Roads “as smooth as Hema Malini’s cheeks” was a promise that Lalu Yadav had once given to the people of Bihar. Ironically, it is his rival Nitish Kumar who seems to be delivering on that front. Despite three years of floods followed by a year of drought, ‘backward and benighted’ Bihar reports a miraculous figure: 11% GDP growth, second only to Gujarat. The state’s economy has never grown so fast...
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How Bihar can rise as a developed state by Kailash Nautiyal
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...
More »A lot of Ruchikas out there by Atul Thakur
Ruchika Girhotra's may be a particularly outrageous example, but things have been getting progressively worse for women in India. Official data shows that crimes against women are rising faster than any other crime. What is worse, investigation of anti-women offences is more tardy than most others. In 2007, the year for which latest data is available from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), seven of the 10 fastest rising crimes...
More »CBI books 18 cops for fake encounter by Amita Verma
Almost six months after MBA student Ranbir Singh was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Dehra Dun, the CBI has filed a chargesheet against 18 police personnel, including seven for murder, in the CBI court in Dehra Dun. The CBI filed murder charges against seven police personnel, including Arag-har Chowki in-charge G.D. Bhatt, for allegedly kidnapping and killing Ranbir Singh on July 3. The CBI also accused all 18 cops...
More »FIRs in firing line as cops strive to keep crime rate low by Mohit Sharma
To register a formal complaint with the police about snatched or stolen articles is often as tough as getting the item recovered. That’s an old axiom held by a good majority of Delhiites. And statistics go a long way into formalising it as a theory. Here’s from the police’s own record books: out of approximately 14,000 calls received by the Police Control Room (PCR) for “snatchings” this year, till November...
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