The 'Babus' have not yet come to terms with the Right to Information Act since its birth last year. A report published by Centre for Civil Society, a Delhi-based think tank, found that three-fourth......
Talks between Team Anna and the government have slipped from 'breakthrough' to 'breakdown' within a span of 24 hours. Team Anna wants the Jan Lokpal Bill to be passed without going through......
'The BJP has killed public anger. They have killed people's self-respect.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi being seen off by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief......
Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People's Right to Information on Tuesday attacked the Lokpal Bill for its "lack of appropriateness", saying it does not provide for adequate independence for the......
Anjali Bharadwaj, an Indian social activist working on issues of transparency and accountability, is one of the 12 anti-corruption champions announced by the Biden administration. IMAGE:......
Fear of being displaced, fear of being uprooted from their native culture, fear of being exploited by shrewd politicians in connivance with developers of Special Economic Zones is the common strand......
Can there be a democratic polity without a culture of democratic behaviour? This may seem like a hackneyed question. But it has, once again, been brought into sharp focus in two very different......
A self-certification benefit for polluting industries and a three-year exemption from certain procedural norms for those seeking environmental clearance at the state level are among the sweeping......
The entire country will have a Naxal problem if the government does not back the Millennium Development Goals with sufficient funds, Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Development......
In a move to become more accessible to the consumers, Coca-Cola has launched a toll-free consumer feedback number in the country. While globally it is a common practice, this is the first instance......
IMAGE: Barcelona's Lamine Yamal (right) was subject to racist abuse during the El Classico against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters The Spanish......