In Short

Animal farm

Antidote

Bangladesh okays plan to tackle arsenic menace

Only inaction

On JPC report on pesticide residues in beverages

The ultimate subversive

Former President K R Narayanan made power good

First river link deal

Ken-Betwa link MoU signed

My village, their plan

CII to develop rural business hubs; villages clueless

Cow scam

Chattisgarh government in a tight spot due to its poll ploy

We've missed the bus

As overstaffed transport corporations make losses, the government says privatise

Power brake

Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation axed

The perils of babudom

Outbreak

Malaria control in Assam mired in corruption, mismanagement

News Snippets

New IT industry body proposed

The standard is open, finally

Government makes way for open formats in e-governance

The standard is open, almost

e-governance software platform may not be open-source

Kolhan government estate: 3 months after recruitment drive, uneasy calm in West Singhbhum villages

The arrests of 18 people in Ladurabasa and Asura villages on January 23 on various charges, including sedition, is one of the many instances of …

DoT-led committee’s net Neutrality is not what people expect

The committee says the new legal framework must incorporate principles of Net neutrality

The price of populism

The Punjab government avoided tough decisions and resorted to populist measures. Now, the economy and the environment are both in tatters

Empowered panchayats make for true liberalisation

A myth actively perpetuated by traditional politicians and a supportive bureauracy is that panchayat bodies are India's lowest ranked …

Bridging the gap

Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Cyber killers

Computer Game>> Politics • Iran

Big bad wolf

TOY>>PROTEST ÔÇó Hong Kong

Jailed over T-shirt

Protests>> Human Rights • Belarus