From Prime Minister to Pradhan Sevak

'To identify with the common man, Modi had to look like one.' 'The disastrous suit with his name written on it never made its reappearance.' 'Frequent dress changes during the day, which led......

Will Najeeb Jung be the next vice-president?

Relations between an elected government of Delhi and the LG can never be cordial: It is just the way the relationship is structured.Aditi Phadnis reports.   Few offer their resignation when......

The Indian Spring: Lessons for the world

The Indian Spring represented by Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, which has culminated in the Aam Aadmi Party's impressive electoral debut in New Delhi, began around the same time as the......

Haryana remained in news for wrong reasons in 2012

A series of rape incidents, a minister going behind bars in an air hostess suicide case and sexual abuse of women and child inmates in a shelter home brought infamy to Haryana in 2012,......

NSE lifts lid on dabba trading, tippers, issues warnings to 24 platforms

New-age tech tools and ‘mystery shoppers’ are helping the country’s top bourse stay ahead of the curve against dabba trading platforms and entities dolling out unsolicited......

Don't follow ace investors blindly

'If an investor wants to clone an ace investor's portfolio, s/he will be better off cloning the entire portfolio rather than cherry picking stocks selectively,' Tinesh Bhasin and Sanjay Kumar Singh......

How to profit from share buybacks

Before participating, consider the company's long-term prospects, premium offered and acceptance ratio, says Sanjay Kumar Singh Since the beginning of April 2016, 69 companies have proposed or......

Investing in stocks? Beware of these 4 concepts

In good times, analysts justify valuations giving interesting investment rationale.     In the early 1990s, when Harshad Mehta was trading in Associated Cement Company’s stock......