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
If this was the baby’s day out, the baby was a bit cranky, leaving everyone impressed with his transparency but also wondering how he was going to put his ideas in action. At the end of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s half-hour
After the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai demits office on May 22, Planning Commission secretary Sindhushree Khullar’s name is being considered for the post. The UPA wants to appoint a woman for the top audit
There was a mad rush to reserve the best seats ever since it was announced that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi would speak at a special plenary session at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII’s) annual summit on Thursday.
Union human resource development minister MM Pallam Raju has ruled out any extension of the March 31st deadline to states, which failed to create the necessary infrastructure to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act, even after three years of
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has indicted the Gujarat government and state Public Sector Undertakings for extending "undue" benefits to major industrial houses causing a loss of Rs 750 crore to the state exchequer.
Christophe Jaffrelot’s scholarly work on the rise of Hindu nationalism deals extensively with the role Kushabhau Thakre played in building up the organization from scratch, for the BJP as well as its predecessor, Bhartiya Jana
If there is something sneakily similar between India’s home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and press council chairman (and a former supreme court judge) Markandey Katju, it has got to do with the coordination of their feet with their respective
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which provides for life term and even death sentence for rape convicts besides stringent punishment for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism. Mukherjee acc
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday remained firm on his views that the experiment of "two power centres" has not worked well, notwithstanding the party rejecting his stand saying this is an "ideal model" not
India’s telecom sector was a ‘showcase’ for the success of economic reforms. When the government opened up the sector in 1994-95 to the private sector, there were many sceptics about the private sector being put in control of com
On a balmy late-March morning, tens of people stood in a line outside a ration shop in Benachapra village, under Bakibandh number 4 gram panchayat in Salboni block of West Medinipur, to collect their quota of weekly ration. It could have been a ni
Prime minister Manmohan Singh interacts with top business leaders at the opening of Confederation of Indian Industry`s annual general meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. Terming the 5 per cent GDP expansion as clearly disappointing, Manmoha
It is late March and Salboni is extremely hot with temperature close to 40 degrees. In the scorching afternoon sun, I made my way to Sayedpur to bid farewell to Rozina Khatun. As expected, Rozina was not at home. I gathered she was at school. Her
