Many experts advocate legalizing betting in India so that it can be regulated and earns the government
revenue. With Goa and Sikkim having already given it legal sanction is the rest of India ready...
By Shantanu Guha Ray
Jignesh Shah blazed like a meteor and burnt out like one. This entrepreneur, who could have been a sterling exponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” program, ai...
Joint secretary KP Krishnan’s letter suggests that competing interests were threatened by FTIL’s growing clout
A confidential note by KP Krishnan, then joint secretary in Department of Economic...
A frequent target of terror attacks, Israel realized the futility of capital punishment more than five decades ago. Why is India still clinging to the death penalty?
By Abhay Vaidya
Should I...
Politicians and journos have often been at the receiving end of
defamation laws. A case in the Supreme Court hopes to limit the
potential of this legal weapon, which can be used to curb free speec...
Yakub’s death sentence has raised questions about the way probe agencies have made fugitives surrender after giving promises. With agencies having washed their hands off him, will new informants hesitate to come forward?
Those who testify against the powerful need to be protected. But can this be done in the absence of a formal protection program backed by a law?
By Ajith Pillai
The multi-layered and sho-ck...
AMARJIT SINGH DULAT has provoked a hornet’s nest both within the ruling BJP and the Opposition with his book, Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years. He is a former special director of the Intelligence Bureau an...
The former R&AW chief’s book provides an insight into how governments actually function and how they deal with insurgencies
By Ajith Pillai
This is not the first time that those who serv...
Lalit Modi’s carpet bombing through constant tweets has implicated people in high places, making the political establishment duck for cover. His swagger comes from the knowledge that there is no prove...