Justice B V Nagarathna: A Judge To Watch Out For

'Justice B V Nagarathna has excellent human qualities and is a stickler for the law.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Engalaguppe Chatra is a nondescript village in Pandavapura taluk of......

Serious charges levelled against Karnataka judge

A major controversy has erupted in Karnataka's legal fraternity after the Forum for Judicial Accountability leveled serious allegations against state Chief Justice P D Dinakaran. The Forum......

Stopped from speaking, Mamata storms out of Niti Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech,......

Karnataka BJP leader Eshwarappa 'retires' from politics

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Karnataka deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday told the party's central leadership that he wishes to retire from electoral politics and......

Why Jaitley is under no pressure to present a populist Budget

The dates of general elections in 2019 and the presentation of the final Budget of the Modi government are so far removed from each other that Jaitley is not under any pressure to present a......

US hopes Hazare's drive will create better climate

American business leaders are hopeful that the anti-corruption protest in India led by activist Anna Hazare would not sidetrack burgeoning economic ties between the two countries, but would, in the......

World Bank's annual meet begins in Bangalore

The World Bank's first Annual Bank Conference on Economics Development in a developing country began in Bangalore on Wednesday with a clarion call for speedy reforms to accelerate development and......

Delhi dithers as big retail rattles the gates

India 's government has obviously never heard the maxim: "Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today". The government routinely defers decisions by commissioning studies of thorny issues in......

Can P T Usha Fix The IOA?

Ms Usha may soon discover that winning four gold medals at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics is a walk in the park compared with the challenges of stabilising governance......

Gambhir finally has stand named after him at Kotla

IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir slammed the authorities for infighting and not putting their energy into betterment of Delhi cricket. Photograph: Gautam Gambhir/Twitter Gautam Gambhir finally saw a stand......

Will Ganguly contest for BCCI president's post?

Some of the key faces for various posts will be former India skipper and Hyderabad Cricket Association president Mohammad Azharuddin, former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal......

IPL behind closed doors? Indian sport hit by COVID-19

'In the event the sporting event cannot be avoided, the same could be done without allowing gathering of people, including spectators.' IMAGE: A coronavirus information banner is seen at the HPCA......

Jimmy Amarnath to replace Yashpal as selector

From calling the selectors "a bunch of jokers" to being named as the new selector, life has come a full circle for Mohinder Amarnath. The former India all-rounder will replace Yashpal Sharma in the......