'Judges are not free of fear'

'Judges have families; they have their future to worry about.''In an atmosphere of fear, the judges are constantly under some kind of psychological pressure.''I have seen this is happening across......

'They don't see sunlight for years'

'Is it not deplorable that even after 75 years of Independence, there are people in our society who have been denied freedom?' IMAGE: The rescued people. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mahaboob......

3rd minister quits Yogi cabinet, 10th MLA to leave BJP in UP

OBC leader Dharam Singh Saini on Thursday became the third minister to resign from the Uttar Pradesh cabinet this week, giving yet another jolt to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to......

Maurya's MP daughter claims her father yet to join any party

Hours after Uttar Pradesh labour and employment minister Swami Prasad Maurya quit his post, his daughter and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Badaun MP Sanghamitra Maurya on Tuesday claimed her father......

Pandering of so-called wilful defaulters is peculiar to India

Despite the Indian government’s recent efforts, anecdotal evidence indicates that there has been little change in the extortionist behaviour of a significant proportion of tax and police......

Why widespread hunger persists in India

No large nation has done less to feed its millions of poor than India has in the past decade or two since the beneficial effects of the Green Revolution wore off, says Rahul Jacob. Speaking......

Controversial deal to redevelop Jaipur lake before apex court

The dispute over the way in which the Rajasthan government is seeking to re-develop Jaipur's historic Mansagar lake and its environs, may come up before the Supreme Court today, report Paranjoy......

Amartya Sen is the only economist to have hurt India's poor: Jagdish Bhagwati

While praising the Gujarat model of growth, globalisation guru and eminent economist Jagdish Bhagwati said he was not going to vote for Narendra Modi, as he neither supported the Gujarat chief......

IOA proposes to refer charge-framed cases to Ethics Commission

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday yet again sought to dilute International Olympic Committee's directive to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections and instead decided to......