Must we choose between democracy and vikas?

'A dangerous and false binary is now surfacing in Indian political discourse, which must be firmly rejected.''It is that we have to choose between freedom and development.' 'For us freedom is......

Bureaucratic reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba replaces Mehrishi as Home Secy

Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday named as the next home secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. He will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi, who completes his term......

Army gets a new commander in south, more in the offing

2013 will witness change of guard in the crucial Northern Command, the Army Training Command and the South Western Command, reports RS Chauhan With Lt Gen Ashok Singh taking charge on Friday as......

Rajya Sabha nod to SC/ST quota bill

A Constitution amendment bill providing for quota for SCs and STs in government job promotions was on Monday passed by Rajya Sabha with an overwhelming vote of 206 in the 245-member House. Ten......

Why India Inc still fears MNCs

Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports.Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found, reports Bhupesh......

Ranbaxy merger: Sun Pharma readies new leadership team

Taking forward its acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories, Sun Pharma has put in place a team of top executives, including Dilip Shanghvi's son Aalok Shanghvi, to lead the businesses of both the......

Ranbaxy Q3 net loss widens to Rs 1,029 cr on forex woes

Ranbaxy Laboratories on Wednesday reported widening of its consolidated net loss to Rs 1,029.72 crore (Rs 10.29 billion) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014, as higher costs and foreign......

Ranbaxy returns to profit in Q2 on robust volumes

Drug firm Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 477.75 crore (Rs 4.77 billion)for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 on account of robust sales. The company had......

Looking at the future Desi Girl

Eight glamorous Mumbai girls, one real village in Punjab and what do you get? Why, a new reality show, that's what. The show in question is Imagine's Desi Girl, a show about eight Mumbai-bred......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor pose for a picture during a news conference for their forthcoming movie Dil Bole Hadippa in Mumbai on Monday. The film is directed by Anurag Singh and produced......

'I am too old to be part of Wake Up Sid'

The Wake Up Sid team -- producer Karan Johar, director Ayaan Mukherjee and cast Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma -- came together to launch a video blog to promote their film, in......

'Sanjay Dutt is the luckiest person alive'

As Bollywood's Sanju Baba turns 50, directors Soham Shah (Luck) and Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta) take turns to wish the star all the best. Read on: Soham Shah I have always been a fan of Sanjay......

Too early to contemplate World T20 shift: BCCI

World T20 venues could be curtailed from 9 to 5 IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, left, with secretary Jay Shah, right, and former ICC CEO Manu Sawhney. Photograph: ICC The BCCI is confident......