Hooch Tragedy: Will TN Go Dry?

Rival governments in Tamil Nadu expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the......

All In The Family In The Name Of Politics

With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......

Why Anand Mohan Slunk Out Of Jail

IMAGE: Former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, sentenced to life in prison for killing an IAS officer, was freed from prison on Thursday, April 27, 2023. All photographs: ANI Photo It was a silent and......

Who Stoked Migrant Labour 'Exodus' From Tamil Nadu?

Unless controlled and contained, given the untested belief that the north Indian labour support and follow the Hindutva kind of political ideology, there is a potential in terms of ideological......

Key posts vacant at Centre, few takers

The shortage of officers at the Centre has become so visible that the Department of Personeel and Training in a candid acknowledgment of the shrinking pool asked the states to ‘share the......

'India needs out-of-the-box thinkers'

'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of the Start-Up India,......

Satyam scar lingers even after 7 years

Satyam's employees had to undergo mental trauma, job uncertainty and financial problems, after many were forced to leave. It was on January 7, 2009, that B Ramalinga Raju, the poster boy of......

Debt trap turns tragic for Andhra MFI chiefs

Life seems to have turned a full circle for some professionals in the microfinance industry of Andhra Pradesh, but with tragic consequences.About a year and a half back, microfinance institutions......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......