ED slaps Rs 10 cr fine on Aakar Patel, Rs 51.72 cr on Amnesty India

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has slapped a total penalty amount of more than Rs 61 crore against Amnesty India and its former head Aakar Patel for contravening the Indian foreign......

'India will take years to recover from what has been done and is being done by the government'

'Today, the State is permanently going after politicians, but also civil society, academics and all those it is threatened by or irritated with.' IMAGE: An anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protest......

CBI gets govt nod to prosecute Aakar Patel for FCRA violations

The Centre has given the go ahead to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute Amnesty International India and its former chief Aakar Patel for alleged violations of the Foreign......

G20 Summit: Time For India To Raise Stature

'The group commands 85 per cent of the global GDP, and if you are able to convey your point of view effectively to this group then you have reached more or less all the important players that......

Why note ban failure won't affect Modi

'You can accuse him of many things, but one thing you cannot accuse him of is being bad at politics,' says Aakar Patel. Last week, I spoke to a group of students, about 1,000 in a large hall, in a......

How far will the Cybertruck go?

'The unveiling of the Cybertruck seems to me the turning point in the design and manufacture of automobiles in much the same way as American skyscrapers were the turning point of architectural......

Be warned! Bad times ahead for the Indian economy

'We have a very difficult period ahead of us.''Fortunately we have a popular government and a popular leader who is ideally placed to take us into confidence,' says Aakar Patel. India has begun......

It's another world in Mumbai

The throbbing beat of drums, adivasi dances and soul-stirring performances by Pakistani rock band Junoon and South African dance troupe Siwela Sonke-- which means to cross over to a new......

Slumdog: Exploiting India

Slumdog Millionaire? I hate that film!" said a much decorated, liberal and well-travelled former submariner. "It is poverty porn at its worst. The Mumbai marauders are supposed to have done their......

Soccer: India lose to Bahrain in international friendly

IMAGE: India's Rahul Bheke scored the equaliser before Bahrain found the winner in the 88th minute. Photograph: AIFF Media The Indian football team fought hard before going down to higher-ranked......

Why can't Sreesanth play for another country?

'None of us has the right to tell Sreesanth what to do with his career and it is childish to expect him to hold the torch of our bogus cricket patriotism,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: S Sreesanth......

'FIFA is not responsible for working conditions of labourers'

‘In Qatar they are working in big companies from Germany, from France, from England and from other European countries and they are responsible of their workers and not FIFA’ Image: A......

Kapil unperturbed by BCCI snub over benefit cheque

Even as uncertainty prevails over whether Kapil Dev has been left out of the list of former cricketers due to receive the one-time monetary benefit by the BCCI, the former India captain has said......

Lou's incorrect, I wasn't involved in any match-fixing: Dinesh Mongia

IMAGE: Former India cricketer Dinesh Mongia. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images Tainted New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent has told a London courtroom that former......