ED slaps Rs 10 cr fine on Aakar Patel, Rs 51.72 cr on Amnesty India

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has slapped a total penalty amount of more than Rs 61 crore against Amnesty India and its former head Aakar Patel for contravening the Indian foreign......

How Modi Changed Indian Politics

In the last 11 years, India and the world witnessed what he stood for, what he promised and did not deliver, and what he actually stood for and practised without fearing how history would judge......

CBI gets govt nod to prosecute Aakar Patel for FCRA violations

The Centre has given the go ahead to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute Amnesty International India and its former chief Aakar Patel for alleged violations of the Foreign......

'Amnesty will continue to highlight human rights abuses in India'

'We have spoken on several occasions about the very serious human rights abuses faced by members of the Kashmiri Pandit community.' Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International India, who......

How far will the Cybertruck go?

'The unveiling of the Cybertruck seems to me the turning point in the design and manufacture of automobiles in much the same way as American skyscrapers were the turning point of architectural......

Why note ban failure won't affect Modi

'You can accuse him of many things, but one thing you cannot accuse him of is being bad at politics,' says Aakar Patel. Last week, I spoke to a group of students, about 1,000 in a large hall, in a......

Be warned! Bad times ahead for the Indian economy

'We have a very difficult period ahead of us.''Fortunately we have a popular government and a popular leader who is ideally placed to take us into confidence,' says Aakar Patel. India has begun......

Soccer: India lose to Bahrain in international friendly

IMAGE: India's Rahul Bheke scored the equaliser before Bahrain found the winner in the 88th minute. Photograph: AIFF Media The Indian football team fought hard before going down to higher-ranked......

Rohan Gavaskar seeks BCCI amnesty

An application of former India one-day international player Rohan Gavaskar, who had joined the Indian Cricket League, seeking permission to play in domestic tournaments of the country has reached......

101 cricketers sever ties with ICL

Former internationals Rohan Gavaskar, Deep Dasgupta and Hemang Badani are among 101 cricketers who have severed links with the rebel Indian Cricket League and applied to the Board of Control for......

'FIFA is not responsible for working conditions of labourers'

‘In Qatar they are working in big companies from Germany, from France, from England and from other European countries and they are responsible of their workers and not FIFA’ Image: A......

Why can't Sreesanth play for another country?

'None of us has the right to tell Sreesanth what to do with his career and it is childish to expect him to hold the torch of our bogus cricket patriotism,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: S Sreesanth......