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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

In response to the question about the law/statute which gives R&AW the powers/authority to discharge its functions/mandate efficaciously and efficiently, the government did not try and hide behind any obfuscation but candidly admitted, There is no separate/specific statute governing the functions/mandate of the R&AW .

Intelligence agencies need a legal base

Unfortunately, no such law has ever been enacted by successive governments since the commencement of the Constitution.

11 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Over the last few months, the director CBI and his deputy have been trading allegations of corruption against each other.

Is CBI a legal entity?

The CBI has no independent standing in law. It is a piece of legal fiction whose underpinnings in law are tenuous to say...

28 Oct 2018 5:04 AM IST

The NDA/BJP government is looking increasingly cornered on every governance paradigm. However, its weakest link is the gross mismanagement of the Indian economy. (Representational image)

BJP's rule has been bad for the economy

Respected financial analysts are of the view that Rs 57,000 crores out of this Rs 91,000 crores is already a...

14 Oct 2018 2:07 AM IST

Veerappa Moily said in the BJP-led NDA coalition arrangement and understanding, the sense of coexistence, togetherness and cooperation is totally absent. (Photo: File/PTI)

The time has come to junk the IAS

The IAS founded in 1858 as the Indian Imperial Service has remained largely unchanged in its disposition.

30 Sept 2018 5:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

How not to conduct foreign policy!

The Indo-Pakistan gridlock holds the destiny of two billion people to ransom in South Asia.

23 Sept 2018 2:21 AM IST

Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

On the frontlines of the new Cold War

While Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have predominantly Christian populations, Azerbaijan is largely Shia Muslim.

16 Sept 2018 12:02 AM IST

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)

Cabinet war rooms & the rise of ideologies

Opposed to Indian Independence Churchill was also squarely responsible for the Great Bengal Famine of the 1940s.

2 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

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The locust years of our defence preparedness

The committee further noted that the share of capital procurement budget in the defence budget has been continuously...

19 Aug 2018 1:21 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

NRC: What will happen to those left out?

Despite best of intentions there ostensibly were operational difficulties in complying with the directions of the...

5 Aug 2018 12:03 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Trump & the great global reset

The approach to international relations in America can broadly be classified into four schools of thought.

22 July 2018 12:04 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

Erdogan's victory: A lesson for Indian Oppn

Even the majority community that the BJP hopes to consolidate by accentuating social schisms has seen through the game.

8 July 2018 12:46 AM IST

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti with BJP President Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

J&K - The tragedy just does not end

The purported purpose of the alliance was to seek a national reconciliation on J&K.

24 Jun 2018 6:11 AM IST