First, four bullets inspired by the JD(U)’s call against Bharat Ratna being given to living persons, borne out of their annoyance with a spate of...

The story goes that free passes for Sachin Tendulkar’s last Ranji match, largesse from Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to his political...

A landmark judgment by the Supreme Court on Thursday, coming as it did on Sardar Patel’s 138th birthday, is what the doctor ordered to galvanise...

In the 1970s, corporators of the then Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) gave themselves Rs 50,000 a year.Their idea was that each one of them must...

This column was first published on 29 August 2012: after Raghuram Rajan was appointed the chief economic adviser. Now that he has been named the next...

Followers of Islam, the second largest faith in the world with an estimated 1.7 billion believers, can now be surer when an Indian firm stands the...

India’s apex court is in the witness box facing not-so-subtle protests from the $56.67-billion Swiss drugs giant Novartis that is on the losing side...

Call it a deliberate clash of dates or mere coincidence, the Indian elephant and the Chinese dragon were caught courting Africa on exactly the same...

As one spends a quiet evening on a quaint beach of the White Nile, it is no giveaway that the longest river on the planet is simmering. The slugfest...

Foreign investors, and not just the ones invested in pharmaceuticals, are in a tizzy. Come 27 November, the Supreme Court is expected to decide which...

It’s a swift message that must delight global investors into the India story. The headline is that the nation’s apex court isn’t here to arrogate the...