HC orders ASI to conduct 'scientific survey' of MP's Bhojshala in 6 weeks

The Madhya Pradesh high court in Indore on Monday directed the Archaeological Survey of India to carry out within six weeks a "scientific survey" of the Bhojshala complex in Dhar district, a......

Maha govt draws ire for sunstroke deaths as toll rises

The Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party government in Maharashtra on Monday faced criticism over the sunstroke-linked death of people at a mega award function in Navi Mumbai, held in an open......

'A civil democratic society can ill afford sacrificing the procedural safeguards legislatively provided'

'Sanction serves the salutary object of providing safeguard to the accused from unwarranted prosecution and the agony and trauma of trial, and in the context of the stringent provisions of the......

Sharad, Ajit Pawar booked in Rs 25,000 cr bank scam

The Enforcement Directorate has booked Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, his nephew and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and others in a criminal case of money laundering linked......

The rot inside Air India

Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India.Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall, discovers Manavi Kapur. IMAGE: Air India has the poorest and most outdated customer......

Of Welspun, Cyprus and the FEMA conundrum

The sluggish legal system in India makes it extremely difficult for law-enforcing agencies in the ministry of finance to punish violations of foreign exchange laws. Unfortunately, it is not just......

Air India crisis: Supreme Court raps government

With Air India grappling with financial crisis, the Supreme Court has rapped the government for giving ‘profitable routes’ to private carriers and asked it to plan a turnaround in the......

Suppress criminal record and lose your job

Bombay High Court has held that if a person withholds fact from his prospective employer about his conviction in a criminal case, he cannot as a matter of right claim the job even though he may......

Kumbles win child custody case

Leg-spinner Anil Kumble, in the midst of a successful Australian tour, got a pat on the back from an unexpected quarter, the Supreme Court, as it gave his wife Chetna custody of her daughter from......