The salaries and bonuses paid by India’s top corporate law firms to graduates from premium law schools have in many cases doubled in the last five years and now often top Rs. 14 lakh per year if bonuses are included. One reason is that wit ..
The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill has unanimously agreed to make the proposed anti-graft watchdog a part of the Constitution, but failed to arrive at a consensus on whether the Prime Minister should be brought under its purview. The ..
Former Union home secretary G.K. Pillai, who took charge soon after the 26 November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that killed at least 160 people, said in an interview that India still does not have the ability to prevent a similar strike. Had the ..
Advancing the date of hearing of the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G-spectrum scam case, the Delhi high court has decided to take them up on Friday instead of next week. The decision comes a day after the Supreme Cou ..
The petitioners wanted the apex court to restrain the Andhra Pradesh high court’s order to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and state police to probe allegations that Naidu possessed assets disproportionate to his ..
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai's estimates of alleged 2G spectrum losses had initially varied between Rs 2,645 crore and R4.19 lakh crore, before pinpointing Rs 1.76 lakh crore in the final report. But Rai failed to explain ..
Just after 10.30am on Wednesday, the special CBI court hearing the 2G scam case exploded in a commotion of celebration. After seven months, five of the corporate executives jailed in the 2G scam were given bail by the Supreme Court - after several ..
In the first bail in 2G case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of five top corporate executives from Tihar Jail, raising hopes of other accused in the case including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi who have been ..
The order on the bail plea of of five corporate honchos, who are in jail for over seven months for their alleged involvement in 2G spectrum allocation scam, will be delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The verdict is to be delivered in th ..
Government appears to have defused a confrontation for now in Parliament by persuading the Opposition to have a discussion on the issue of price rise in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday under a rule that does not entail voting. Parliamentary affairs minis ..