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Nothing has changed; nothing probably will; history merely repeats itself. Many had thought they had already seen the lowliest of the low of politics. Were they surprised! What has happened and is happening in Maharashtra reaffirms that there is always a ‘new’ low for politicos...

New Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde has expressed himself in favour of starting a National Judicial Service as part of the urgently needed judicial reforms in the country. He rooted for this even before he formally took charge this week. Obviously, he intends...

The Winter Session of Parliament started Monday amid some gains and some losses for the Treasury as also the Opposition benches. The Modi 2.0 government passed through the first session of the current Parliament with relative ease and this was termed as the “most productive”...

The troubles of the telecom sector have proven to be the last straw that broke the back of Reliance Communications. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani has finally quit chairmanship of the company, along with four other directors, acceding to insolvency proceedings initiated last May. The tower and...

Much was made of a ‘promise’ that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made during the Lok Sabha election campaign in 2014. He had said that if he and his party were elected to power, he would ensure that every Indian would have Rs 15 lakh deposited...

Thirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, TN Seshan has probably left behind a record worth emulating for other bureaucrats. What Seshan did as the Chief Election Commissioner of the country was unprecedented and it remains unsurpassed. His was perhaps the most visible bureaucratic position of that time...

India, today, is no one’s envy. A nation known long for its poverty and filth was slowly transforming into a modern democratic state that was attracting global attention. It was never the contribution of any politician, judge or bureaucrat, nor even of any global level...

Early this week, India pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summit at the eleventh hour. The fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flown in to Bangkok to take part in the RCEP deliberations had most of us believe that India would...

The nation is supposedly heading for a decisive moment in history, when the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its long-pending Ayodhya verdict. The verdict could come any day before November 17, the last day in office for the present Chief Justice of India, Ranjan...

Each new incident of data breach bolsters doubts about the safety of cyber transactions in India. The latest in line is that the details of 13 lakh (1.3 million) credit and debit cards have been posted for sale on the dark web marketplace named Joker's...