Washington: To foster greater understanding about the Indian democratic framework, a US university has decided to establish India Chair, which is said to be the first endowed Chair in North America devoted to study this aspect of the country. The India Chair in Democracy and Civil Society at the L Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will be devoted to studying this...
10:15 AM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Former Delhi High Court judge Rajinder Sachar led a civil society delegation to the Election Commission here on Wednesday, seeking a ban on supply of liquor and drugs during the Punjab assembly elections campaign. Talking to reporters here, Sachar said the civil society and media should come forward to stop drugs supply. "We are neither supporting nor opposing any political party. We will oppose those supplying liquor and...
05:10 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Society groups working with HIV/AIDS patients have been demanding that the HIV Bill should be taken up in the winter session of Parliament. The bill has been waiting approval by the Union Health Ministry for more than 5 years now. Even as politics held the first day of the winter session hostage, not far from Parliament, on Monday, protestors gathered over a long-pending bill to deal with...
10:02 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Ralegan Siddhi: Cautioning the government against sending a 'wrong message' after privilege and income tax notices were slapped on members of his team, Anna Hazare on Sunday said undue harassment of civil society members may cause unrest in the country. Asking the government to give up its "vindictive" attitude, the Gandhian said it "must try to create trust and bridge the gap in the hearts after the nation-wide agitation for...
03:14 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: Civil society activists on Thursday hailed the agreement between government and Anna Hazare for holding his fast at Ramlila Maidan and demanded that the Jan Lokpal Bill at least be brought to Parliament which could take a call on it. Expressing happiness at the turn of events, close associate of Hazare and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan said the decision to allow Hazare to fast for 15 days...
12:59 PM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Team Anna versus government deadlock seems to be over for now. Anna Hazare has been given the go ahead to fast for 15 days at Ramlila Maidan. But the civil society is split over whether his method of protest falls in the category of blackmail. Apart from Anna's team, no one's come out to support his version of the Lokpal Bill, not even the political Opposition. Anna...
09:00 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Team Anna versus government deadlock seems to be over for now. Anna Hazare has been given the go ahead to fast for 15 days at Ramlila Maidan. But the civil society is split over whether his method of protest falls in the category of blackmail. Apart from Anna's team, no one's come out to support his version of the Lokpal Bill, not even the political Opposition. Anna...
09:00 AM, Aug 18, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if Anna Hazare is a middle class phenomenon. ...
11:00 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if, the civil society has found its voice in Anna Hazare's movement. ...
01:16 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: The anti-graft Lokpal Bill is ready to be tabled in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning August 1 and will be presented to the Cabinet next week, the Government said on Friday. "The Lokpal bill is ready. It will be placed before the cabinet next week," Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy said. "It will be placed in Parliament and referred to the standing committee. After...
03:48 PM, Jul 22, 2011
The civil society is taking an active interest in the framing of laws in our country. Now, if the members of the civil society were to become lawmakers, which ministries would you to allot to prominent individuals of India's civil society movement. Submit your nominations in the form below and we will collate them and then put it to a public poll to come up with India's Civil Society Cabinet....
02:38 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi There is no consensus yet again on the Lokpal bill. Anna Hazare may rethink his August 16 fast as political parties push back civil society saying Parliament will decide shape of the Lokpal bill. There is no clarity on who will eventually create the final draft of the Lokpal bill. A crucial all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister to end the deadlock proved inconclusive. Parties now say...
07:02 AM, Jul 04, 2011
New Delhi: After a not so pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, one of the key members of the joint committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill, also maintains that it cannot be cited as a precedent. He says the draft of the bill will undergo...
01:52 PM, Jun 26, 2011
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The ever increasing divide between the Government and the Civil Society is bound to undo the country's achievements. Sadly, neither of the three - the ...
10:24 AM, Jun 26, 2011
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