India
Herald case posted for April 8
In the National Herald case, a Delhi court on Monday directed the Congress to comply with its order and submit...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 22 Mar 2016, 08:15Jewelers end 18-days strike; sector loses Rs 25k cr
Jewelers on Saturday ended their 18-day old strike against the proposed excise duty on non-silver jewelry after the government assuaged...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 21 Mar 2016, 02:46Small savings schemes interest rates slashed; to hit middle class
Forced to withdraw taxation on retirement funds, the government has decided to lower interest rates on small savings, including on...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 21 Mar 2016, 02:03Virulence of nationalism
The suspension of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA from Mumbai, Waris Pathan, from the Maharashtra Assembly is deeply flawed...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 17 Mar 2016, 06:08RSS is right on quotas
Reservations in India have become a subject that is beyond the province of public discourse. Anybody seeking a debate or...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 14 Mar 2016, 06:56Liberals ignore real threat
A big problem with liberals, particular those in India, is that they underplay the threat posed by the Left and...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Mar 2016, 12:23Nationalism gone berserk
Rightists, or a large section of them, seem to have lost all sense of proportion. The recent bounties announced by...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Mar 2016, 08:47Kanhaiya: A manufactured icon
In this age of instant communication, celebrity status comes fast. Especially if one fits into the scheme of things of...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Mar 2016, 08:33Maoist violence against childhood
During Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar’s incarceration, when many eminent jurists and prominent liberals were waxing eloquent...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Mar 2016, 08:27Kanhaiya: Free and unrepentant
The six-month interim bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar will be hailed as a great victory...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Mar 2016, 08:20