Sikhs harassed in California prisons

Officials of Solano State Prison and San Quentin State Prison in California have reportedly punished Sikhprisoner for refusing to comply with regulations, whichmandate that hair cannot be kept more......

Montek Singh: India's new finance minister?

There are wide spread speculations in corridors of power in the Capital that Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia may take over as the next finance minister of India. "The......

Montek favours hike in oil prices

The Planning Commission on Tuesday made a case for increasing prices of petrol and diesel arguing that it was not a good idea to check inflation by keeping prices of petroleum products low. "If the......

Comrade Montek Singh Ahluwalia?

Set up as early as in 1950 by a mere resolution of the Government of India, it is virtually the mother of all departments within the government. Yet it is without any Constitutional mandate. It......