The allocation of coal blocks in the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand is turning out to be an open-and-shut case of blatant loot of natural resources....

In the early 1980s, film-maker-actor Feroze Khan’s younger sibling Akbar Khan had released a film titled Hadsaa, which meant mishap. In Delhi it was...

We live in the times of media trial. In the mad rush for TRPs, the news channels seldom approach an issue with the seriousness it deserves. The escape...

The dual probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] and the inter-ministerial group [IMG] is set to unravel several layers of bureaucratic and...

In the raids conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on the companies that were allotted coal blocks, the Abhijeet group has turned out...

Events during the past week [s] have once again put the Indian polity on the crossroads. The Hindu agenda for some time now, may be without design and...

In the 1990s as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surged ahead in electoral politics, its leader in Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee used the forums of...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee completed one year in office in May this year therefore an article on her at this time may look slightly...

The recent panic instigated through web sites targeted at the Northeastern community, which triggered their exodus from various cities, was a fallout...

The three reports submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), namely, on the allocation of coal blocks, functioning of the Delhi airport...

Many wonder why the  first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru chose the ramparts of Red Fort to hoist the national flag on the morning of 15 August 1947....

The title of today’s notebook is inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s classic Old man and the sea. The novel was a major contributing factor in the American...