The Supreme Court of India delivered a severe blow to the government, particularly its top leadership including the prime minister, by setting aside the appointment of P J Thomas as CVC. Read more

The arrest of former telecom minister A Raja by the CBI was more a message to the larger world than a necessity for the investigations into the scam. Read more

The suicide of Calcutta student Rauvanjit Rawla, allegedly following punishment by his school principal, has created uproar across the country. The debate it set off on the virtues or rather the lack it, of caning and punishing students as a means to discipline them is still on. Read more

Everyone has said something on the Allahabad HC verdict on the disputed site in Ayodhya. Reactions to the verdict can be broadly classified into three. Read more

In the beginning of 2010, a senior member of the union cabinet listed three biggest challenges before the government in the new year – Telengana, Maoism and price rise. Read more

“The media went after Lalit Modi, then A Raja, then Sharad Pawar and now they are after Bhopal. It will just pass,” said an official whose job it is to manage the perception about the government. He does not think Bhopal would have any long-lasting negative impact on the image of the UPA government. Read more