A Bird's Eye View Of Delhi's Election

I watched from my balcony and found that during the next eight hours up to 5.30 pm, not one prospective voter was seen to go to the Congress table, notes Rashme Sehgal.The rush was all around the......

MCD polls: BJP-AAP direct battle on cards as Congress nowhere in picture

The Aam Admi Party, which rules Delhi, is looking to wrest power from the BJP in the local body elections, for the first time while the the Congress is conspicuously missing in the battle,......

Modi and Nehru Are Similar, Yet...

Modi's critics will say that he has put up cement and steel structures, but weakened the institutions of governance whereas Nehru strengthened them, observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Four killed in TN rains; more downpour likely in next 24 hrs

Surplus rain water gushed out of reservoirs while several roads in Chennai resembled swollen rivers and four persons were killed in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu and over 60 houses suffered......

Govt spending Rs 14,500 crore on airports before 'privatising' them

With six airports handed over to the Adani group for 50 years, the government is now all set to hand over another 25 airports to private players in a bid to ‘monetise’ them. Official......

RBI assures India Inc of more action to fuel growth

Stating that recent agriculture reforms have opened new opportunities, the RBI Governor said the farm sector is emerging as a bright spot. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday assured the......

3 big-ticket divestments: Govt to sell stake in BPCL, SCI, Concor

At the same time, the Cabinet approved reducing government's stake in select PSUs such as IOC to below 51 per cent while continuing to retain management control. Illustration: Uttam......

Resolving gas price issue, power crisis key focus of govt

The Index of Industrial production (IIP) suggests that industrial sector is recovering slowly with a 2.1 per cent in April - December 2014-15 over the 0.1 per cent in the same period last year. The......