What does the nation get out of the CBI?

'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful,' says Aakar Patel. Photograph: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters The Central Bureau of Investigation is our......

'Human rights are being curtailed systematically'

image: A protest against the Modi government's curtailment of human rights in New Delhi 'Human rights violations are there in rural areas and in cities. In rural areas it is crude and in the open.......

'Torture is a daily routine'

'People are beaten at the slightest provocation, paraded completely naked and then tortured. Did you know the number of prison deaths is the highest in Maharashtra? The one year I was in jail, 98......

Modi, Amit Shah and their Dilli ki Sultanate

IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: PTI 'The Modi Sultanate -- like the Congress Sultanate -- does not understand local aspirations and......

Rise of Naxalism: Blame India's skewed mining policy

It is the low cost of iron ore extracted from their adivasi homeland mines that enables steelmakers like Tata Steel and Essar, and miners like NMDC, not only to be among the most......

Indian Chamber of Commerce seeks lowering corporate tax to 25%

Indian Chamber of Commerce, in its pre-budget memorandum, has asked for corporate tax rate in India to be brought down to the global average of 25 per cent to regain the growth momentum. The......

Road, housing projects worth Rs 14,500 cr cleared

The government has approved 20 new highway and housing projects at a total investment of Rs 14,538 crore (Rs 145.38 billion). The approval for the projects proposed by the Ministry of Road......

Who tilled my land and ate my pie?

One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acqusition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states......