Something About The Law

Till a while ago, I thought that the Gujjars are going to get away with all the damage that they have caused. The railways alone have suffered losses of upto 200 crores. Rajasthan roadways of about 50 crores and not to mention the lives of about 27 people. Col. Bainsla, the Gujjar leader may finally [...]

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Yesterday, while observing World Environment Day, the Government announced the setting up of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. The high-level advisory body has been constituted to “coordinate National action plans for assessment, adaptation and mitigation of climate change”. The move comes at a crucial juncture after the Inter-Government Panel on Climate Change had [...]

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  On Saturday night, the Government of Rajasthan enforced the National Security Act in eleven of its districts. Most of the news reporters have talked about its imposition but none about its implications. One needs to understand that the Act is basically a ‘preventive detention’ act, one of the greatest legitimate ills in our country. [...]

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  As negotiations on the proposed nuclear co-operation agreement between India and the United States enter a critical third day, it is extremely important to analyse and understand the impact that the deal, if it comes through, will have on the Indian civilian and strategic nuclear power programmes. The background to the present round of [...]

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Artillery shelling, tanks at the gate, missile launches; a ‘normal’ Israeli attack against another side that comprises of 400,000 Palestinian refugees, just that this time it was Lebanon. Early in the morning today, Lebanese forces entered the territory of Lebanon and attacked a Palestinian refugee camp in the Nahr- al Bared area. This just adds [...]

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