We have a Contempt of Courts Act,1971. Under this,anything that “scandalizes or tends to scandalize,or lowers or tends to lower the authority of,any court” is contempt.

The govt must follow its initiative in enforcing the MSP for dal by asking the corporate sector involved in agriculture.

Growth is good,because it leads to trickle-down,though this doesn't negate the need for direct govt intervention through anti-poverty programmes.

The Eighties of the last century was a period in which most of the ideas which are reconstructing Twenty First Century India were pushed by Rajiv Gandhi.

Beijing steps up pressure on Tokyo to release the captain of the fishing trawler that collided with a Japanese Coast Guard vessel.

It was a 'career first in a really long time' in Priyanka Chopra’s life. That’s what the actor tweeted when KKK3 went on air.

So we got to know that wrong deflators had been used for GDP at market prices and actual real GDP growth was 10.02%,not 3.65%.

The larger debate on compensation for a nuclear accident was another occasion for some to rubbish India’s nuclear industry.

Justice Iyer says: Our socialist,secular,democratic republic must appoint only judges who share the political philosophy of the Constitution...

Just like in life,there is no formula for success in showbiz. But there is a thing called ‘conviction’ ...

As Sino-American rivalry acquires a new momentum to the east of India,New Delhi will come under pressure...

IPRI is compiled by Property Rights Alliance and works through a network of organisations in several countries.

Poverty ratios below a poverty line don't capture everything about poverty.

I have always believed that large countries with ancient civilizations should invest both in resurrecting their past and in science for the future.

Recently,in order to promote his latest,Khatta Meetha,Akshay Kumar went to a Mumbai hospital to meet the ailing R K Laxman.

UNDP's HDRs have been phenomenally successful in focusing attention on human development aspects.

There is a draft land titling bill,with many desirable features. Comments have been invited on the draft...

India's latest move to subsidise the sale of an offshore patrol vessel to Mauritius is part of a tradition.

Is Jairam serious in stopping a project because it interferes with the elephant path of the area?

The spat between the MoS for Health and the Health Secretary sounds personal.

A first rate crisis is brewing in and around the Korean Peninsula that may well come to a head this week.

A respected commentator with great business experience has been quoted as saying that we are slowly emerging from the crisis in the US and perhaps in the Eurozone.

Almost a decade ago,I was mandated to structure a new paradigm for recruitment and training of the higher civil services in India.

The speech setting the stage for it by William Burns is likely to go down as a turning point in the articulation of the Obama Admin's India policy.

Prakash Jha's big ticket political drama with its mammoth star cast finally releases this Friday.