Chintan - Instablogs
Apr 29 2009
Akshay Das has spent his last two summers turning village tracks into roads in Choksiborambati, just east of the Indian city of Kolkata, under a government plan that has provided jobs to 41 million rural households. “The program has been a boon for...
Apr 27 2009
PATNA: While regional satraps are not hiding their ambitions to lead the next government at the Centre, the Left, which first floated the idea of formation of a non-Congress secular government at the Centre after this Lok Sabha elections, is playing...
Apr 23 2009
Ties between India’s Congress party and an ally in its governing coalition from eastern Bihar state have broken down, denting efforts to build an alliance capable of winning a majority in elections, the Indian Express reported. Foreign Minister...
Apr 23 2009
Kanpur , Apr 22 In the wake of UP Chief Minister Mayawati&aposs statement that any political party can get her killed, BJP President Rajnath Singh today said that how can the BSP supremo provide security to the people of her state when she herself...
Apr 22 2009
BJP candidate Varun Gandhi, who is on a two week parole after being jailed for alleged hate- speeches, on Wednesday filed his nomination papers to fight the Lok Sabha elections from Pilibhit constituency. Gandhi, the 29-year-old new Hindutva poster-boy...
Apr 22 2009
Arrests and alleged extrajudicial killings of Muslim youths have angered many in the Islamic community. “People in power have branded us as terrorists and used us as a
Apr 21 2009
Gunbattles killed at least eight people in Indian-administered Kashmir in a violent run-up to the latest round of general elections, officials said Monday. The victims of the weekend clashes included two security officers and a militant in the southern...
Apr 20 2009
The Congress today invited the BJP to a serious debate on black-money stashed abroad, while refusing to be drawn into discussions on matters based on “bogus” sources. “Capital flight from India is a serious issue and should be debated...
Apr 20 2009
There is little in the media that informs our audiences that we are part of the greatest economic crisis the world has seen in 80 years, the worst since the Great Depression. At least two major newspapers have informed their desks that the word...
Apr 17 2009
Democracy, in spite of its drawbacks, is at work in India, dubbed the world’s largest democracy. As the first stage of the five-phase voting took place yesterday, election fever continued to rise in the other states with the two main parties...