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THE recent decision of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) allowing for a huge hike in Airport Fees in favour of Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) evoked much criticism about the callous attitude of the government in regulating Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. The increase of charges, which is around 364 per cent, will be transferred to the passengers directly and [...]
As Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi began his one-day tour of drought-hit areas of Maharashtra’s Satara district Saturday, he became the third Gandhi after his late father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi to visit the region, though little has changed there in all these decades. Accompanied by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and other senior ministers, [...]
Following is the text of the statement made by Prime Minister, Dr, Manmohan Singh, at the Plenary of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul today. “I would like to join others in thanking President Lee Myung-bak for hosting this Summit and for the excellent arrangements made. India fully shares global concerns on nuclear terrorism and clandestine proliferation, which continue to [...]
On March 22, 2012, a Resolution was tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) urging Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) and asking its government to provide a viable plan towards this end. The LLRC recommendations have covered many issues, including the need for further investigations into violations committed during [...]
1) International Legal Instruments: India is party to all the 13 universal instruments accepted as benchmarks for a State’s commitment to combat international terrorism. India is party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and is amongst the few countries which have also ratified the 2005 amendment to the Convention. India looks forward to early entry into [...]
Multi-party parliamentary by- elections Myanmar 2012 (Burmese) by-elections were held on 1 April 2012. The elections were held to fill 45 (37 in the lower house, 6 in the upper house and 2 in state/regional assemblies) vacant parliamentary seats. About six million voters were eligible to vote (in more than 8000 polling booths) for 48 seats (as originally announced) vacated by law makers (elected [...]
The landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy, in the by-elections held in Myanmar has confirmed what was already widely known: the iconic Nobel laureate remains as popular with the people of her country since the time she last contested elections, in 1990. Then, the military junta had robbed her of victory, [...]
At present there are 5 no. of inter-State river water disputes referred under Inter State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956. Their details are as follows: S. No River/Rivers States concerned Date of Reference to the Central Government Date of Reference to the Tribunal Present Status 1. Ravi & Beas Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan ____ April, 1986 Report under section 5(2) given in [...]
IF all eyes were set on the Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly polls during February-March 2012, it was quite natural as its results were sure to impact not only the UP politics but the national politics as well, since they had the potential to change the clout of various political parties in the national politics as well as their number of [...]
A draft CAG report has estimated a whopping Rs. 10.67 lakh crore loss to the exchequer on account of allocation of 155 coal blocks without competitive bidding by the UPA government between 2004 and 2009. Out of this, windfall gains of Rs. 4.79 lakh crore accrued to a number of private companies. Coal, being a natural resource, cannot be gifted [...]
Just when the Congress-led regime had begun celebrating the Samajwadi Party’s vote in Parliament in favour of establishing the Government-mooted National Counter-Terrorism Centre, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has startled everybody by asking his party workers to prepare for a mid-term election since the UPA is likely to collapse under the weight of its “own sins” any time soon. Now, [...]
The India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management( IIIDEM) of the Election Commission of India ( ECI), since its launch in June 2011 has hosted 25 courses for about 500 election officials and other stakeholders in all aspects of Election management including security, logistics, legal aspects, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP), Election Expenditure Monitoring, Voters’ Registration and Model Code [...]
The newspaper article titled ‘Brahmaputra dries up in Arunachal Pradesh’ – China May Have Diverted Water, Fears State Govt., published in Times of India, Delhi capital edition dated 1st March, 2012 quoting Statement of Mr. Tako Dabi, the political adviser to Chief Minister that People of Pasighat town in East Siang district found that water level of the river receded [...]
Covered in pink sheets since January following an Election Commission (EC) order, the drapes were at long last drawn off from scores of statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and elephants – the poll symbol of her party – in public spaces across Lucknow Sunday morning, an official said. These include nine statues of Mayawati and 156 statues of [...]
With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee drawing flak for her penchant to dub recent incidents of crime as “staged”, bitter rival Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is back to flexing its muscles through well-attended public rallies, sending the state’s political temperature soaring. Nine months into her stint at the helm of affairs in the state, Banerjee has already been [...]
If all other conditions were optimal, the proposed amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 approved by the Union Cabinet could achieve good results in reining in the growing band of lawless drivers on India’s roads. But conditions today are not really conducive to the creation of a scientific zero tolerance regime. The stronger penalties that are sought to be [...]
For Indian films to break out internationally, what was needed were original stories with an Indian feel that Western viewers can connect, says Hollywood producer Ashok Amritraj. “For me it’s all about stories and starting stories. The question is what the ideas are?” Amritraj, who is bringing his 3D venture “Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance” to India, told IANS in [...]
What does this Priyanka mania suggest? Firstly, it reveals the desperate shortage of telegenic personalities in public life. Faced with a tired and geriatric political class, many of whom are well past their sell-by date, Priyanka clearly stands out. The fact that she is rarely seen, emerging only at election time perhaps enhances her mystique. She is elusive for much [...]
How will you change Uttar Pradesh (UP), if the Congress party does not have the majority? I have said during my meetings that we have come here not to form an alliance with any political party. We are here to change UP. Our strategy will be very simple… Our alliance will be with the people of UP, and not with [...]
Today the Dalit is in a dilemma. Does he remain loyal to Mayawati, the symbol of the revolution or is his participation in the revolution being increasingly taken for granted? Mayawati has transformed the BSP into a party of the ‘sarvajan samaj’, from a party of Dalits into a party of all castes. The ‘Brahmin jodo’ strategy led her to [...]
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