The Normalcy Of Extrajudicial Killings In India

An unofficial and brutal justice system exists parallel to the official one, and it executes many times more of the accused than the official one executes convicts, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

A Lok Sabha of contrasts!

It was a changed scenario in the new Lok Sabha with the churning brought out by the elections throwing in contrasts. While the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in full......

CPI to fight on 60 seats, declares 39 names for LS polls

Probodh Panda and Atul Kumar Anjaan are among 39 candidates declared by the Communist Party of India for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the party said that it would fight on 60 seats in 24 states.......

JPC report: BJP, CPI take on govt, criticise speaker's actions

Bharatiya Janata Party and Communist Party of India on Monday came together to take on the government over JPC report on 2G scam, alleging that the "fraud" and "fabricated" document was tabled in......

Use PF to fund infrastructure: Dasgupta

The CPI-backed AITUC has proposed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to utilise pension funds and employees provident fund for infrastructure development instead of investment in the speculative......

No undue benefit from KG gas, argues RIL

Reliance Industries on Wednesday assailed reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General and expert P Gopalakrishnan, which have alleged the company got undue benefits pertaining to......

'RIL a victim of honey trap'

Reliance Industries Ltd counsel Harish Salve on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the company was a victim of a ‘honey trap’. The government, he said, had lured RIL to explore, develop and......

How the oil ministry justifies KG gas price rise

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday reiterated before the Supreme Court a rise in the price of gas from the KG basin was necessary to attract investments, saying it was a bona......