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Frequent transfer is a fait accompli in government. But Pimpri- Chinchwad police commissioner Sandeep Bishnoi, who was recently transferred, has approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) challenging his transfer order. He was moved out from his post in less than a year. He has been...

The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court agreeing to bear the loss of banks which may result from a proposed waiver of compound interest i.e. ‘interest on interest’ on loans up to Rs 2 crore for most vulnerable category of borrowers for...

I am reading A Curious History of Food and Drink, by Ian Crofton, and the more I read the sadder I get. It is a compilation of such savagery, such insane greed for destruction, such insensitivity, that I wonder what an alien reading it would...

As part of the Unlock process set in motion now, the Centre has issued guidelines for reopening of schools in a phased manner from 15th October. States and Union Territories have been asked to frame their own Standard Operating Procedures for safely reopening schools based...

Doubts are being raised about India’s commitment to human rights after the strange manner in which the Centre has frozen the funds of Amnesty International (AI) and applied curbs on its functioning in this country. A peeved AI has stopped its activities for now. Considering...

Hathras is a small town in Uttar Pradesh and, according to the Puranas, this settlement could have been as old as the Mahabharata. Popular for its literary and cultural background, it is from here that the great Hindi satirical poet Kaka Hathrasi was born. In...

Aakar Patel The Indian State, meaning the government in all its forms but especially the Union government, is a slightly strange creature. It is in name and form a democracy and even a liberal one. A liberal democracy is defined as “a democratic system of...

The three-month mandatory cooling-off period has been waived for IPS officer Gupteshwar Pandey, who was DGP Bihar and who sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS). This was done to allow him join politics and possibly contest the upcoming state Assembly elections. Pandey, who shot into...

The Vodafone case has refused to go from the public memory. The latest episode in the 13-year-old saga has come in the form of a ruling by the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague in favour of the British telecom major. The ruling, if...

What is Maya? Narada Muni wanted the answer so he meditated for decades until Vishnu appeared. “Come,” the god said, “let us walk and I will tell you what Maya is.” They walked on the hot sands of the desert and soon they were tired,...