Sociologist Ashis Nandy on Sunday returned to Delhi from Jaipur where he was attending the Literature Festival. Nandy stirred up a controversy on Saturday after he seemingly blamed the Dalits for the corruption menace in the country. Even as he apologised for his remarks and insisted that he had been misquoted, an FIR was filed against him. ...
11:24 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy kicked up a storm at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Saturday when he claimed Dalits and other backward castes are responsible for corruption in the country. Nandy is now facing up to 10 years imprisonment for his controversial remarks, after an FIR was filed against him under the SC/ST Act. ...
09:30 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Lokjanshakti Party President Ramvilas Paswan on Saturday said that the statement by author Ashis Nandy on OBC, SC and ST reflected his 'mental bankruptcy' and demanded his immediate arrest. ...
09:12 PM, Jan 26, 2013
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Ashis Nandy under the SC/ST Act for his offensive remarks against Dalits and other backward castes. The sociologist and political psychologist could face up to 10 years imprisonment, if convicted. ...
07:29 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Slamming sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy for his statement blaming the OBCs, SCs, STs for corruption menace in the country, BSP supremo Mayawati asked for an immediate apology ...
05:49 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Defending his controversial remarks that claimed corruption is perpetuated by Dalits and other backward castes, sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy on Saturday said he is being "misquoted". "I agree that corruption is an equalising force in our country. What I meant was that when poor people, SC/ST people do corruption, it is more apparent," Nandy, who made the comments at Jaipur Literature Festival, said. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy stood defiant in face of criticism and said on Saturday that he stood by his statement blaming the OBCs, the SCs and the STs for the menace of corruption in the country. "I stand by my statement. Let the police take action against me," he said in Jaipur where he is attending the Literature Festival. ...
02:49 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy on Saturday made a controversial statement at the Jaipur Literature Festival claiming that Dalits and other backward castes were responsible for the corruption in the Indian society today. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 26, 2013
A day after Rajnath Singh took his place as the Bharatiya Janata Party President, Nitin Gadkari is out but not down. In an open threat, he has in fact warned Income Tax officials of consequences when the BJP comes to power. "I know the names of the officials who are trying to target me. They are trying day and night to frame me. But they should know that the Congress...
02:25 PM, Jan 24, 2013
In a dramatic twist to the battle for the next president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former party chief Rajnath Singh has emerged as the frontrunner for the post. According to sources, current president Nitin Gadkari has told RSS leader Bhaiyaji Joshi that he favours the former party chief if there is no consensus on his name. ...
09:30 PM, Jan 22, 2013
BJP has accused the ruling Congress in Assam of being involved in "siphoning off" money allotted for development projects under the 'Panchayati Raj' system during the past 11 years. Though the Panchayati raj system is for the rural development, it has not happened during the last 11 years of Congress regime as the ruling party indulged in mismanagement and corruption instead of undertaking projects, state BJP President Sarbananda Sonowal claimed....
05:35 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The newly-appointed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday made an emotional pitch to the Congress in Jaipur and proclaimed his love for the people of the country and his party. ...
05:27 PM, Jan 20, 2013
A senior Pakistani investigator probing graft charges involving Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his official accommodation in Islamabad on Friday, with his relatives alleging that he may have been murdered. Kamran Faisal, an Assistant Director of the National Accountability Bureau, was found hanging from a fan in his room at the Federal Lodges in Islamabad, police officials said. ...
04:28 AM, Jan 19, 2013
It is a chilly winter morning in Chandigarh. Pramod Kumar is in deep discussion with retired judge KS Grewal and Additional Director General of Police SK Sharma at a roomy office in the Institute for Development and Communications on how to stop harassment of women in public places. "Perhaps," he suggests, "we should suspend driving licences of those who harass women, or deny police verification for passports." Justice Grewal says...
12:28 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said he would continue his fight against corruption and goondaism till his last breath. ...
08:18 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Pakistan government has constituted a high-powered four-member committee to hold talks with Sufi cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri. This came as Qadri's deadline to the government to act on his demands came to an end. ...
03:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Pakistan's anti-corruption chief refused an order by the country's top court to arrest the prime minister in a graft case on Thursday, saying he did not have sufficient evidence. The government and the Supreme Court have repeatedly clashed over the last year, and the chief justice's demand on Tuesday that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf be arrested set the stage for a new round of political crisis in Pakistan, a ...
01:55 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Pakistan's anti-corruption chief refused an order by the country's top court to arrest the prime minister in a graft case on Thursday, saying he did not have sufficient evidence. ...
12:25 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The recent outcry of middle-class men and women, many of whom not associated with any political party or developmental organisation, is an important phenomenon that ...
12:21 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, facing arrest in a corruption case, has convened a meeting of coalition parties of the government to discuss the politician situation in the country. ...
12:17 PM, Jan 17, 2013
