AFSPA: 'A symbol of oppression, an object of hate'

The Supreme Court found enough grounds to order a CBI probe into 1,528 extra-judicial killings in Manipur between 2000 and 2012.Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: Nagaland Minister for Health and......

Parliamentary panel bats for simultaneous LS, state polls

Batting for holding of simultaneous elections in the country, a parliamentary committee on Tuesday said this will reduce the burden on the exchequer, expenditure of political parties and also......

Rajasthan Crisis: Explained: Anti-Defection Law

A major drawback of the Anti-Defection Law is the lack of precise definition of defection itself, points out Rup Narayan Das.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   In a democratic......

The Collegium has not entirely freed judges from dependence on the government

'There is one weapon in the government's armoury which impacts the independence of the judiciary, and which has not been affected by the collegium system.''It is post-retirement employment with the......

Black money: SC irked with Centre for not implementing orders

The Centre on Tuesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court for failing to implement its three-year-old directions, including setting up of a SIT to probe all cases of black money and disclosing......

Black money: SC appoints special probe team

The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a high-level special investigation team headed by former apex court judge B P Jeevan Reddy to monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back......

3 ex-SC judges to decide Balco stake arbitration

V N Khare and S P Bharucha, both once Chief Justices of India, have been appointed to the arbitration panel to resolve the issue of sale of the government's residual 49 per cent stake in Bharat......

RCOM-MTN deal called off

The much-touted deal between Anil Ambani group company RCOM and South African telecom giant MTN was called off on Friday. "The two sides were unable to conclude the transaction due to certain......

When Bollywood made EVIL So Much FUN!

Every story needs a hero and a villain. But sometimes one antagonist is just not enough. Take Director Sujeeth's hugely hyped Saaho for instance. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, the Prabhas......

'When brothers go hand in hand they are unmatchabl

USER: Atreya Banerjee1. Virender Sehwag2. Sachin Tendulkar3. Inzamam ul Haq4. Saurav Ganguly5. Rahul Dravid6. Yuvraj Singh7. Abdur Razzaq8. Wasim Akram9. Shoaib Akhtar10. Zaheer Khan11. Saqlain......