'I do not know any Anna Hazare, have no comments on him'

Almost nine months after their first open letter, the group of 14 eminent Indians on October 3 dashed off a second open letter to the government. Apart from being more elaborate than the previous......

7 nominees to RS likely by August

Ram Jethmalani, Hema Malini, Dara Singh and four other nominated members of the Rajya Sabha will complete their term on August 26, enabling the United Progressive Alliance government to get own......

PM hosts farewell lunch for media adviser

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday hosted a farewell lunch for his Media Adviser, Sanjaya Baru, who is leaving on Friday to take up a teaching assignment abroad. The luncheon at his......

BJP gives Jaswant book launch a miss

While fellow authors, defence experts and diplomats were present for the launch of Jaswant Singh's 'A Call of Honour' on Thursday evening, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders chose to stay away from the......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

'Think of RBI as a profit-making company'

'Only the coming years will tell whether the government finds this an easy way of relieving itself from its fiscal constraints.' Dr Pronab Sen, former chairman, Indian Statistical Commission and......

How must govt use RBI's Rs 1.76 lakh crore

'Devote these additional resources to increasing public investment in infrastructure, particularly in the Railways.' Photograph: Shashank Parade / PTI Photo Former Reserve Bank of India deputy......

Does India really need imported economists?

Today, with growth having slowed and macro-economic challenges in every direction, would the government have benefited from the advice of 'Harvard' economists? asks T N Ninan. IMAGE: Dr Viral......