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Chief Minister Kejriwal being welcomed by the staff at the Delhi Secretariat on July 4.

The battle goes on

As both the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP claim “victory” over the July 4 ruling of the Supreme Court, the BJP’s touchiness on the subject of full State

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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

‘A human rights crisis’

Interview with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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Demand for minority status

FOR the past six months, an internal, three-member committee set up by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has been deliberating upon an unus

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VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 04/11/2016: Central Information Commissoiner Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu at a lecture session on role of RTI Act organised by CPS, VPT and DCI in Visakhapatnam on Friday.- Photo: C.V.Subrahmanyam

Contentious rules

The RTI rules, 2017, are still to be notified and appear to have been put in cold storage over a few controversial proposals.

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NEW DELHI, 13/01/2018: The President of Supreme Court Bar Association, Vikas Singh and others addressing a Press conference on apex court crisis, in New Delhi on January 13, 2018.
Photo: Sandeep Saxena

‘Nobody is interested in selecting the best candidate’

Interview with Vikas Singh, president of the SCBA.

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Surat: Textile traders and workers block a road during a protest against GST in Surat on Friday. PTI Photo (PTI7_14_2017_000145B)

Mood swing

The latest CSDS survey shows a shift in popular opinion against the BJP and Modi, but questions remain about the opposition’s ability to mount a chall

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia come out after meeting Lt Governor Anil Baijal at his residence in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo by Arun Sharma (PTI2_23_2018_000148B)

Governance crisis

Lack of consensus between the bureaucracy and the political executive and the unresolved legal dispute over their administrative jurisdictions are the

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New smoking gun?

The opaqueness of the Modi government’s deal with France to acquire fighter jets raises more questions than answers.

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Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) personnel conduct raids at jewellery shops in Viviana Mall in relation to Nirav Modi scam, in Thane on Monday. PTI Photo (PTI2_19_2018_000220B)

In search of clues

Law enforcement agencies struggle to unravel the complex modus operandi in the PNB scam.

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Indian security guards stand at the entrance of a Nirav Modi jewellery showroom in New Delhi on February 15, 2018.
Indian investigators on February 15 raided the premises of a billionaire jeweller accused of defrauding one of the country's biggest banks. Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers searched the Mumbai offices of Nirav Modi after he was accused of cheating state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) of 2.8 billion rupees ($43.8 million).
/ AFP PHOTO / Sajjad HUSSAIN

A warning ignored

IN hindsight, it seems like a scandal foretold. On July 26, 2016, an online complaint sent by the Bengaluru-based businessman Hari Prasad S.V. to the

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Zameer Ballari selling Pakoda for twenty years in Vijayapura city but does not want his children to inherit his occupation.

Pakodas & promises

Provisions in the latest Budget may neither address the problem of widespread unemployment nor help the Modi government win a losing battle of percept

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New Delhi: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan during a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan (PTI1_16_2018_000124B)

Question of conduct

The complaint filed by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms against the Chief Justice of India serves as the latest reminder of the ur

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