It took close to 14 years, since the Mohammad Azharuddin episode in 1999, for a first-of-its-kind crackdown on the betting mafia, which has had contrasting ...
05:31 PM, May 23, 2013
Suddenly I am curious about rotten apples and bad eggs. I wonder if they mutate into rottenness on their own. Or does the air and ...
08:25 AM, May 18, 2013
The police must answer why innocent Muslims are being implicated in terror cases When in doubt about a terror investigation, blame the most readily ...
06:54 AM, Mar 13, 2013
The pictures would classify as "passport sized", usually faded black and white, showing a man or a number of men with name, rank and number ...
02:49 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Every meditative discipline across traditions has one singular aim - to help focus the mind on its true nature - open, vast and inclusive. ...
11:55 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Irom Sharmila is in love. As soon as you say this, a great deal of wonder and hatred follows, for many there is complete surprise ...
02:59 PM, Nov 05, 2012
A research officer from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences was recently harassed in Hyderabad while he worked on a report on terror cases ...
04:55 PM, Oct 10, 2012
In the early 1990s, when TN Seshan as Chief Election Commissioner was the flavour of the season, a packed Rotary Club meeting in South Mumbai ...
12:14 AM, Oct 05, 2012
At one time the cycle rickshaw wallah was at the lowest rung of the income ladder. The Delhi Metro has pulled him up by several ...
03:15 PM, Aug 05, 2012
These are not the happiest of times for the aam admi. A paralysed government, an obstructionist opposition, an economy in decline, a deficit monsoon, why ...
12:04 AM, Jul 27, 2012
The Higgs boson particle experiment has dominated headlines over the last couple of days. It has also triggered various debates ranging from science, religion, god ...
06:43 PM, Jul 06, 2012
For a decade and a half following their Test debut, India didn't think much of offspin as a weapon of attack. Legspin was king, and ...
12:40 PM, Jun 19, 2012
The other day I wrote about a steady stream of service people ringing the doorbell all through the day at my parents' home in Gurgaon. ...
03:54 PM, Jun 15, 2012
The fact that Irom Chanu Sharmila's fast for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur has joined Ripley's odditorium will leave ...
12:56 PM, May 10, 2012
With presidential candidates being discussed in the circles of power, Panditji was wondering what the characteristics of the ideal presidential candidate would be. Back again ...
04:33 PM, Apr 30, 2012
The declared range is political. The demonstrated capability is not. Agni V truly epitomises the maturing of India's missile prowess and is a harbinger of ...
12:32 PM, Apr 20, 2012
The Parliament has mildly reprimanded Team Anna with Speaker Meira Kumar reading out a statement saying any comment that lowered the dignity of Parliament was ...
05:46 PM, Mar 29, 2012
My Lords (Justice SH Kapadia, Justice DK Jain, Justice SS Nijjar, Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice JS Kehar), "News is something someone somewhere ...
01:05 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Maya Raj is out. Samajwadi Party has won the state elections with phenomenal numbers. Rahul Gandhi's efforts reaped no results. With an epic win in ...
12:59 PM, Mar 14, 2012
When Rahul Gandhi first appeared on India's political scene, he was projected as the new-age neta, the politician that we never had. There was and ...
09:22 PM, Mar 06, 2012
