Six years since a policy to assist states in infra development around Metro corridors, its implementation is stuck in a snarl. Urban planning needs to be proactive, and not reactive. The country needs a new approach in planning and building its cities. We are imagining our transport infrastructure all wrong.
Quickly chargesheet BJP IT cell members in BHU gangrape case. Delay will raise more questions
Men suspected to have gangraped a student on IIT-BHU campus have finally been arrested after an unpardonable month-long delay. The fact that two of them were BJP’s IT Cell members raises particularly troublesome questions. Now file the chargesheet and pursue it fast leaving no room for allegations of political protection.
Bickering over Republic Day state tableaus has begun. It’s time to do away with this hangover
The annual ritual of bickering over Republic Day state tableaus has begun again. This time it is over the non-selection of Punjab and West Bengal tableaus. State tableaus have outlived their utility in the Information Age. It’s time to reform, do away with this hangover and make the parade shorter.