Till a few years back Bihar was not only an administrative nightmare but was in the news mostly for the bizarre. The state, caught in the vicious cycle of caste wars, deteriorating law and order, administrative apathy and total abdication of the governance to the mafia and local dons, receded from the national consciousness. But since late 2005 Bihar has made a remarkable comeback from the precipice after Nitish Kumar,...
03:36 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Signalling his intentions of playing a bigger role in national politics, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on Sunday addressed a huge rally at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday and declared that his fight for a special status to the state would continue till the Centre accepted it. ...
06:19 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked Director General of Police Abhayanand to take the strictest possible action against senior Indian Police (IPS) officer and Saran Range DIG Alok Kumar for allegedly demanding Rs 10 crore bribe from a liquor merchant and threatening to falsely implicate him if he failed to pay the amount. ...
05:47 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Ahmedabad: After leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to yet another win in Gujarat Assembly elections, Narendra Modi, a development-oriented and clean leader for his supporters and a despicable politician for his opponents, is clearly eyeing a bigger role in national politics. Modi scored a hat-trick of electoral victories in the results declared on Thursday with the BJP winning 115 seats in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, which is just two...
08:22 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama's re-election and his victory speech were greeted with a thunderous roar not only by the Americans but even in India. Obama, a master orator with expressive facial mannerism, not only spoke about the hard-fought election campaign but also explained his roadmap to take the US out of the financial crisis and ensure that the country remains at the forefront of technology. The President of...
04:43 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The going is getting tough for the Congress in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as it grapples not only with allegations ...
12:35 PM, Sep 13, 2012
All is not lost for the Indian men's archery team even though it finished last among the 12 teams after the qualification round on July 27 at the Lord's cricket ground. According to the World Archery Federation, the governing body for the sport, the rules stipulate that the ranking round will be used to rank the athletes from one to 64 and then the elimination round would take place. After...
08:28 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Presidential elections have never had the same mystique and aura as a Lok Sabha or state Assembly election as the post is largely ceremonial and the candidate supported by the Central Government is assured of victory. But given the political developments in the country over the couple of years, the general policy paralysis and lack of governance, it was clear the 14th Presidential Election was not going to...
06:17 PM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: While India stares at an economic crisis, dipping GDP growth rate, high inflation, rampant corruption and a general aversion towards the political class, the two major political alliances offer very little hope of redeeming the situation, busy as they are firefighting and trying to set their respective houses in order. The Congress-led UPA, since storming back to power in 2009, has lurched from one crisis to another while...
06:40 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Bihar's politics is once again on the boil following the sensational murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, which has the potential to push the state back to the days when caste wars and massacres used to make news on a daily basis. Brahmehswar's killing on June 1 near his house in Khopira village of Nawada police station in Bihar's Bhojpur district was followed by violence and arson by his...
09:23 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Agni-V, the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, has catapulted India into an extremely select club of countries possessing such a deadly weapons platform. Agni-V gives India the much-needed muscle and a strong deterrence against its nuclear-armed adversaries as the missile can not only target every city of China, but is also capable of reaching Australia, Eastern Europe, North Eastern and...
05:04 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: There is no business like the business of war. A war involves the use of weapons and its business is not only very dangerous, but also very rewarding. India with its hostile neighbours, large defence force and burgeoning economy provides the perfect setting for a thriving weapons platforms market. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a global think tank that tracks the defence expenditure of all...
07:11 PM, Apr 03, 2012
The business of news can be very demanding, uncompromising and extremely cruel. What defines news depends not only on the gravity of the incident, but ...
05:07 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: It is proving to be a very tough week in office for the Manmohan Singh Government with the Supreme Court delivering two strong verdicts within a space of two days related to 2G spectrum allocations. While on Tuesday the Supreme Court had observed that the sanction by a competent authority for the prosecution of a public servant had to be granted within a specified time frame, on Thursday...
05:51 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: After clearing the Lok Sabha hurdle the amended Lokpal Bill has been placed in the Rajya Sabha, which will debate and vote on it on Thursday. The Lokpal Bill faces a tough test in the Upper House of Parliament where the Opposition enjoys a clear majority and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has been trying to muster up the supports of the MPs. UPA floor managers...
07:55 PM, Dec 28, 2011
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