? First,...
08:02 AM, May 28, 2013
Bastar: Deceased Congress leader Mahendra Karma was supposedly the main target of the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, which killed 28 people. He was the architect of the now disbanded anti-Naxalite vigilante movement, Salwa Judum. CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda had travelled to Bastar in 2008 to unravel the realities of the controversial force. Here's the story: Named after the Gondi term for purification rites, the Salwa Judum comprised of local villagers and...
08:34 AM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh called the audacious Naxal attack, which left 28 people dead and over 40 injured, a holocaust. Mahendra Karma, the controversial Congress leader who initiated the now outlawed Salwa Judum movement, Congress PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh and, 8 policemen lost their lives while Vidya Charan Shukla is fighting for it after receiving three bullet wounds. Incidentally, Ramesh was in Bhairamgarh...
10:59 PM, May 26, 2013
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