Editorial

The gruesome killing of children and women in Noida has jolted the conscience of the nation. Although the accused Moninder Singh Pandher and his accomplice Surendra Koli are undergoing brain-mapping and lie detector tests, there are several questions that remain unanswered, the biggest one being the role of the police force which showed no empathy towards the victims only because they were not some high profile citizens with no contacts. After ... [full story]

Time after time it’s been the same sad story as far government's witness protection program is concerned. After a high profile case the shouts to change or revamp the Witness Protection Program are heard but are soon forgotten for some reason. Adequate witness protection is required if the justice is to be done fairly but government is somehow failing to provide protection. After Best Bakery and Jessica Lal case, this time ... [full story]

After a seven-year-long struggle, Model Jessica Lal's killers have finally been brought to justice. On the one hand there are voices which feel the verdict is an amazing victory for justice but there is another dark side of the case where the guilty almost succeeded in using the loopholes in the law and lack of a substantiate witness protection program to slip away. The verdict in the case was ... [full story]

The day 2nd of October is generally remembered as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi but only a few people remember that another great statesman, former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri shares this day with the father of the nation. Small of stature, simple and soft-spoken, Lal Bahadur proved to be one of the heroes of the history of India. The morals of selflessness, detachment and simplicity for which he ... [full story]

In the age of competition in every sphere of life, an Autoricksaw driver in New Delhi has come up with a unique idea. He is not only offering comfortable ride for the passengers but a discount for the elderly as well. May be its time that the government should take notice of his idea and start looking at not just the foreign tourist sector but the domestic sector as well. Take ... [full story]

Protests and campaigns are increasing with each passing day against the proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act that activists say will dilute the entire spirit of the legislation. From the time the act was implemented it was considered to be one of the most powerful means to curb malpractices, corruption, bungling inordinate delays etc but before people in India get full awareness of the kind of power they ... [full story]

A Tribute To Kargil Martyr Capt. Vijyant Thapar As we move close to our 59th Independence Day, let us pause for a moment to look back at history so that we can really feel the word independence in its true sense and not just mistake it for just another holiday in the calendar. Sometimes we just take our independence for granted but if we look back we will find ... [full story]

Although the blanket ban on various websites including blogging sites has been officially lifted but the ban is still in place on some sites which the government says contain anti India content but on a closer look the so called anti-India sites simply criticize the congress and its allies. So is this the beginning to a new emergency type era with a ban of freedom of expression on the online ... [full story]

Every year, since 1999, 26th July is being remembered and celebrated all over India as ‘Vijay Diwas’ or ‘Victory day’ commemorating the historical victory of the Indian armed forces over Pakistani intruders in the treacherous heights of Kargil. Wednesday marks the seventh anniversary of the Kargil conflict.  The occasion of ‘Victory day’ is not only to remember those courageous men who died defending country’s border, but also to motivate and ... [full story]

Thanks to the growing Indian economy or emergence of Satellite TV, television in India today has more audience than ever before but there is big question mark on the content being shown. Does the content including the media and the news channels have any substance or is it that more and more trash is being shoved down the throats of the audience in the name of what the public really ... [full story]