Do NOT barter away national security

'The most unfortunate part is that after precipitating the crisis situation on Tuesday, the government ducked and took help from Saudi Arabia and the UAE to 'de-escalate' the situation.''Make no......

BJP wants Rahul to explain alleged 'Hindu terror' remark of 2010

With the Gujarat polls less than two weeks away, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday raked up the issue of an old United States diplomatic cable which allegedly quoted Rahul Gandhi as......

Database State to Surveillance State

UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal......

Modi 'Person of the Year' 2016? 'Time' will tell soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently leading an online poll of readers' choice for Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' in 2016, with 18 per cent of the vote cast. The surge in Modi’s......

Indian firms in doublespeak on insurance FDI: WikiLeaks

US diplomatic cables say Indian partners might be actually lobbying against raising the FDI cap. Indian partners in insurance joint ventures might have been less gung-ho than previously believed......

REVEALED: Rajiv Gandhi's role in Boeing deal

The recent Kissinger Cables released by Wikileaks might have suggested that former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, could have been an "entrepreneur" for Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab-Scania for......

Kamal Nath benefited from Bengal contract: WikiLeaks

In 1976, Kamal Nath, now urban development minister, may have benefited from “a very large” contract awarded under the then West Bengal power minister, A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury,......

How an Indian firm once wanted to fly, and failed

Cables released by WikiLeaks name Sonia, Sanjay Gandhi as board members of firms that lobbied with US Embassy to connect with aircraft makers in 1976.A day after diplomatic cables alleging the role......