Governance News

Above: With the Darjeeling test a success, Mamata Banerjee can use the Act across the troubled zones of West Bengal. Photo: UNI The TMC may have swept the recent municipal polls but the party still...

At a time when there is emphasis on transparency, over 1,800 IAS officers have failed to file their immovable property returns despite a standing government order By Rajesh Sinha Despite the gov...

The apex court’s inability to expeditiously decide on the Aadhaar scheme’s constitutionality has allowed the government to violate with impunity the promise not to make it mandatory ~By Venkatasub...

If the recent government guidelines to the police are followed in letter and in spirit, then Good Samaritans need not fear harassment when they report an accident or take a victim to hospital. BY AJI...

After his sabbatical earlier this year, Rahul seems to be revitalized and visible. But that’s not enough as internal party democracy shows no signs of materializing By Bhavdeep Kang Meet the...

In order to speed-up decision-making, the Modi government is weeding out close to 300 laws. By Anita Katyal What is the first image that comes to your mind when you think of a lawyer? A person i...

Monitored by the  out-tray and anxious about what’s going into their ACRs, the  bureaucrats don’t have to give a damn about how much work’s being  actually done. By Jagdish Sagar In the 1930s, Dav...