Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to capture Azam Khan's fortress

Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim......

What Awaits Rajapaksas After Monday's Mayhem?

Gota has to decide if he could order elder brother Mahinda's arrest as the agent provocateur of Monday's violence.Then he has to prepare for an interim government, in which no one would now want to......

Police dept failure: Ajit Pawar on protest outside Sharad Pawar's house

A day after a group of striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation staged a fierce protest outside Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar's residence,......

How can we take on the Chinese with our defence budget?

Among the handful of countries with large defence budgets and armed forces, India is matched only by Saudi Arabia in the level of its import dependence.For revenge to be served cold, go beyond......

How Arun Jaitley will make you rich

There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled. Softening the demonetisation blow, the Budget for 2017-18 on......

The real story of Bihar's economic growth

The really disturbing numbers relate to inequality. Bihar's per capita income is a third of India's, and a fourth of Gujarat's, notes T N Ninan. Image: A flood-affected man with his bicycle moves......

Flaws in India's GST defeats its purpose

There is much work to be done to design a good GST, notes Parthasarathi Shome. In the last mile, many essential components of a robust goods and services tax India is rushing towards a so-termed......

New black money law recreates inspector raj of yore

A major criticism of the new law is that it can become an instrument of abuse as it confers the tax enforcement authorities with strong discretionary powers. As Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram......