Prestigious Srirangam constituency of Tamil Nadu, earlier held by AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, will go to assembly by-election on February 13. Tamil Nadu is one of the states where it is a foregone conclusion that the ruling party will get the s
The horrific massacre in Paris and then declaration of his own ‘death’ by Tamil writer P Murugan ought to be matters of great concern for anyone who takes his/her own life and freedom seriously. From a long-term perspective more bother
Prestigious Srirangam constituency of Tamil Nadu, earlier held by AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, will go to by-election on February 13. Tamil Nadu is one of the States where it is a foregone conclusion that the ruling party will get the seat.
The government is all set to sell 10 per cent of its stake in the state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) through an offer for sale route on Friday. The floor price for the stake sale in the largest coal producer would be announc
The content of ‘Mann ki Baat’ will be soon available in an e-book format. Prime minister Narendra Modi announced this while delivering the talk with the US president Barack Obama during his famous radio programme aired on January 27.
Driver training institutes (DTIs) are essential to address the looming crisis of driver shortage. The question is who will train the drivers of the future. The government? The fleet owners? The trade bodies? The original equipment manufacturers (O
Ashwini Gupta, 18, dreamt of becoming a truck driver. That was only till he saw his father Anantlal bludgeoned to death at Chandoli, near the border between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It was around Navaratri 2011. His fault? Refusal
Sunil Chaturvedi is daunted by the mismatch between the demand and supply of drivers in all categories. The chief executive officer of the newly created Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC), he is intimately aware of the challenge. The coun
US President Barack Obama reserved his blunt but timely remark for the audience that is future of India. He wrapped up his three-day visit to India with a townhall event at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi. His audience was mostly
An 8-ft high bronze statue of a man clad in dhoti-kurta and a jacket stands tall at the entrance of the Symbiosis International U
The National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have received the prestigious ‘National CSO Award-2015’ for the best voter education and awareness for Lok Sabha elections 2014. ADR founder
The security arrangements and the hospitality extended to Mr Obama makes me very proud. Our country`s security establishments, intelligence agencies, bureaucracy and all the different arms of the government have come together to provide security t
Mobility is essential to modern life. Our physical environment, though, defines the boundaries of our mobility. In urban centres, these boundaries are within the physical limits of the city. As cities expand, we tend to expand our mobility boundar
Prime minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged the efforts of the banks in opening 11.5 crore accounts under pradhan mantri jan dhan yojna (PMJDY). In an email sent on Saturday to all the bankers across the country, Modi has also asked the banks to
Events seem to be rolling fast and furious, and Marans are caught in it. After the SpiceJet fiasco of Kalanithi Maran, his brother Dayanidhi Maran is likely to be arrested in BSNL telephone exchange case. Marans are close relatives of DMK chief M
There is an inherent deformity in the hearing range of all those in power. Their ears are seemingly too sensitive to criticism and harsh realities. George Orwell while articulating his views on freedom of speech said “If liberty means anythi
As I walked towards the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), a melancholic woman stopped me and asked: “Tu es Charlie (Are you Charlie)?”, referring to ‘Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie)’; the phrase that has caught the ima
In his novel “Delhi”, Khushwant Singh described his mistress Bhagmati as akin to the capital: both are unattractive and detestable, yet their roughness on surface conceals a seductive charm underneath. It is difficult to keep away from
Reflecting dull manufacturing activities, indirect tax receipts growth has been below par while direct tax collection growth has been in double figures in the April-December period of this financial year. Anticipating such a fall the government ha
Now raising concern on the dwindling sex ratio, prime minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme from Panipat, Haryana on January 22. The state of Haryana was selected for the launch of the scheme b
