The national capital region – or NCR, which includes Delhi and a large swathe of areas in neighbouring states – has reasons to smile if this plan comes through. The government’s plans to make a regional rapid transport system (RR
While Seemandhra (the coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions of undivided Andhra Pradesh) crusaders are battling hard on the streets in the two strife-torn regions, the elected representatives from these regions have been upping the ante for the Co
From the inception of economics as a discipline, it has developed an unquestionable relation with the issues of state and governance. This is very evident from one of the earlier texts in political economy – Kautilya’s Arthasastra
It was an exceptional get-together of our political leaders cutting across party lines. On Thursday, they deliberated in a rare spirit of camaraderie. No shouting against each other, no hurling of accusation and counter-accusations. When was the l
As political parties cut across their otherwise impregnable differences to gang up and scuttle the move to get them under ambit of RTI and oppose the Supreme Court order on convicted legislators being immediately disqualified, a sense of despo
Beyond the Shobha De-Shiv Sena spat, the Telangana decision is really an opportunity to debate if Mumbai -- and indeed all metros -- need devoted city-state governments. In the light of the reignited debate, we reproduce an article that first
The anti-Telangana protests in the Seemandhra (Rayalseema and coastal Andhra) regions of Andhra Pradesh showed no signs of a letup for the second day today. The public anger against the Congress party’s decision to bifurcate the state contin
Struggling growth, poor investor sentiment, high deficits and an extremely volatile currency – these have been the defining factors of Indian economy over the past year. While finance minister P Chidambaram acknowledged these challenges faci
If cricket and politics are the two things closest to a Bengali heart, football having been relegated to a poor sixth or seventh after food, ‘adda’ and arguments over all the above, then Mamata Banerjee is in that ‘zone’ wh
If cricket and politics are the two things closest to a Bengali heart, football having been relegated to a poor sixth or seventh after food, ‘adda’ and arguments over all the above, then Mamata Banerjee is in that ‘zone’ wh
The Congress may have played its best bet for Andhra Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled next year – though going by the number of big-ticket decisions taken by the UPA government of late it could come earlier – but is t
The Congress party has put the state of Andhra Pradesh to sword and divided it into two. On the momentous occasion of a Telangana state unfolding, here is a close look at an issue that is likely to remain thorny for both sides for some time: dispu
After teasing with the Telangana issue for nine years, the Congress may have warmed the hearts across the region, with the party’s working committee on Tuesday giving the nod to bifurcate the state, but nothing will be considered as over unt
Proving speculations correct, the reserve bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday left the key interest rates unchanged and lowered its growth forecast for the current fiscal as the economy refuses to show any significant signs of improvement. The move, th
With winds blowing in favour of statehood for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is reportedly toying with the idea of tendering his resignation if the Congress Working Committee (CWC) takes a decision to bifurcate the stat
Angry protests continued in Seemandhra regions on Tuesday against an impending decision on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. With pro-unified AP crusaders, opposed to the formation of a separate Telangana, performing pujas in temples in Visakhapa
Concerned at the government’s tendency to readily waive the mandatory one-year cooling off period for the retired bureaucrats who want to take up private sector jobs, a parliamentary standing committee has suggested that they should be gi
The backbone of India’s economy in last six decades since independence, the public sector enterprises (PSEs, or PSUs) were the shining stars on Wednesday. The venue was the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi, and on show were the best of
A) Is Amartya Sen an Indian citizen? B) If not, does he have the right to comment on who he wants, or rather does not want, as India’s prime minister. Answers: A) Matters little. B) Yes, of course. At a time when both
Sir, I hope you are fine. While talking to two Reuters journalists, Ross Colvin and Sruthi Gottipati, on July 12, 2013, you identified yourself as a ‘Hindu Nationalist’ and credited the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for in
