The Civil Society leaders led by Anna Hazare and company have decided to go on with the planned fast on Wednesday in an effort to turn up the heat on the Government. Shanti Bhushan, co-chair of the bill drafting committee, said that the civil society members will continue to participate in the meetings only if […]
Only 4% of the enterprises (companies) in India have taken advantage of cloud computing, with the SaaS market reaching Rs 465 crore this year, according to Cyber Media Research. “This is expected to rise to 6.8% for all large and mid-size enterprises in the country by 2012,” it predicted. The key SaaS applications that showed […]
Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and one of Anna Hazare’s Lieutenants, blamed India’s opposition parties for failing to take up the issue of corruption and pointed out politics is not the preserve of those who seek to monopolize it. She said that people like herself and Anna Hazare were forced to take up the issue […]
As promised by her during the polls, Jayalalitha has moved to demolish the Maran’s cable TV empire by banning private companies in the sector. The government, in its address to the new legislative assembly, said it intends to privatize the cable TV network in the state. Cable TV services will now be provided by the […]
Mystery surrounds the location of Swami Ramdev, with the government not revealing where the Yogi is. Unconfirmed reports suggest that he is being taken to his ashram in Haridwar by the government. Ram Bharath, Baba’s brother, said that the government is not telling him whether they have arrested him or whether they have just ‘detained’ […]
Uma Bharti, the former BJP leader, has attacked the Congress party for questioning how Baba can be against black money when he is at the head of a Rs 1,000 crore charitable trust. Congress leaders like Digvijay Singh have covertly or overtly questioned the moral authority of a “rich person” like Baba Ramdev to raise […]
Delhi High Court has poured water over Kanimozhi’s hopes of walking out of jail this summer, rejecting the bail on the same grounds as it has for others in the 2G scam case. Kanimozhi had appealed to the High Court after her application for bail was rejected by OP Saini, the special CBI judge hearing […]
Baba Ramdev has said that the government has agreed to most of his demands except one or two demands. The spiritual leader however refused to abandon his fast till all the demands are met. Ramdev’s biggest demand, the abolition of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, has not been accepted by the government, according to […]
The forcible detention of Baba Ramdev and the alarmist statements made by the Congress party has prompted many to draw parallels between the current state and Indira Gandhi’s fears and paranoia before the suspension of democracy in India in 1975. Swami Agnivesh, Shanti Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal criticised the action and compared the situation to […]
The special CBI judge Talwant Singh hearing the Swiss Timing scam case against Suresh Kalmadi has rejected his bail application. The CBI argued that he has already tampered with documents and other evidence and if set on bail, may tamper or seek to influence witnesses in the case. Kalmadi is accused of illegally favoring the […]
Baba Ramdev has declared support to tomorrow’s agitation and fast by veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. “Lakhs of our followers will participate in tomorrow’s program,” Baba said at Haridwar moments ago. “There may be personal differences, but for the country as a whole, we support Shanti Bhushan and others,” he said. […]
Anna Hazare’s fast at Raj Ghat — the final resting place of Mahatma Gandhi — is sharply focused on protesting the violent crackdown on anti black money protest last Saturday and upholding the people’s right to peaceful protest. “The Government is saying that if you are going to say things that are unpleasant to us, […]
There was a moderate growth of around 7% in the number of foreign tourists that visited India last month, while earnings from them jumped 15.8%, the government said. A total of 3.69 lakh foreign tourists arrived in May, a decline compared to the previous months. Tourist arrivals dip as the summer progresses. During the first […]
BJP President Nitin Gadkari has called the police action against Baba Ramdev a “blemish on India’s democracy” and called the Congress government “fascist.” He dared the Congress to take action against BJP for the agitation, including one at Rajghat, the resting place of Mahatma Gandhi. “We have asked for permission. But we will go ahead […]
Close on the heels of denying a $10 billion fighter jet deal to the US, India seemed to be applying a healing touch to the country by awarding a $4 billion aircraft contract to it. The Cabinet Committee on security has cleared a $4 billion plus deal with the US to purchase of C-17 aircraft. […]
Uma Bharti has said that the last five years in the political wilderness has ‘opened her eyes.’ Bharti had left the BJP five years ago at a time when hardliners were leaving the party in droves due to what they perceived as a softening of the Party’s stand on ‘core’ issues such as building the […]
Vincent M Concessao, archbishop of Delhi Arch Diocese who had expressed reservations on Baba Ramdev’s movement, has joined Anna Hazare at his fast site near Mahatma Gandhi’s final resting place at Raj Ghat. The gesture is seen as an endorsement of the anti-corruption movement and a reply to those who try to portray the movement […]
The special court hearing the 2G scam case has rejected former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura’s bail plea. Behura joins the long list of bail applicants who have had to return empty handed from the various courts in the 2G scam case. Behura had defended himself pointing out that he was merely an official and could […]
Kapil Sibal, cabinet minister and chief interlocutor for the Government in the Baba Ramdev case, accused the Baba of going back on his word after promising to withdraw his agitation by 6 June. “By 2 pm he was supposed to announce that he would end the fast on 6 June (Monday). He did not keep […]
Ashok Chawla, the former finance secretary and a “reformer”, will be the new chairman of India’s fledgling Competition Commission (CCI). He will replace Dhanendra Kumar, who retires on June 5. Chawla was chosen over Anurag Goel, a CCI member and Vijay Sharma, former secretary in the environment and forests ministry. The CCI chairman’s position is […]
