Corruption because of gap in governance

Mani Shankar Aiyar Congress scion Rahul Gandhi may be touring the country to get theoretical and practical understanding of his late father's dream project, Panchayati Raj. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not seem to share the same enthusiasm.

SRINAGAR: Veteran Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar Monday said that people were the best judge and it was up to them to evaluate the facts. Whatever I had said, I said and there is no need to react to the statements made by either separatists or ...

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar does not think that India has any problems with China or Pakistan. He does not agree with the reports that China has intruded into Indian side in Ladakh. He also describes Afzal Guru’s ...

With the image of his government in tatters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the last Report Card of UPA-II on May 22 in which he is expected to list the positives such as Direct Benefit Transfer and FDI in retail in a bid to boost the ...

Twenty years after the passing of the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution, actual devolution of powers to the grass roots is still a distant dream. An expert committee on leveraging Panchayats for efficient delivery of public goods and ...

In India no one person owns responsibility or can do so to stimulate interest in solving conflicts like Kashmir without a risk to their position in office. Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar admits that politicians in India are unaware of realities in ...

In a letter to Singh, Alvi said the four-year undergraduate course was being hurried through for its introduction from this year. "A major change which is going to affect without being debated in a transparent and democratic manner. Impression is ...

New Delhi: An expert committee on leveraging Panchayat Raj institutions for the more efficient delivery of public good and services called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday. They made a presentation on the contents of its 20th anniversary ...

It is possible to argue that the Congress is guilty of hypocrisy every time it bemoans the Opposition's strategy of stalling Parliament and aborting the legislative process. Had India's grand old party been genuinely concerned about the exalted ...