Clever logic and smart sentences come naturally to smart alecs. If they happen to be lawyers-turned-politicians, their skills are often honed to perfection. Bihar governor Keshri Nath Tripathi easily fits this description. Tripathi
The senior most judge of the supreme court, justice TS thakur, has castigated the government for filing large number of cases in the court. According to him this "cannot be a good sign of good governance". "No one is
Days before railway minister Suresh Prabhu presents his budget, nine passengers were killed and 16 seriously injured when nine bogies of the Ernakulam-bound Express train from Bengaluru derailed on Friday morning near the border of Karnataka
Even as banking sectors extends its reach in India, especially with the launch of PM’s jan dhan yojana (PMJDY) , number of complaints received by banking ombudsmen against the commercial banks ihas witnessed an increase of 8.55 per cent.
In the 2009 biographical sports drama ‘Invictus’, South Africa’s president-elect Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) humbly accepts the reasonability of a question posed to him in a newspaper headline: `He Can Win an Electi
With India putting pressure and the US setting in motion its internal laws into process, one of the two police officers who allegedly assaulted the 57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel in Madison, Alabama, has been arrested and FBI will be conducting a pr
In an unusually quick and angry response after recent Modi-Obama bonhomie, the government on Thursday summoned an official in the US embassy to the external affairs ministry and demanded expeditious investigation into the February 6 incident of ex
This was bound to happen. The Supreme Court has pulled up the central government for engaging in endless litigation over land acquisition issues and thus denying rightful compensation to land owners, mostly farmers. "You have e
Last week’s guidelines on maintaining a countercyclical capital buffer (CCCB) by Reserve Bank of India has been hailed by the global credit rating agency Moody`s . The guidelines are credit positive for Indian banks because th
Ajmer is arguably one of the most unsmart cities in India. The vast Ana Sagar lake built in the 12th century has become a pool of filth and scum. The famous shrine of Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti in old city sits amid muck, with surrounding lanes bu
After winning the Delhi assembly elections with 67 seats, the Aaam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded full statehood for Delhi. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who will take oath as Delhi chieif minister on February 14,met home minister Raj
Even as Nitish Kumar was knocking on the doors of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Patna High Court on Wednesday declared his appointment as leader of JD(U) legislature party as “illegal”. The court also observed that JD(U) had removed Chie
A deadly virus with six aliases is on the prowl and most vulnerable are the e-banking users. The Trojan variant virus, which has been named as `Cridex` attacks and steals personal login secrets and passwords of e-banking customers.
There has been sharp shift in information technology sector with segments like engineering, research and development, and digital shining bright. Nasscom Strategic Review of 2015 also says that the country saw 800 new technology sta
Delhi has been different and will be different. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee should remember this. She called the AAP’s landslide win in the Delhi Assembly polls as a "turning point" in India`s current political lands
The national capital is going the AAP way. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has taken a mammoth lead as trends poured in from the counting centre on Tuesday. The AAP made historic victory by getting 67 seats out of 70 assembly seats, while BJP could get
Economy grew at 7.5% during December 2014 quarter. The economy will grow 7.4% in the year through March 31, aided by a 7.5% increase in October-December, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation said in New Delhi on Monday. Last mon
Foreign suppliers of atomic reactors to India cannot be sued for the damages by victims of a nuclear accident but can be held liable by the operator who has the right of recourse. In a seven-page `frequently asked questions` dealing
The government is expected to disclose the names of 60 individuals and Indian entities as prosecution proceedings have been initiated against them. Speaking to the media on Monday, finance minister Arun Jaitley said that assessment
Delhi elections results are going to be declared on Tuesday but the effects of exit polls after Saturday’s vote are being felt in the markets. The S&P BSE Sensex closed 491 points lower at 28,227 with BSE`s market capital
