As a country grappling with political and infrastructural problems, there are very few issues that do not evoke extreme, often diametrically opposite, reactions in India. Population control Bills, vaccination policy, farmer income initiatives, river water sharing mechanisms or surrogacy laws—there is no dearth of topics that have triggered controversy, and …
Karnataka Minister G. Janardhana Reddy after a meeting with the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, at her residence in New Delhi on Sunday. New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday criticised the BJP government in Karnataka for
The ''Bellary chalo'' agitation planned by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) will be spread over 15 days and will witness top leaders of the party embark on a padayatra with hundreds of party workers from Bangalore to Bellary. marching on the mine issue KPCC leaders M P Prakash and …
BJP MP Chandan Mitra today said Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's clean chit to the Reddy brothers facing allegations of illegal mining as ''backed by good reasons''. "I am sure the Karnataka chief minister has good reason for the clean chit he has given because the Lok Ayukta in …
The licence permit raj has morphed into a system which is just as crippling A V Rajwade / New Delhi July 19, 2010, 0:44 IST The recent debate over the freedom of financial regulators from netas and babus needs to be looked at in the context of the remarkable immunity …
Mutton biryani for lunch, singing of folk songs, small talk and siestas on Tuesday marked the second day of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular legislators sit-in in the Karnataka assembly Tuesday to demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining in the state. Most of the 74 …
The Congress today said Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa would be unable to take action against Reddy brothers, who are facing allegations of illegal mining, given their linkages with the top BJP leadership. "Unfortunately, the pernicious writ of the Reddy brothers runs very deep into the vitals of the …
Sankar Ray Manufacture of MIC became risky as, being a little lighter than water but twice as heavy as air, once the compound escapes into the atmosphere it remains close to the ground to do its deadly work. Exactly that happened in December 1984 together with instant damage to eyes …
Aditya Reddy No request for extradition can succeed without sufficient investigation against the fugitive, backed up with astute diplomacy While one can question the basis and motives of the US government's decision to reject India's request for Anderson's extradition in 2004, international law does not offer a remedy to a …
They say a sure sign of ageing is when you notice how young the policemen are. But what about new holders of high political office? Chris Huhne, the man charged with steering Britain—and by extension Europe—into a low carbon future as energy and climate change secretary, is older than prime …
Anastasio Somoza, the Nicaraguan dictator deposed in 1979, once told a journalist: “I would like nothing better than to give Nicaraguans the same kind of freedom as the US. But it is like what you do with a baby. First you give it milk by drops, then more and more, …
The US is less concerned about who's jailed and more about a huge compensation from BP Michael Pinto / June 29, 2010, 0:01 IST Why is it that we are determined to learn all the wrong lessons from the Bhopal tragedy? It is not just hysterical talk shows with witch-hunting …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The office of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has no Public Information Officer (PIO) to receive applications filed under the Right to Information Act. An RTI application seeking details on who assisted (the then chief of Union Carbide) Warren Anderson, the main accused in the 1984 …
Aditya Sinha When GoM runs through its marathon meetings this weekend, it is not out of a sense of redressing delayed justice. It is because Manmohan Singh is running out of time Congress is in a dilemma: it wants the prime minister to continue till Rahul Gandhi is ready to …
The Madhya Pradesh government today said it would file a review petition in the sessions court against the recent verdict in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, as the sentence to all convicts was insufficient in view of the magnitude of the crime. The state government has also decided to constitute …
Milind Ghatwai Bhopal: Seven organisations representing gas tragedy victims came together on one platform on Thursday to say that they expected the group of ministers (GoM) to address issues of justice and opportunities for a life of dignity for survivors.
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have written to Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily requesting him to place some of their demands requiring urgent attention before the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM). Among these are the setting up of the promised Empowered Commission on Bhopal …
Smita Gupta NEW DELHI: The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal, which was asked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to report back to the Cabinet by June 24, will meet on Friday and again on Saturday with the object of wrapping up its work as expeditiously as possible, government …
