Why can't Centre call all-party meet on 'serious issue' of freebies, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there must be a "debate" on the "serious" issue relating to the practice of political parties promising freebies and asked why cannot the Centre call for an......

Rahul's Rajasthan dilemma: Gehlot or Pilot?

'Sachin Pilot should be credited with the revival of the Congress and for building it into a fighting machinery.''What goes in favour of Ashok Gehlot is his experience, connect and relationships --......

OROP: Parrikar 'pressurised' in cabinet to obstruct pension plan, claims Jethmalani

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in favour of granting One Rank, One Pension to ex-servicemen but pressure was exerted on him by his cabinet colleagues on the issue, legal luminary Ram......

Has the rule of One become despotism?

The civil services seem to have gone sour under the NDA government. Ministers exercise executive power in a partisan manner. Consequently, a regime of favouritism holds sway over the corridors of......

'Ultimately, the markets should function as normal'

'Overall, the Indian economy is doing well.''Our economic fundamentals are strong and the early signs of recovery are sustainable.''This is positive for the market in the long run.'Anup Roy and......

Harsh Lodha thanks Priyamvada Birla for his success

As different members of the Birla family waged legal battles to challenge the will of 1999, Lodha became a familiar face in the Calcutta High Court; the total number of cases reached 110 at one......

'Gurgaon, Mumbai property prices likely to fall'

Image: The Primus, Gurgaon. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, DLF Gurgaon and Mumbai -- two of India’s largest real estate markets -- are set to witness a correction in property prices, say......

Coal scam: SC refuses to hear pleas of companies

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to give any further hearing on the pleas of companies which were illegally allocated coal blocks by the government. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha......

Can Dada fix the BCCI?

'Somewhere along the way, elected office-bearers appeared to have lost sight of the interest of cricket and begun to pursue their own interpretation of what the game should be.' 'Families made it a......

BCCI elections on October 22

'We sincerely believed a democratically run elected body should run cricket in the country.' The Committee of Administrators announced that the much-awaited elections of the Board of Control for......

'Neither the court nor CoA should run cricket'

'It is for the cricket organisers to do it and these organisers are the elected bodies. Now the reforms require that they associate cricketers also. They take care of the game that's all. I think......

Is IPL no longer the world's top T-20 contest?

The IPL, all of a sudden, may have some catching up to do with the Big Bash, says Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore cheerleaders perform their gig to Bollywood songs. Photograph:......

It's for the benefit of the game and the game will flourish: Lodha

'Administrators come and administrators go but ultimately it's for the benefit of the game and the game will flourish, I'm very sure.' After the Board of Control for Cricket president Anurag Thakur......