Karunanidhi saw the 2G episode -- from the leak of the CAG report to the weak defence put forth by Congress leaders -- as politically motivated

Karunanidhi was convinced that using the 2G cases against the DMK and reopening the fodder case against Lalu Prasad Yadav were products of the Congress leadership's short-sightedness.A revealing......

Sheena Bora trial: Peter has aged so many years

The close-onto four years (since November 2015) Peter has spent in Arthur Road jail, central Mumbai, in judicial custody, have taken their toll, lending him a bit of a melancholy stoop, a laborious......

Sheena Bora Trial: The glow is back on Indrani!

‘Bedecked, both days, in variations of pretty pinks and whites, kohl, her hair streaming over her shoulders, a dot of bright sindoor in its parting, Accused No 1 in the Sheena Bora murder......

Protection from arrest to PC, son in Aircel-Maxis case extended

A Delhi Court Friday extended the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases till September 3 and pulled up the......

Railways not to cancel any more passenger trains

The Indian Railways has decided to not cancel any more passenger trains to accommodate more freight traffic for coal transport. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI Photo It will also gradually......

All hail Modi's 1st BJP Budget

The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......

The chinks in India's arbitration laws

As India's arbitration laws are disconnected from global best practices, global pension and insurance funds are more short-term in their investment outlook in India, operating through the stock......

Dissenting states want full borrowing by Centre for GST

Dissenting states including Chhattisgarh and Kerala, have made it clear they are in no mood to relent. They want the Centre to borrow the entire Rs 2.35 trillion this fiscal citing bleak fiscal......

Vijay joins the Rajini club

Mersal is the first Vijay film to make Rs 200 crores.Some say credit for the star's most successful film goes to the BJP and its opponents.T E Narasimhan reports from Chennai. In Tamil politics,......