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the judgment of the Supreme Court to cancel the 122 2G licences given to telecom companies holding it as unconstitutional is a welcome outcome. The judgment is a strong indictment of the UPA government and in particular the present telecom minister who has consistently refused to cancel the licences and held that there has been no revenue loss. In the [...]
Is 2011-12, 1988-89 all over again? The near farce over Salman Rushdie’s non-appearance in Jaipur, whether in person or even in a videolink, would suggest so. Rewind to the late 1980s. A beleaguered Rajiv Gandhi government, its image dented by the Bofors kickback accusations, chooses to ban Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. India, in fact, had the ‘distinction’ of becoming the first [...]
Federalism – the constitutional acceptance of diversity – is compatible with ideological acceptance of multiple cultures. It is here that the BJP’s celebration of federalism is at variance with its commitment to Hindutva. The latter is widely seen by social scientists like Christophe Jaffrelot, John Zavos and Jyotirmaya Sharma as an attempt at making the loose network of Hinduism monolithic, [...]
WHETHER the threat of bio-terrorism is real becomes germane with a plot discovered recently in Georgia within the United States to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent. Ricin can be extracted from castor beans, and is deadly even in trace quantities. There is no known cure. The plot came to light with the arrest by the federal authorities of four [...]
At Oxford in 1931 Mahatma Gandhi was asked, “How far would you cut India off from the Empire?” He replied: “From the Empire, completely; from the British nation not at all, if I want India to gain and not to grieve.” India’s struggle for freedom, which was also a “national” movement for the creation of an Indian Republic on the [...]
With brothers ending up on opposing sides, the Jan 30 Punjab assembly elections promise many a twist to the political tale. In the past week, the biggest ‘coup’ was that of Malwinder Singh, the younger brother of Punjab Congress chief and former chief minister Amarinder Singh, quitting the Congress in disgust after being denied the party ticket for the assembly [...]
It won’t be so simple though. For the BJP to succumb to Yeddy’s blackmail would be just a step away from committing harakiri. Not just in Karnataka but elsewhere too. Sources from Delhi indicate getting back Yeddy when the BJP is still trying to manage the Kushwaha embarrassment, is out of the question. Fair enough. Would you get back Mohammed Azharuddin to play [...]
So Uttar Pradesh is all set to see Mayawati get Anarkalified, with Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi playing Jahanpanah Akbar. Operation cover-up is all set to begin. The EC wants all Mayawatis and her elephants to go under a veil in UP till the last vote has been cast in the assembly elections. Wonder what the EC will do if [...]
The Lok Satta Party called upon people not to yield to despair in the wake of Parliament’s failure to adopt the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill but work relentlessly for the creation of strong anti corruption mechanisms at the national, State and local levels. Had the Government, all political parties and civil society acted with greater grace, tolerance, dignity and wisdom, [...]
First introduced in 1968, the Lokpal bill is yet to get parliament’s nod, and faces an uncertain future with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night adjourning sine die without voting on the legislation. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill was first introduced in the fourth Lok Sabha May 9, 1968, and passed the following year. However, while it was pending in the [...]
There is reason to hope that India will fare better in 2012. For one, much of the political storms have blown over – scams, Anna Hazare, et al. They may not have dissipated completely, but their initial debilitating impact has lessened. For another, the country has been fortunate that it hasn’t faced any major Pakistan-inspired terrorist attack in the recent [...]
(IANS) Although they form the backbone of Indian democracy, most state assemblies in India don’t hold sufficient number of sittings or debates on legislation and budgets, according to data compiled by PRS Legislative Research, a legislative think-tank. According to the figures made available by PRS on the basis of a study of 13 state assemblies over the last 10 years, at [...]
(IANS) President Pratibha Patil’s assent was needed for tabling the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha in accordance with a constitutional procedure. The Lokpal bill needed the president’s assent before coming to Rajya Sabha as several amendments had been moved in the Lok Sabha Tuesday night. According to clause three of Article 117 of Constitution, the president’s assent is mandatory for [...]
(IANS) With the Lokpal bill set to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, where the government is in minority, here is a look at the numbers each party has in the upper house: United Progressive Alliance – total 95 Congress – 71 DMK – 7 Nationalist Congress Party – 7 Trinamool Congress – 6 National Conference – 2 Sikkim Democratic [...]
(IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday drew flak from the Congress and the Left for announcing that Indira Bhawan — where Marxist leader Jyoti Basu spent over 20 years — would be rechristened and converted into a museum in the name of a poet. She announced that the Indira Bhavan in Salt Lake, Kolkata’s satellite town, would be named [...]
From Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bihar’s ‘crorepati’ Sushil Kumar to the notorious Reddy brothers and Vijay Mallya, there were some people who stayed in the headlines – and in our collective consciousness – for reasons good and bad. IANS takes a look at 10 Indians who mattered in 2011: Manmohan Singh: The year winds down on a dismal note [...]
Dubai, Dec 28 (IANS) Huge pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Arab world in 2011 booted out some of north Africa’s most powerful and long-serving regimes. Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have seen their oppressive rulers overthrown, while anti-government protesters elsewhere have kept the momentum going. The trigger for the massive uprising was the Dec 17, 2010, self-immolation by vegetable seller Mohamed [...]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) After confusion since morning about tabling of the Lokpal bill in the upper house, the government Wednesday afternoon said the legislation will be debated in the Rajya Sabha Thursday. The bill for creation of an all-powerful ombudsman, which was passed by the Lok Sabha Tuesday, will be taken up by the upper house Thursday morning, [...]
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday announced the withdrawal of a ‘jail bharo’ agitation which was to start from Friday.
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Bowing to appeals from doctors, Anna Hazare, hit by viral fever, said he was ending his three-day fast a day earlier Wednesday but vowed to keep fighting for a ‘strong Lokpal’. A day after the Lok Sabha passed the government’s Lokpal bill trashed by Team Anna, Hazare declared from the stage at the MMRDA ground that [...]
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