-The Indian Express Activist ARVind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a 'bijli-paani satyagraha' here to protest against "inflated" power and water bills and hike in tariffs by restoring electricity connection to the household of a labourer, which was disconnected for non-payment of bills. The protest was launched at Tigri Colony on Saturday morning when Kejriwal and his supporters restored the power connection of the labourer, who claimed that he got a bill for...

-First Post They came in waves, like silent armies that move in the night. Each of the Congress Ministers and party leaders who were seen studio-hopping or otherwise implanting themselves in front of cameras late on Friday had been assigned a specific role: to defend the First Family of Indian politics against the most audacious allegation of corruption levelled by ARVind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, the two Johnny-come-latelys to the world...

-The Hindustan Times The transformation from street corner protester to elected representative is never an easy one. In the case of some politicians, they never quite get over their penchant for tub-thumping, as we can see to some extent in Mamata Banerjee. Reading ARVind Kejriwal’s vision document and listening to his utterances, it would be no exaggeration to say that the transformation is going to be very difficult for him. Wearing...

-The Hindu Centre not on same page as Kelkar, but puts the report in public domain for “informed debate” The Manmohan Singh government on Friday put the Kelkar Committee report in the public domain for an “informed debate” as the measures prescribed for return to a path of fiscal consolidation appears to have failed to take into account the political and social ramifications. In an indication that the Government is not on the...

-The Economic Times The government appears to have developed cold feet over implementing Kelkar panel's recommendations to slash subsidies drastically at a time when it is facing backlash for raising diesel prices and capping subsidised cooking cylinders. The report, which has been put out for public comments, warns that India is on the edge of a fiscal precipice. A senior finance ministry official has said that the report has not been accepted...