Home ministry rejects Afzal Guru's mercy plea

The Union Home ministry has recommended death penalty for Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru in its report submitted to the President, sources said. According to sources, Home Minister P......

When the government defends the indefensible

Can the governments which consistently let their lawyers down, be trusted to uphold the rights of their people? How much longer will the State fight against its own citizens, inside and outside......

Reshuffle musical chairs: Who got what?

Controversial Jairam Ramesh was on Tuesday elevated to Cabinet status and shifted from the high-profile Environment Ministry and Veerappa Moily replaced by Salman Khursheed as Law Minister in a......

Foolish: Ex-law minister on renaming India as 'Bharat'

Senior Congress leader and former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday dubbed the idea of renaming India as 'Bharat' or 'Hindustan' as "foolish" and one with "nuisance value." Karnataka......

Govt starts oil diplomacy with US

As the government gets ready to float a separate company for developing an oil/gas block in Iran, it has started diplomatic talks with the US on the issue, to avoid Western sanctions. The ministry......