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When Crime Wears a Suit
9 March 2026 11:15 PM ISTA little-known early-1990s investigation into Musaliyar & Sons Enterprises reveals how organised networks channel illicit money through seemingly...
Judiciary and the NCERT Debate
2 March 2026 11:52 PM ISTThe NCERT controversy revives an uncomfortable question — can acknowledging corruption within institutions strengthen democracy rather than weaken...
Federal Fault Lines
31 Jan 2026 12:14 AM ISTA landmark ruling blurs federal policing lines, reviving debate on corruption oversight and the need for an independent ombudsman
Rise. Rot. Revival
29 Sept 2025 10:32 PM ISTRevered in the courts, dreaded by the corrupt — the CBI of old is gone. Political interference and hollowing out of insiders eroded its very soul
Poodles and Power
23 Sept 2025 11:07 PM ISTFrom vote theft in Mahadevpura to Dawood’s goons in Delhi, investigations falter when institutions bend to political pressure, leaving citizens...
Unflinching Moral Compass
28 Aug 2025 10:00 PM ISTFifty years after the Emergency, a CBI insider recalls his brushes with power and principle, as his obedience clashed with law, and his integrity...
The diarchy conundrum
10 Nov 2019 10:16 PM ISTDelhi Police’s present division of control makes the recent disruption pale in comparison
Better policing
29 Aug 2019 8:44 PM ISTIndian police requires reformative measures which must be expeditiously implemented to strengthen its functions
Corruption felled dignity
26 Aug 2019 9:28 PM ISTThe arrest of P Chidambaram is not shocking – missing integrity in public life is an infectious disease plaguing our political system
Political oversight
16 Aug 2019 8:51 PM ISTCJI’s words only affirmed what has ailed CBI for decades and what persistently calls for a change in the system to restore the agency’s integrity
Evolution of anti-corruption
13 Aug 2018 10:16 PM ISTWe have come a long way since the 1967 Prevention of Corruption Act. The punishment was then discretionary
Before the mysterious murder
18 Oct 2017 8:56 PM ISTHC judgment on Aarushi murder case has so many strictures on CBI’s working!








