Foreign groups influence legislative process
(In this article, Mr. Gopal Krishna, an activist and public policy analyst, is trying to shed some light on the...
Month: August 2012
Defying UK, Ecuador grants asylum to Assange
Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while...
Concerns about Land Acquisition bill
Activists led by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar have alleged that the much awaited Land Acquisition Bill was actually...
Rajasthan CM lends an ear to elderly people
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and political leaders from both Congress and BJP have extended their support to the demand...
This Time I Felt Like Openly Protesting
(Panini Anand interviews Prasenjit Bose, Ex Convener Research Unit-CPM.) Here is the full text: What is your status...
Sushil Kumar wins silver for India in wrestling
Sushil Kumar bagged the Olympic silver medal in the 66kg freestyle wrestling after losing to Japan\\\'s Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu in the...
Fareed Zakaria suspended for plagiarism
Time editor-at-large and CNN host Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by both the magazine and the network for lifting several...
Yogeshwar Dutt wins bronze in wrestling
India\'s Yogeshawar Dutt clinched a bronze in the Olympic Games after beating North Korea\'s Jong Myong Ri 3-1 in the...
Probe sought into unrest at Maruti plant
A protest was held in Delhi on Thursday against the repression on workers of Maruti plant at Manesar. The protesters,...
Police lathicharge AISA, RYA members
Thousand of students and activists under the banners of AISA and RYA on Thursday protested at Parliament street in Delhi...
Obama authorises secret aid for Syria rebels
US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar...
Parivartan: The more they change
It was the summer of 2002. An IRS officer on study leave from the Income Tax department would travel daily...
‘17 people were killed in cold blood’
Ajit Jogi was the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh. Representing the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe, Jogi wields a certain clout among...
आख़िर क्यों मिली जिंदल को खनन लीज?
बड़े उद्योगों के लिए किसानों से जमीन का अधिग्रहण करके सरकारें अब कल्याणकारी शासन करने वाली जनता की सरकारें नहीं...
Mary Kom settles for bronze
India\\\'s wonder girl MC Mary Kom had to settle for the bronze as she went down fighting in her 51...
Seema Azad, Vishwavijay granted bail
Allahabad high court on Monday granted bail to human rights activist and journalist Seema Azad and her husband Vishwavijay. ...
Magnificent Mary in semis, assured of medal
M C Mary Kom on Monday created history as she assured India its fourth Olympic medal after winning her quarterfinal...
Orwellian language behind the euro crisis
(The following is a sample analysis from upcoming book of the author on the global economic crisis and global resistance...
ख्वाजा साहब के दरबार का तालेबानीकरण
कौमी एकता और सांप्रदायिक सौहार्द्र की पवित्र स्थली ख्वाजा मोईनुद्दीन चिश्ती की दरगाह भी अब धार्मिक कट्टरवाद के लपेटे में...
US military scandal: A culture of rape?
(Courtesy- ALJAZEERA) Two US air force trainers have been sentenced in connection with a widening sexual abuse scandal at one...
Kashmiris have been let down by Bollywood
Kashmiri actor-turned-director, Aamir Bashir was born and raised in Kashmir. He says Kashmiris have been let down by Bollywood. A...
HARUD: The Foreboding of Autumn
Director: Aamir Bashir Cast: Reza Naji, Shanawaz Bhat, Shamim Basharat, Salma Ashai If you work with silence as your...
Maruti Mayhem: Dark Side of moon
In the dilapidated, dirty and dingy villages hidden around the gigantic and sprawling post-modern structures of big capital and industry,...
Syria conflict: Battle rages in Aleppo
Violence has escalated dramatically in Syria as clashes have broken out in the country\\\'s commercial capital Aleppo on Saturday. Clashes...
Saina Nehwal wins bronze for India
Saina Nehwal on Saturday created history by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic Games bronze medal in badminton,...
