There’s something grossly wrong in the conscience of a nation if that conscience tries to turn an accused into a victim. Sanjay Dutt, let’s face it, is not the victim. He is an accused, convicted years ago and that conv
As Italy reversed its decision of not sending back its two marines, government on Friday said India has given assurances to that country that they will not face death penalty and will not be liable for arrest if they return by the deadline of toda
I was surrounded by film folks, art-directing a television commercial, when the news broke of the supreme court’s ruling on actor Sanjay Dutt’s sentencing. Within four weeks of March 21, Dutt has to return to jail to serve the remainin
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said that diplomacy is at work resulting in Italy`s decision to send back two marines charged in the fishermen killing case and parried questions on Italian media reports that Congress President
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed media to cover the day-to-day proceedings of the trial in the December 16 gangrape case which was being heard behind closed doors till date. Setting aside the order passed by the Additional Ses
To accelerate the flow of funds from foreign institutional investors (FII), the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Wednesday gave a green signal to them to offer government securities and corporate bonds as collaterals for trading on the co
Parliament on Thursday passed the anti-rape bill providing natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape, with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde stating the "law will impact the society for years to come". Terming i
The Reserve Bank on Thursday sought to downplay the money-laundering allegations against three private sector banks, saying the country has a "perfect" system to prevent such offences and that not a single such transaction took place in
When it comes to irritatingly complicated and unnecessarily lengthy paperwork, the ministries seem to never have enough of it. So when they are urged to slacken some of it, they do it in a way that complicates the process further. For exam
Two decades after serial blasts rocked Mumbai killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of one and conviction of several others including Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt. Following is the chronology of
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will have to undergo a jail term of more than three years after the Supreme Court today upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which it said was organised by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others
The ADMK, DMK and other Tamil Nadu political parties rejected the request of P Chidambaram for a structured debate and passage of 2013 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha. Trichy Siva of DMK and Dr V Maitreyan of AIADMK were categorical that they
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt would have to go back to jail for three and half years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday morning, while upholding the death sentence to Yakub Memon in the same case. Comm
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has confided in the outgoing fertiliser minister MK Alagiri that she was surprised when DMK decided to sever ties with the UPA government. She told Alagari that his father (Karunanidhi) should have at least tak
Editor`s Note: With the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) pointing out that thousands of crores were spent on creating employment that "didn’t create any regular assets" as part of MNREGS, we go back to one
The government will sell 5.82 percent stake (240.4 million shares) in the state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) through an auction on March 22. The government has altered its original plan to offload 10.82 percent in SAIL on poor
Finance Minister P Chidambaram "strongly disapproved" of the CBI raid at DMK leader Stalin`s residence in Chennai, saying the action is bound to be misunderstood. "I strongly disapprove of CBI action. It is bound to be misun
The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at 19 places across Tamil Nadu, including the residence of DMK chief M Karunanidhi`s son M K Stalin in Chennai in a case of alleged tax evasion of imported cars. The CBI team reached the house of St
There are certain uncouth expressions in Hindustani (that is, Hindi mixed with Urdu) which neatly sum up political-social dilemmas aptly but remain quite repugnant to the sensibilities of the elites. One such expression, which is in circulation in
Undeterred by adverse political developments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said there will be no let up in the government`s efforts to continue with the economic reforms and he will go ahead with his meetings with foreign investors
