Analysts have documented in some detail the constraints facing the government: the countryside is vast; the forests help protect the militants; the adivasi population in particular supports them; the hit-and-run tactics of the Maoists keep the security forces off balance; the increasing unification of the various factions makes the movement formidable and not easy to divide and conquer; its access to money and guns is growing as is its political...

Women’s groups have demanded a comprehensive legislation to address rape and sexual assault. A delegation that met Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily earlier this week, said there was a need to incorporate various substantive and procedural sections in the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act to deal with child sexual assault and sexual assault against women. Archaic definition In a memorandum to the Minister, the...

क्या छत्तीसगढ़ में विधि व्यवस्था और सांविधानिक संरचना टूट चुकी है। भले ही सूबे की सरकार इससे इनकार करे मगर देश के कुछ सबसे ज्यादा प्रतिष्ठित नागरिक संगठन कम से कम ऐसा ही मानते हैं। कई नागरिक संगठनों ने सरकारी अधिकारियों, अदालत और यहां तक की प्रधानमंत्री को भी ऑपरेशन ग्रीनहंट के तहत हो रही उस पुलिसिया ज्यादती के बारे में लिखा है जिसे सूबे की पुलिस और अर्द्धसैनिक बल...

It is presumed that the industrial development in Bihar is hampered by lack of investments. Is it because of 'unproductive' government policies or an unpredictable law and order situation? And how to increase the flow of investment in the state? In order to find out answers to all such questions and debate these issues, Business Standard Hindi recently organised a roundtable in Patna. The seminar was attended by various small...

Why is the government aggressively attacking and destroying inexpensive eco-friendly technologies and promoting pollution-friendly ones? Are we obliged to repeat all the mistakes that the West committed in its pursuit of economic growth? While it makes sense to corner First World countries into investing in eco- friendly technologies to control carbon emissions, as was attempted at Copenhagen, the stand of the Indian government that India cannot afford to enforce better...