Maneka, Radha Mohan in race for Speaker's post

Several senior Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarians, including former Union ministers Maneka Gandhi, Radha Mohan Singh and Virender Kumar, are in contention for the post of Lok Sabha speaker as......

Verdict 2019: How did Modi's ministers fare

Riding the Modi wave, a record number of 43 Union ministers marched to Lok Sabha, while five others including former bureaucrats Hardeep Singh Puri and K J Alphons faced disappointment. As many as......

From Parliament to streets, Oppn is creating hurdles: Modi

Modi accused opponents of trying to pit one section against the other while his government is working towards taking all people along.   IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during......

Why Pranab was reluctant to join UPA govt

Manmohan Singh, reveals the former President, was keen that either P Chidambaram or Montek Singh Ahluwalia be the finance minister.Archis Mohan reports. Former President Pranab Mukherjee has said......

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and......

3 factors robbing the cream off dairy farmers' lives

Cheap milk prices, rising fodder cost and the difficulties in buying new cattle and selling old ones on account of cow vigilantism have cast a triple shadow on this sunshine sector in Indian......

Who were the real heroes of the 1991 reforms?

'One wishes that today's 'take no prisoners' brand of politics would give way to an understanding of the national interest that is shared by both government and Opposition,' says T N Ninan. A......

Economists in India: Endangered species?

The pipeline for well-qualified and experienced policy economists at senior levels of government has broken, leading to a growing dearth of suitable candidates for top economist positions, says......

Aditi Rao Hydari, Urmila, Tabu celebrate Diwali with Bachchans

The Bachchans' Diwali party held at their bungalow Jalsa in the posh Juhu suburb of Mumbai on October 23 was an elaborate affair, and saw almost everyone in the film industry in attendance. Click......