Though the present-day Indian Railways dates from the division of the railways of the subcontinent in 1947-48, the railways have a historical and...
ByTeamAugust 7, 2008The piece by Prakash Singh, former DG, UP police, titled “100% tolerance for corruption” in the July issue was worthy not only for...
ByTeamAugust 7, 2008All those who care about good governance and the rule of law must be dismayed, nay shocked, by the cumulative effect of several...
ByNIRANJAN DESAIAugust 7, 2008The summary expulsion of Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee from his party the CPI (M), has raised several questions about the relationship between...
ByGirish NikamAugust 7, 2008Governance in Uttar Pradesh has been marked by political instability and an even deeper bureaucratic instability. Since Independence, UP has had 42 Chief...
ByYogendra NarainJuly 7, 2008I have begun to wonder if corruption is an issue in this country at all. Everyone cries themselves hoarse about it, but nobody...
ByPrakash SinghJuly 7, 2008ATENDENCY has developed among people to blame the police for every ill in society even when their own contribution towards such ills is...
ByTeamMarch 7, 2008THEunnecessary spat between the Governments of Malaysia and India resulted from a crude combination of regional and tribal chauvinism and the imperatives of...
ByNIRANJAN DESAIMarch 7, 2008IN 1948, when the first batch of the Indian Police Service graduated, the nation welcomed it. It was a laudable idea to have...
ByTeamNovember 7, 2007THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has received a good deal of flak lately over raids conducted as part of an investigation. A...
ByTeamNovember 7, 2007