Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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Who or what drove Tatas out of Singur?
Pran Chopra
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Right to recall legislators: The Chhattisgarh experiment
The recall election in June in three municipal bodies in Chhattisgarh marked a national first in the call to accountability of non-performing representatives of the people. However, it is possible to use this provision to settle political scores as has been alleged in the Chhattisgarh case.
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"Negotiated spaces" for representation in Mumbai: ward committees, advanced locality management
In Mumbai, new forms of cooperation between local government and citizens seek to improve local representation and the quality of services. This paper examines which residents are represented or excluded in these arrangements, the mandates and processes by which the arrangements are negotiated and the outcomes. Local representation through elected councillors is compared with
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Green issues dominate election
As the United States heads for a showdown at the polls, its Canadian neighbour is rushing out its own election
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TC threatens to resume Singur stir
Bs Reporters / Kolkata September 17, 2008, 0:50 IST Mamata Banerjee today hinted that the Trinamool Congress and its allies could resume the agitation for return of 300 acres inside the 997-acre Tata Motors Nano factory at Singur, and another 100 acres around it, because the West Bengal government had violated the agreement reached with the Opposition at a meeting chaired by Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on September 7.
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CPI(M) answers Somnath's call on flood relief
Saubhadra Chatterji / New Delhi September 12, 2008, 0:36 IST You can remove Somnath Chatterjee from the party, but you can
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Discussion on land issue positive
Marcus Dam Governor requests Opposition to suspend agitation; traffic resumes near Tata Motors project site A step forward: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi with the former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Chittatosh Mukerjee (left) at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Friday. KOLKATA:
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CPM may accept land for land plan
BY SANJAY BASAK AND SUBRATA CHATTOPADHYAY NEW DELHI/KOLKATA West Bengal
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Singur stand: Cong conflict out in the open
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 05, 2008, 0:20 IST The tussle within the Congress over the controversy in West Bengal
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For a political sociology of water resources management
This paper uses the growing volume of scholarly work on