Imust confess that this piece has been triggered by a newspaper report. Smriti Zubin Irani, our intrepid Minister for Human Resource Development, is...
ByMK KawSeptember 6, 2015THE most important postulate about parliamentary democracy is that Parliament is between the government and the people. The government is accountable to the...
ByMURLI MANOHAR JOSHISeptember 6, 2015“If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous.” – Abbé de Sièye, political philosopher...
ByBN UniyalSeptember 6, 2015THE year 1965 saw a war in which many military veterans of today fought fiercely against Pakistan to save India’s honour. Fifty years...
ByMG DevasahayamSeptember 6, 2015BETWEEN 2003-04 and 2007-08, it was boom time for the Indian economy. Propelled by stupendous growth in manufacturing, transport, communication and construction, the...
ByNarendra KaushikSeptember 6, 2015DELHI is agog over the Prime Minister’s residence and office. The grapevine speaks of how the Prime Minister admonished the Home Minister and...
ByGfiles EditorSeptember 5, 2015NO one in the Haryana government knew that revenue inquiries require khasra numbers, kila numbers and names of villages along with the sizra...
ByGfiles EditorSeptember 5, 2015THE Congress is desperately looking for a leader in Uttar Pradesh. What a paradox! A party which has seen the maximum number of...
ByGfiles EditorSeptember 5, 2015AMAR Singh, the maverick businessman, never realised how difficult it would be to re-enter the personal fiefdom of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party....
ByGfiles EditorSeptember 5, 2015EVERYBODY—from multi-tasking staff (MTS) to the Cabinet Secretary—is waiting for the 7th Pay Commission report to be tabled on December 31. The 7th...
ByGfiles EditorSeptember 5, 2015