'If CBI director bows to government pressure it is because he wants to'

'I was at a very senior position in the CBI and what happens is, hints are dropped for you to act upon. But then it depends upon your conscience, to do it or otherwise.''I know the rank and file of......

India 2012: Swearing-in of a President, swearing at him

Metres away from the pomp and regalia of Parliament's Central Hall, at the time the 13th President of the republic was being sworn-in, a bunch of battle-weary protestors were girding up to take on......

'It is an ugly scar in the history of Parliamentary democracy'

Constitutional experts were on Friday divided on who should be blamed for the fiasco over the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, holding both the government and the Opposition responsible for leaving......

Ruma Pal, former Supreme Court judge, slams higher judiciary

Justice Ruma Pal is to be saluted for her courageous dissent of conviction and reminding her peers that they need to put themselves on self-trial. The alternative is for India to sink further into......

RIL seeks start of KG-D6 cost recovery arbitration

The company, in the letter, expressed ‘distress’ at the attempts of the government to remove Justice Bharucha from the panel of arbitration With its KG-D6 cost recovery arbitration......

Former judge slams govt before quitting KG-D6 arbitration body

Former Australian judge Michael McHugh, who was appointed by Supreme Court to adjudicate on Reliance Industries' KG-D6 dispute, had slammed the government interpretation of his statements......

KG basin dispute: Fresh plea for arbitrator appointment

A fresh plea was on Friday made in the Supreme Court for appointment of a third arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the Centre and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin......

Gas price: Govt joins arbitration initiated by RIL, partners

The government on Thursday decided to join the arbitration initiated by Reliance Industries and its partners over delay in revision of natural gas prices, and named former Supreme Court judge G S......

Bedi unhappy with Indian skipper

Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has said that his team would have to work harder in order to win in the Caribbean.The Australians, who arrived on Wednesday night without fast bowler Glenn......