If you thought Indira Gandhi’s pseudo-socialist diktats are a thing of the past, and best left for WikiLeaks to handle further, you live in a fool’s world. It’s happening, it’s here, and it’s now. And it’s tough
Now is the best time for governors of states where the Schedule V of Constitution to flex there power to counter left wing extremism, writes tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo in a letter to such governors. Deo highlights the lack
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday endorsed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government in West Bengal saying that he was confident that it will fulfill the people`s dreams. Modi is in Kolkata on a day long visit. Modi`s over
A packed hall with people running around hunting for seats, photographers fighting for space and anxieties rising with every tick-tock of the clock, the clamour surrounding the Gujarat chief minister’s arrival was palpable. It was one of ant
Having sold his idea of India to the youth at the recent address at Delhi’s Shri Ram College of Commerce in January and the model of Gujarat development in his victory speech after winning a third term late last year, among others, Narendra
Slamming the Haryana government’s decision to transfer senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka again, top retired bureaucrats have called for laying down a proper system to shunt out officers deemed against interests of the government of the day.
In 2008, Indian policy makers boasted that the global financial crisis would not affect the future growth in this country. In November the same year, the then finance minister P Chidambaram told an international business audience that “we wi
Few had envisaged it, but the run-up to the 2014 polls is apparently going the US way, with speech-making defining the candidates and their visions. It probably began with Narendra Modi’s speech at the SRCC in New Delhi in January. Though he
Cobrapost, the news website that released a slew of videos that showed officials of three private banks -- HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank -- offering to launder black money to a reporter posing as a representative of a fictional politician, is releasin
Partial decontrol of the sugar sector has spread cheers in the industry. Some of the industry leaders would have liked the government to do more but what has been done is clearly a welcome development that would improve their financial conditions
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dismissed as a "useless" the debate over two power centres even as he did not rule out his accepting the third term. "This is the creation of the media. It is a useless debate," h
Warning that environmental degradation could have serious consequences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday emphasised that economic growth should be based on optimal use of natural resources and development must be environmentally sustainable
The death toll in the underconstruction building collapse in Shil Phata area of the district has risen to 30 as rescuers recovered more bodies from the site on Friday morning, Thane police control room said. While 69 people were injured, r
Astronaut Sunita Williams has appealed to children to take more interest in space exploration and said that she was really looking forward to India`s participation in the space programme in a big way. “Space programme entails
Mr. Adi Godrej, Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ajay Sriramji, Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, leaders of business in industry , Friends. Its an honor for me to be here today and I`d like to begin by telling you why its an honor for me. See there is a tendency to
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has not yet cleared the Zimbabwe visit file of union minister for Steel Beni Prasad Verma. This has led to heartburn in Udyog Bhavan. Verma will be accompanied by SAIL chairman CS Verma and two joint secretaries to di
Two more persons died of their burn injuries taking the death toll to three in the yesterday`s tragedy in which five members of a Nepalese family set themselves ablaze to protest against a drive to evict them from their house. Bharat Mansi
India Inc on Thursday was impressed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi`s maiden interaction with corporate leaders saying he came across as a sincere leader and this can form the basis for future engagement with the industry. "It was a v
It was the turn of Rahul Gandhi, the star campaigner and probably PM-in-waiting from the Congress camp, to deliver his speech in this season of speechmaking where his main contender Narendra Modi has been impressing many. In the hour-long performa
BJP on Thursday described Rahul Gandhi`s speech at a CII programme as that of a "confused leader" which reflected fear of the emergence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in national politics. The main opposition party sough
