One of prime minister Narendra Modi’s first decisions, to set up a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the matter of black money stashed abroad, reopens some of the biggest questions for the Indian economy – and politics. It has
Online tendering in the army is set to open up its contracts to more companies and bring in much needed transparency. The Indian army’s annual purchases of essential items include wheat flour, medicines, lubricants and automobile spare parts
July 5 was the day of reckoning for the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI). Its director-general and mission director Vijay Madan was to make a presentation before Narendra Modi, as part of the ongoing series of briefings all departm
On July 23, Manu Joseph, author and senior journalist, published a signed article on Mr Mukesh Ambani, chairm
Captain Phillips, a recent Hollywood film about Somalian piracy, elicited enthusiastic response from Indian audiences. In the popular imagination of movie-goers across the world, films on piracy belong to the genre of action thriller carrying with
The general election results are a wake-up call for all regional parties. Though it may be too early to think about the decline of these parties, the poll results indicate the need for a strategic rethink. Their future growth and continued relevan
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that the working government-owned firms in Gujarat have registered a turnover of Rs 91,309.63 crore, contributing 13.09% to state GDP. Five reports on state
Justice Markandey Katju was a regular visitor of a bookshop in Connaught Place’s Janpath market. Once he bought a series of books by Winston Churchill on World War II, much to the pleasure of the shop owner who was impressed by the intellect
Kolkata-based real estate company Remac Realty India Ltd has been asked to stop its `collective investment scheme` as per an order of SEBI. An interim order passed by S Raman, whole time member, SEBI has directed the company and its directors Part
Interlinking of Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor (DMIC) with the Amritsar-Kolkata Corridor at Dadri is going to bring a revolutionary change in the world of logistics and northern India stands to benefit the most from it, according to the governme
Everyone, as is usual in this age of 24x7 TV news and social media overdrive, has said what had to be said about Telangana BJP leader K Laxman’s gibe at “Pakistan’s daughter-in-law” Sania Mirza being appointed the brand amb
Twelve primary school children were killed when a school bus carrying 40 children collided with a moving train at Masaipet village in Medak district of Telangana, 62 kilometres from the state capital Hyderabad. Minutes after the acc
Having visited Bangladesh last month, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj would make her second solo visit to Nepal between July 25 and 27. Swaraj is slated to preside over a joint commission meeting to be held after 23 years in the neighbouri
The general post-office (GPO) in Lucknow is as good a place as any to understand how people in authority treat people with disabilities (PwDs). At 11 am, counter No 4, for senior citizens, women and the handicapped, had a rather long queue, though
Poonam, a 34-year-old professional working with an NGO, is blind since birth, and needs no help in a variety of day-to-day tasks: living in a hostel with no family support, commuting to work, shopping – except banking. When it comes to withd
Marking a clear shift in the centre’s policy of running public sector enterprises, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday asked CPSEs to shape up to deal with free competition in an era when state-run firms had lost monopoly rights and pre
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 by the lawyers’ community. Ho
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
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 Faridabad district has created an unusual admi
The chief justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha has suggested that top lawyer Gopal Subramanium be made the special public prosecutor (SPP) to try the accused in the Coalgate – a Rs 1.6 crore scam on illegal allocation of coal blocks across the co
