Month: April 2016

Mirroring-society-through-judgments
Book Review

Book Review : Mirroring society through judgments

THE book, The Voice Within….Social messages through Judgments, by Justice Kailash Gambhir, looks at the ills plaguing society which have been given profound...

Catch-22-in-Haryana
Bric a Brac

Catch-22 in Haryana

THE Haryana builder lobby and its facilitators are a worried lot. They are unable to figure out how to deal with Chief Minister...

Parrikar-kills-the-rumour
Bric a Brac

Parrikar kills the rumour

DEFENCE Ministry has always been important for those who are connected with arms production and supplies across the globe. The Defence Minister of...

Targetting-the-Wakf
Bric a Brac

Targetting the Wakf

THE leadership of Wakf Boards across the country is a worried lot. The ruling NDA government has drawn up a long-term plan to...

Bric a Brac

The curious case of Sibal

KAPIL Sibal has been trying hard to enter the Rajya Sabha for the past two months but has not been able to make...

Basits-travel-woes
By the Way

Basit’s travel woes

It is learnt that Home Ministry officials are worried about the security and well-being of the High Commissioner of Pakistan, Abdul Basit. The...

three-vacant-posts-in-NHAI
By the Way

Favoured one

When the Ministry proposes, the Prime Minister’s Office disposes. Or so it seems. The latest episode relates to three vacant posts in NHAI,...

Hot-seat-arvind-kejriwal
By the Way

Hot seat

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is in a bind; he is not getting the right kind of civil servants to administer the Capital....

Right-connections
By the Way

Right connections

Is Home Minister Rajnath Singh aware of what is happening in his ministry? Is he sure that the civil servants are not taking...

the-fear-of-taking-decisions
Cover Story

The fear of taking decisions

AFTER coming to power in May 2014 with the country’s biggest election mandate in 30 years, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi unveiled his...