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Letter to BS: HC dismisses pleas to disqualify Panneerselvam, 10 other MLAs
It is a surprise that the court has upheld the appointment of the three Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs unilaterally appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Letter to BS: Jaitley may consider granting of automatic pension revision
This would obviate the time consuming process - two to four years - of constituting a Central Pay Commission and the approval of its recommendations by the government once every 10 years
Letter to BS: Naidu has done right to stop impeachment motion against CJI
It has saved the most important pillar of democracy from falling prey to a vicious campaign launched by people possessed by ulterior motives
Letter to BS: Manu Sharma's release will set a bad precedent
Enjoying seven paroles in a total of nine years in prison, he has been part of many controversies for violation of parole rules
Letter to BS: Insulate the judiciary from inappropriate politics
By rejecting the impeachment notice, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has set a safe precedent
Letter to BS: Use water prudently, utilise every drop
Inhabitants of Western Rajasthan were well trained in water management and they knew that this was their lifeline
Letter to BS: Aborting impeachment against CJI Dipak Misra is partisan
The proof of misconduct cannot be insisted upon to set in motion the process of impeachment
Letter to BS: Who engineered the Mecca Masjid blast?
It is time the National Democratic Alliance government winds up the NIA, a brainchild of former Home Minister P Chidambaram
Letter to BS: Reforms to improve efficiency of PSBs failed to yield results
Privatising PSBs will pave way for the private sector to control the economy in a significant way
Letter to BS: Shikha Sharma's case is different from Chanda Kochhar's
The former is being punished for proven inefficiency, but the latter is under cloud for lack of probity
Letter to BS: Supreme Court backs CJI on allotment of cases
The SC order said in unequivocal terms that the CJI is an institution in himself, a constitutional functionary
Letter to BS: 15th Finance Commission faces a minefield of issues
Population issue is only one of the issues and it is to be seen along with the emigration of interstate population
Letter to BS: Not just state tax, talk about other financial transfers also
Since 1949, poor mineral producing states have subsidised industrialised coastal states through several modes
Letter to BS: Chanda Kochchar, Shikha Sharma cases show banks' power crisis
The boards of both the companies could not decide the fate of CEOs, without having CEO's will/desire
Letter to BS: Pragmatic approach towards public perception needed by PMO
Coming from the highest and most powerful group of administrators in the country, one must admire the details PMO goes through
Letter to BS: India should focus on getting projects off ground in Nepal
Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli's visit to India has provided a broader underpinning to the overall bilateral partnership and signalled a recalibration of ties
Letter to BS: ICICI Bank is under a cloud on account of CBI investigation
The problem for ICICI Bank couldn't have come at a worse time
Letter to BS: RBI inspection is not an audit and does not replace it
The RBI carries out, as and when it decides to do so (not at any prescribed intervals), inspection of banks under Section 35 of the Banking Regulation Act 1949
Letter to BS: 'Competent' independent director a much misunderstood term
Barring a few top notch, well known ethical and uncompromising 'independent directors', most boards are filled with 'friends and aquaintances' of the promoters
Letter to BS: SC had good reasons to intervene in SC/ST Act implementation
40,774 cases were registered under this Act in 2016 out of which only 78.3 per cent were chargesheeted