Ban on entry of women inside Sabarimala has to pass constitutional test: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that the ban on entry of women in the age group of 10-50 years into the Sabarimala temple would be tested on “constitutional ethos” and asked......

Irani rejects demands for waiving off punishment to JNU students

Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday rejected a demand for waiving off rustication and other punishments meted out to students in universities, terming it a......

The unanswered questions in the Sheena Bora murder

There are twists and turns and then some more. The Sheena Bora murder so far reads like a script of a bestseller whodunit, but the fact that it’s not fiction can send a chill one’s......

Rahul's primary experiment evades disaster

Even as questions continue to be raised within the Congress party over Rahul Gandhi’s primary election experiment, the party has managed to avoid a major embarrassment by forcing......

How IL&FS crisis has impacted non-banking finance companies

For non-banks, the IL&FS crisis was nothing short of India’s Lehman moment, which has for a foreseeable future reset the sector on multiple grounds. Two and a half years after the......

Sebi's new rules for executing trades may open Pandora's box for MFs

Fund managers may end up losing out on crucial information during market hours, leading to information asymmetry vis-a-vis other institutional investors such as alternative investment funds,......

K-G Basin row has all the makings of a vodafone-like tussle

RIL has denied knowingly producing any gas from the ONGC block.   There has been much comment over the $1.55 billion demand made by the petroleum ministry on Reliance Industries and its......

SC pulls up Sahara on source of money raised for investors

"Though we don't doubt the capacity of your client to pay crores of money to investors, that too in cash in two months, the entire explanation of the episode is difficult to digest," a bench headed......