Bureaucracy: more a caged parrot than the famed steel frame

If the state of affairs in Indian bureaucracy is any indication, the metaphor of “caged parrot” should have readily replaced “steel frame” as an apt description of the executive. IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram’s ...more

 

Property dealers eye a sacred forest in Faridabad

It’s not usual for the prime minister’s office (PMO) to get involved in a state government’s development plan for a small area. Yet the status of a patch of forest in Haryana’s Farida...more

Supreme Court to have shorter summer vacation to cater to pending cases

When chief justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha had recently proposed a 365-day working of the courts in view of the ever-increasing crop of cases leading to long pendencies, it was met with resistance ...more

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‘Even god can’t stop rapes’ remark shocks gods: sources

A day after Uttar Pradesh’s outgoing governor Aziz Qureshi invoked the gods to stop crimes against women, a flurry of activity was reported f...More

>> About good ol’ us: pompous and pampered

>> How to wreck a career with great praise

>> Congress has two choices: revive or act like an NGO

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“We are revolutionising the way (industry) clearances are given”

Several big investment projects got stuck in the decision-making lull in the last two years of the UPA administration...More

>> "IT can help STCs achieve 50-60 percent operational efficiency"

>> “Request FM to raise allocation for health”

>> “Impoverishing so many people cannot be justified”

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Dilip Kumar: An actor of record

Being an unabashed admirer of Dilip Kumar, it is quite difficult for me to cast a critical eye at his work. Though li...More

>> Of Infosys and the medium of message at workplace

>> Beyond relief ’n’ rescue

>> A people-friendly budget

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India's Electronics Sector: Policies, Practices and Lessons from China

By 2020 the demand for electronic goods in India is expected to breach the US$400 billion mark, with the import bill ...More

>> Poor roads in Mumbai continue to be a concern: Report

>> Reforms critical to restoring growth trajectory, says report

>> India to continue facing tough times ahead: ADB

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What Rajdeep Sardesai's exit has done to CNN-IBN: it gets more viewers

TV journalism has its own strange ways that defy the popular wisdom. A popular anecdote – a...More

 

Is this the right time to sell PSU stocks?

September 2013: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) chairman and managing director RS B...More

 

Welcome to a new democratic age of social media: Shekhar Kapur

By Shekhar Ka...More