Politics

The Forgotten Protestors

Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world's longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India's digital divide.

Raja Also Wants PM As Witness

A day after DMK MP Kanimozhi said the prime minister should be summoned as a witness in the 2G spectrum scam case, former telecom minister A Raja made a similar demand.

Rahul Gandhi Expreses Concern Over Logjam On Hazare Issue:

Rahul Gandhi has said that he was "concerned" over the logjam in the wake of Anna Hazare's agitation against corruption.

Anna Hazare Sets Three Conditions to End Fast

Gandhian activist Anna Hazare on Thursday set three conditions to end his 10-day fast: firstly the Parliament should start discussing on the institution of Lokayuktas, secondly Parliament should start discussing the adopting of citizens' charter

NYPD Trolling Mosques, Muslims, Ethnic Neighborhoods

The NYPD operates far outside its borders and targets ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government. And it does so with unprecedented help from the CIA in a partnership that has blurr

Denmark Accused of Hypocrisy Over Gunrunner

Uganda Wants the Indians Backs

Four decades after Idi Amin drove Indians out of the country, Uganda is trying to lure Indian investors back.

Fresh Lokpal Bill Drafted, 3 Issues Remain

Team Anna and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government have finalised the Lokpal Bill draft which has been sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources have told CNN-IBN. However, the two sides have not come to an agreement on three content

Corruption in India Has Become Worse: Ratan Tata

Top industrialists have expressed concern over the impact that worsening corruption has on their businesses and said there is no short-cut to becoming a billion-dollar company other than doing things the right way.

2G Scam: Raja Wants to Examine PM, Chidambaram, Sibal as Witnesses

Jailed former telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday told a Delhi court that he would get Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then finance minister P. Chidambaram and present Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal summoned as witnesses to prove government did not in