SC stays Puri's Rath Yatra due to COVID-19

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed this year's historic Puri Rath Yatra starting from June 23 as also the related activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that "Lord Jagannath won't......

Judges bribery case: SC says petitioners indulged in forum shopping

Activist advocates, who pressed hard for a special investigation team probe into an alleged case of bribery in the name of judges, on Monday faced a barrage of questions from the Supreme Court......

Judges bribery case: High drama in SC as CJI bench overturns 2-judge order

'No judge can take up a matter on its own unless allocated by the CJI as the CJI is master of the court,' the top court said.   The tussle within top judiciary on Friday came to the fore with......

Bribes taken in judges' name: SC says matter 'very serious'

'No one would be allowed to impure the stream of justice,' declared the top court. The Supreme Court on Friday, November 10, termed the allegations of bribes taken in the name of judges as 'very......

Orissa MNREGA funds: SC orders CBI probe

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged corruption in utilisation of Central funds by six districts of Orissa for the rural job guarantee scheme......

Post-protest: Challenges of building local economy

Farmers who opposed the Special Economic Zone at Raigad seem to have won, for now.In mid-February the Government of Maharashtra announced that it would return, to farmers, land that had been marked......

'I wish to recreate an India of self-employers'

In December, some 400 youngsters aged 15 to 18 years boarded a train for the Tata Jagriti Yatra (TJY), a 9,000-km, 16-state journey of 18 days from December 24, 2010 to January 11, 2011, starting......

Vedanta chief's Emperor Ashoka inspiration?

Rajni Bakshi argues that if people don't struggle for fair and equitable prosperity right now, they might lose the chance of doing so in the future. Sometime last year a non-governmental......