You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law.The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA.Imagine yourself or your......
'Soli steadfastly believed in Voltaire's famous dictum that he would disagree violently with anyone but defend to death that person's right to disagree with him.'Aditi Phadnis remembers Soli......
The Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating 'compulsory retirement' for employees aged 50 years and above if they are found neglecting their duty, an order that has not gone down well with the......
Suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Pradeep Sharma has filed a criminal defamation case in a local court in Ahmedabad against editor and columnist Madhu Kishwar, alleging that she tried......
Advocate for one of the victims of Ishrat Jahan encounter case has claimed a retired Gujarat police officer had heard his suspended senior D G Vanzara, main accused in the case, telling another......
The past few years have seen the first cycle of mergers and acquisitions, exits, and track-records being created. In what appears to be the beginning of a fresh wave of venture capital (VC) in......
People move from investment banking to growth equity or from venture capital to growth equity or entrepreneurship, depending on what’s attractive at different points of life. ......
With $10 million in a Series-A funding, Delhi-based UrbanClap is carving a niche in mobile local services. Image: UrbanClap founders (from left) Abhiraj Bhal, Raghav Chandra and Varun......
Indian businessman Navin Bhartia's Internet habits make him a dream customer for billionaire foreign media moguls like Rupert Murdoch. The 45-year-old from Kolkata likes to buy homes online,......
Image: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a press conference.Photoghraph: David McNew/Getty Images In its first acquisition in India, American online retail giant Amazon is planning to buy out fashion......