'Torture is a daily routine'

'People are beaten at the slightest provocation, paraded completely naked and then tortured. Did you know the number of prison deaths is the highest in Maharashtra? The one year I was in jail, 98......

'What we did for the environment has been undone by the new govt'

Image: Jairam Ramesh with his new book, Green Signals. 'This is not a Sanjay Baru or Natwar Singh type of book. It's not a memoir. It's not a book to reveal conversations, real or imaginary. This......

Exclusive! Medha Patkar: Land acquisition ordinance will destroy poor

The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as......

Detailed report: Story of BRAZEN illegal mining in Goa

The mining scam had first rocked Karnataka and now Goa. While the mess in Karnataka is well known, the scenario in Goa is no different. The Central Empowered Committee in its interim report on......

Centre to relax lock-in period for sale of Neelachal Ispat

The Centre has conceded most of the demands of potential buyers of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL). These include lowering the lock-in period for sale of assets to one year and allowing the new......

Govt clears the deck to restart 26 coal mines

With the state government clearing the decks by extending the lease validity of 26 mines, operations at these mines are set to commence again within a couple of months. Since all the 26 mine leases......

Exclusive! 'The Modi government refuses to give anything for free'

  'The Modi government believes the industrialist, the capitalist, has to pay for the assets of the government which belong to the people of India.' Coal Minister Piyush Goyal unplugged.......

Easier access to loans, skill development to boost education

Students will now have easy accessibility to loans for higher studies. Budget Provisions   For companies, for financial year 2015-2016, additional surcharge called the “Education......