How can there be peace if Pakistan uses terror against us?

'How can Kashmir be demilitarised if the terrorist threat remains and Pakistan continues to incite elements in Kashmir to keep the internal situation unstable?' asks former foreign secretary Kanwal......

'Building habits of cooperation, bonds of trust'

Official Spokesperson (Vishnu Prakash): Good afternoon. Welcome to the joint press interaction. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna would be making an opening statement. Next, Secretary of State......

Past clouds Japan's confidence in N-deal

The sting, clearly, was in the tail. 'I have told Prime Minister Singh that Japan is yet to formulise its official policy' on the subject of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation deal and the larger......

Vedanta confirms bidding for govt's stake in BPCL

Mining conglomerate Vedanta has put in a preliminary expression of interest (EoI) for buying the government's stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), for which a major foreign player too is said......

Received VRS? How to generate passive income

People who are close to retirement and don't intend to go back to full-time work should deploy a part of their VRS money in equities so that it keeps growing at a faster rate, suggest Bindisha......

Just who is Nirav Modi?

No one knows where billionaire Nirav Modi emerged from. What is known is that when he came (back) to India, he cut his teeth in the diamond business under the tutelage of his jeweller uncle. Then......

How Vishal Nevatia built a Rs 700 cr company

PE firm True North's investment model is to take 51% stake in mid-sized companies and make them large, says Niraj Bhatt. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It’s not just the......