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The Final Blow Came

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...

Follow the Tel Aviv Model

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...

Watch your words!

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...

A breach of trust?

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?

Eliminating Witnesses

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...

“Money has been there in the Kashmiri DNA”

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...

An Insider’s Telling Tale

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...

The name-bomber

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...

Dangerous meals

Food product companies have misled consumers for too long. But it’s high time we became alert to their slew of misinformation By Bhavdeep Kang In a country where the food discourse is marked...

Nestle’s instant infamy

Maggi Noodles is under the spotlight for high levels of lead and MSG being found in samples. Has Nestle flouted food safety norms in order to capture the `2,700 crore instant noodle market in India? ...

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