Soli Sorabjee and the HindujasSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe minutes of a meeting that Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee had with solicitors and financiers of the Hindujas' power project in Andhra Pradesh raise
To keep Air-India afloatSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe government has cleared the proposal to privatise Air-India but will this decision enable the airline to come out of the red?
Taking on the corruptSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiUNDER the stewardship of Nagarajan Vittal, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which was reconstituted through an ordinance 19 months ago, is acqu
For a new sales tax regimeSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe introduction of standardised rates for sales tax across the country is expected to end the diversion of trade from one State to another, but some
Counting on bondsSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe Resurgent India Bonds scheme has pushed up the foreign exchange reserves to around $ 28 billion, but what will be its real cost?
Issues for vigilanceSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe ordinance on the basis of which the appointment of a new Chief Vigilance Commissioner has been made deviates from the Supreme Court directive on t
Whose freedom is it?SUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiTHE Press Council of India's (PCI) censure of The Times of India for its motivated campaign against the Enforcement Directorate (E.D.) and the "strong
Behind the transfersSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiEven as a debate continues on the transfer of E.D. Director M.K. Bezbaruah, the motives for the transfer remain unclear.
Government in a spotSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiThe BJP-led Government's attempt to implement selectively the Supreme Court order on the grant of autonomy to Central investigative agencies has appar
The false ceilingSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiUrban Affairs Minister Ram Jethmalani has proposed the repeal of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, in the belief that this would impr
Citizen JainSUDHA MAHALINGAM in New DelhiEven as the E.D. continues its quest to interrogate Ashok Jain, questions about editorial manoeuvres loom over The Times of India.
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
