Gitesh Bowalekar can finally give his tired legs a rest. The peon at the collector’s office in Sindhudurg used to run up and down the stairs 50 times or more each day carrying huge piles of paper. Now his work is taken care of by the softwar
Of late public sector banks (PSBs) have been in a mess: Be it a surge in the numbers of loans going from good to bad, or the unwillingness of bankers to take bold measures for fear of getting entangled in vigilance inquiries, PSBs are going throug
Appointed the prime minister on Tuesday, Narendra Modi would swear in on May 26. “I came to call on the president. The president has given me a formal letter (of appointment as PM) and has invited me for oath-taking ceremony o
People who bought flats at DLF Park Place and The Belaire in Gurgaon have found a new address: seventh heaven. A day after the competition appellate tribunal (COMPAT) upheld the competition council of India’s (CCI) 2011 verdict, penalising r
The recent efforts of the government to streamline its communications interception system against the backdrop of the explosive Niira Radia tapes by making the Central Monitoring System (CMS) operational in eight licence service areas (LSA) has re
Promises made by political candidates before the elections serve as barometers of their performance. When the electorate puts faith in a candidate, it should also demand accountability for the performance. Reminding the winning candidates of their
With Friday’s Lok Sabha election results, Trinamool Congress has scripted a massive win since its inception in 1998. It certainly calls for celebration but amidst the festivities there are concerns galore. BJP’s increased vote
Dynasty (noun): “1.1 A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field: ‘the Guinness dynasty’.” Among many reaso
A friend has raised a question about selection committees for the appointment of statutory authorities under various laws that require the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Lok Sabha to be a member. With the Indian National Congress`s (INC) ab
With the historic victory of Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls, investors’ hopes have soared and the stock market too is on a rise. The IT industry, which seems to be hopeful, believes that Modi’s “good governance” roadm
On the morning of May 17, prime minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation for the last time before handing his resignation to president Pranab Mukherjee. While his brief far
Tarun Gogoi may have started the season of taking “full responsibility” for the Congress party. With the party’s performance taking a nosedive in the state, the Assam chief minister announced his resignation pretty early into the
Tamil Nadu threw a surprise this election with the M Karunanidhi-led DMK’s resounding defeat. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is wiped out from the state as the party is seen with the Congress even though they broke ties officially, say
The `Modi Tsunami` seems to have inundated majority of the political parties, including the national parties. Going by the declared results and the trends of those leading till 5:00 pm, only five parties including the Congress look like making it hom
With the ruling Congress-NCP completely decimated, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in Maharashtra, The Narendra Modi may have given a fresh lease of life to BJP’s longtime partner in the state, the Shiv Sena, for more reasons than one
The election results are almost out. And looking at the numbers and trends so far, one can safely say that the pro-development poll plank of the BJP has done the magic for the party which is headed for a simple majority. The markets celebrated it
Almost a year after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with BJP in the state, he is facing the soup. On the afternoon of May 16, it’s becoming clear that JD (U) will get anywhere between two to five seats – a hopeless decline fro
The Trinamool Congress might have had a victory bigger than even the party itself imagines, with the Left Front, especially CPI(M), Mamata Banerjee’s biggest nemesis decimated, but the party has suddenly got another problem on its hands. And
It has finally happened. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will shortly take over as India`s prime minister. Given the landslide victory he has scored across the country, he has emerged as the tallest leader whose stature could easily dwarf eve
There is no doubt that the Narendra Modi wave has been an overriding factor across the country in this general election. Yet, like tributaries from different directions meeting a river and increasing the intensity of its flow, in ea
