What would Chanakya do if confronted with the various crises that beset contemporary India? Using this question as the starting point for his new book, celebrated writer and thinker Pavan K Varma has drawn up a practical and detailed plan, modelled on the Arthashashtra, to bring about reform and change in five key areas that require urgent attention governance, democracy, corruption, security, and the building of an inclusive society. Whether...
06:17 PM, Apr 02, 2013
BJP on Monday said it is open to all steps by the Election Commission for electoral reforms, including making public all donations to political parties, and maintained it will abide by any change in rules the poll panel seeks on the issue. Asked about reports that the Election Commission and the government have differences over making it mandatory for political parties to declare all donations before it, BJP says it...
03:10 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The Congress on Thursday formed a six-member group led by former Union Minister Ambika Soni to suggest measures for electoral reforms, an idea mooted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the party's recent Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...
09:19 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Just months ahead of elections in Pakistan, a lesser known Sufi cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri is carrying out a million-man march to Islamabad demanding electoral reforms. But many are calling his actions politically motivated. ...
09:15 AM, Jan 14, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for speeding up long-pending electoral reforms. Sources said the poll panel chief in his letter said that the reforms, including preventing people with criminal backgrounds from contesting elections, should be "expeditiously considered and approved". Although the contents of the letter were not available, official sources said the poll panel had been suggesting steps to...
07:48 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking a consensus on electoral reforms, government plans to convene an all-party meeting to discuss issues like decriminalisation of politics, right to reject and state funding of elections. Also on the agenda of the meeting would be matters like audit of accounts of political parties, review of the anti-defection law, regulation of media in the context of paid news and de-registration of non-serious parties. "The electoral reforms proposals...
06:26 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Bangalore: Team Anna member Santosh Hegde on Monday called for a wide debate on electoral reforms similar to the Lokpal Bill and sought to know why measures like 'Right to Recall' and 'Right to Reject' won't work in India. "I think there should be a debate (on electoral reforms) across the country...as is the debate taking place on Lokpal bill...We will have to discuss why it's not practical in our...
03:23 PM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wrote a letter to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, reiterating the commitment of the government to an effective Lokpal Bill. Here is the full text of the letter: Dear Mr Anna Hazare, Thank you for your letter dated September 21, 2011. I am glad you made me aware of your thoughts on several important issues. As you know, we are committed to an...
08:36 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: Terming as "impractical" Anna Hazare's suggestion for right to recall an elected MP, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday said such a move would lead to "destabilising" the entire system. "Right to recall in a big country like ours is impractical. It is not easy in a country where candidates are voted by lakhs of voters," he told reporters on the sidelines of the IIMC convocation...
03:35 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the Right to recall can work.
12:52 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Bangalore: A comprehensive amendment to electoral reforms will be brought about in the next three to four months, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday. "A comprehensive amendment is the need of the hour and will be brought about in the next three to four months after a national consultation on the issue," he said at the Sixth Regional Consultation on Electoral Reforms here. He said the recommendation...
06:20 PM, Feb 13, 2011
Political activists attacked vehicles across Bangladesh for a third day on Tuesday and stopped trains in a transport blockade. ...
01:45 PM, Nov 14, 2006
Thousands of protesters demanding electoral reforms in Bangladesh targeted major transport links on Sunday. ...
10:52 PM, Nov 12, 2006
