The Power Rush

Like Mr Trump, says Kanika Datta, politics tempts many businessmen.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The convergence of capabilities between business and political governance will be more......

What the Raksha Mantri needs to urgently do

'It is imperative to restore the dignity and authority of the services chiefs. Erosion of this has resulted in lowering of service efficiency. It is also time to end the practice of taking......

Former US defence secretary McNamara dies

Robert McNamara, who served as the US defence secretary during the controversial Vietnam war and the Cuban Missile Crisis, died on Monday in Washington at the age of 93. McNamara, who served under......

JFK was warned about defending India

Top advisers to president John F Kennedy warned him in 1963 that if he pledged to defend India against any attack by communist China, the United States would likely have to use nuclear weapons to......

BALCO head changes lawyers before key hearing

In the latest development to a case full of bizarre twists, the lead defendant in the BALCO global steroid case abruptly changed lawyers on Friday, two weeks before a key hearing.Victor Conte, the......