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Those who testify against the powerful need to be protected. But can this be done in the absence of a formal protection program backed by a law? By Ajith Pillai The multi-layered and sho-ck...

AMARJIT SINGH DULAT has provoked a hornet’s nest both within the ruling BJP and the Opposition with his book, Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years. He is a former special director of the Intelligence Bureau an...

The former R&AW chief’s book provides an insight into how governments actually function and how they deal with insurgencies By Ajith Pillai This is not the first time that those who serv...

Lalit Modi’s carpet bombing through constant tweets has implicated people in high places, making the political establishment duck for cover. His swagger comes from the knowledge that there is no prove...

Food product companies have misled consumers for too long. But it’s high time we became alert to their slew of misinformation By Bhavdeep Kang In a country where the food discourse is marked...

Maggi Noodles is under the spotlight for high levels of lead and MSG being found in samples. Has Nestle flouted food safety norms in order to capture the `2,700 crore instant noodle market in India? ...

The last one year has seen flat industrial output and a gloomy property market. But at the same time, inflation has been tamed and social schemes have had an impressive reach of 19 crore takers. Will ...

Even after 13 years, victims of Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case have not been delivered justice. With the Mumbai High Court suspending a five-year jail sentence, their agony gets longer By Bikram Vo...

While the general perception is that the star was favored, the high court’s orders were within the framework of statutory law. But would it work so fast for the common man? By Shailendra Singh ...

American intelligence agency NSA and British GCHQ, despite their access to a mine of data, failed to stop the terror attack on the Indian soil By Sebastian Rotella When Edward Snowden revea-...