The clamour in Delhi to watch Ranji match is great for cricket, never mind that most came solely for Virat Kohli. Such enthusiasm can do wonders for grassroots talent, domestic-level infrastructure, player motivation and business of the game. Message to fans at Kotla: Come for Kohli, stay for the game.
Appointing ad-hoc judges is only a short-term measure to tackle huge case backlog in HCs
Supreme Court’s recourse to appoint ad-hoc judges in high courts to tackle the huge backlog of cases shows its desperation. Working with just 60 per cent strength, HCs are overwhelmed. Ad-hoc judges, however, are only a short-term measure. Centre and SC collegium should double down to fasten long-pending HC appointments.
Kejriwal, Saini and Rahul mount drama on poisonous Yamuna. No one is talking solutions
Water, water everywhere, not a drop of sense to spare. Kejriwal, Saini and Rahul are all mounting drama on whether Yamuna’s water is poisonous. Annual frothing clouds of chemical discharge, of course, aren’t proof enough for politicians. No one is talking solutions, election-time rhetoric for Yamuna is all they have.
Rahul Gandhi & Kejriwal spat reaffirms INDIA bloc’s expiration. BJP couldn’t ask for more
Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal trading barbs is re-affirmation of INDIA bloc’s expiration. From denouncing his arrest as PM Modi’s attempt to destroy democracy to calling him liquor scam architect, Gandhi’s 180-degree turn is cynical politics. Kejriwal remembering National Herald case is equally hypocritical. BJP couldn’t have asked for more.