Cleanse the system

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's track record on projects that he takes to heart is sound. On the Indo-US nuclear deal, he risked his government, broke up with the Left, manoeuvred the Samajwadi Par.. Read full story

Ashes of victory

The bigger they are, the harder they fall," goes a famous boxing quote. That was meant as an empirical observation on the size and egos of some members of the boxing fraternity.

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Investigative hollowness

The CBI's filing a closure report pleading insufficient evidence in the Aarushi Talwar murder case isn’t just an instance of a dastardly crime going unpunished.

It is, at .. Read full story

Scrap coal nationalisation

It is unfortunate that the environment and coal ministries are at loggerheads over the so-called "no-go" areas for mining.

The coal ministry has reportedly sought the .. Read full story

Held postage

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is clearly more knowledgeable about the vagaries of the official postal system than Union home minister P Chidambaram he has faxed his reply to th.. Read full story

Gujjar agitation, redux

Yet another round of the Gujjar agitation for reservation underscores the perils of political parties perpetuating patronage politics.

The current agitation, which has had Gujja.. Read full story

The EPFO mess

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) move to ask the government to bar workers from withdrawing their PF balances on switching jobs is a frantic but incremental step to salvage the em.. Read full story

Old words we don't want

With just three days to go in 2010, the world's most populous democracy can, at the least, hope for a new year where some old words won’t be repeated. What a relief it would be if the four-lette.. Read full story

Premium on leadership

As the committee headed by Justice Srikrishna gets ready to submit its report on Telengana by December 31, politics is hotting up in south India’s largest state. Political parties that have the .. Read full story

Innovate or perish

A study by the Economic Times Intelligence Group (ETIG) shows that Indian companies continue to display low levels of ambition, as measured by their commitment to research and development. India's R&a.. Read full story