Approach taken by India’s courts & tribunals should be questioned, but it is also necessary to acknowledge that courts act in response to state failures.
The survey by Economist Intelligence Unit attributes the decline in Delhi's rank to poor air quality and rising crimes while Mumbai saw a downgrade in its culture score.
The memorial is spread over 40 acres and was built at the cost of Rs 176 crore. It is adjoining India Gate complex capital in the heart of the capital.
It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
First the Editor Cuts the Clutter. Then the apex court – God bless its heart, which is generally in the right place – says, Cut the crap. It mandated the switch to LNG for buses in Delhi several years ago. It steps in when water has begun to swirl at chin level. No good reason why the executive should do what in Hindi is called, Haath pe haath rakh ke baithna. NCR should have been much further down the road to less lethal air by now. That was one of Minister Nitin Gadkari’s promises before the 2014 general election as well.
First the Editor Cuts the Clutter. Then the apex court – God bless its heart, which is generally in the right place – says, Cut the crap. It mandated the switch to LNG for buses in Delhi several years ago. It steps in when water has begun to swirl at chin level. No good reason why the executive should do what in Hindi is called, Haath pe haath rakh ke baithna. NCR should have been much further down the road to less lethal air by now. That was one of Minister Nitin Gadkari’s promises before the 2014 general election as well.