Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......

Will INDIA Win Be Vote Against Raid Raj?

There may be those who could want to go slow, citing the large pendency of follow-up action and court cases that they would have to process and/or proceed with, before raiding more politicians,......

Was Narasimha Rao India's Best Prime Minister?

'He told senior journalists a few days after the Babri Masjid demolition, 'Jo hua theek hua. Maine isliye hone diya ki BJP ki rajniti hamesha ke liye khatam ho jaye.' IMAGE: Then prime minister P......

All The Muslim Union Ministers

It is for the first time in the history of Independent India that not a single Muslim is part of the Union Cabinet. After Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned as the Union minister of minority affairs......

Why India's healthcare system is near collapse today

An analysis of Budget speeches made by finance ministers over 75 years also offers a glimpse of how low on the priority list healthcare has featured for the political class and policy-makers, which......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

Nirmala Sitharaman, only 2nd woman to present Union Budget

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became only the second women in the......

No jail, but minimum Rs 10,000 fine for holding old notes

The ordinance on demonetised currency does not propose a jail term for those holding more than 10 junked notes, but imposes a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. The draft ordinance, which will be sent......