Pranab's earlier fear of Sonia relying too heavily on a coterie due to her lack of experience turned out to be unfounded. As per Pranab, Sonia had her close advisers but she did not follow anyone's advice blindly. A fascinating excerpt from Sharmistha Mukherjee's Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers.
After a series of defeats since 2012, the results of the recent panchayat polls are being seen by her as a tide changer for the upcoming UP assembly elections
Several states that imposed prohibition in the past lifted it once revenue loss began to pinch
It is as much about farmer woes and the lack of job opportunities as about the mixing of religion and politics.
Ground surveys have found that several members of the dominant castes are in economic conditions quite similar to that of peer communities with the advantage of quotas.
The burning of a Dalit house has put Sunpedh on tenterhooks, and overenthusiastic politicians and activists aren't helping matters.
A clueless Sahitya Akademi has now called a meeting of its executive council on October 23 to decide the future course of action.
The Chinese had enough foreign reserves.
The Narendra Modi government plans to pump around Rs 12.61 lakh crore into the economy over seven years.
Everything about the way Delhi is governed needs to change, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tells Aditi Phadnis and Akshat Kaushal.
Contracts with India-based domestic assistants for officials abroad have become a headache for the Indian government.
The central government last week named Vijai Sharma as the new chief information commissioner, a post vacant since August 2014. Sharma, an information commissioner since 2012, must know that his plate is full.
India and Bangladesh have been working on opening more markets.
The MHA order says the cancelled NGOs did not submit to the ministry details of amount of foreign contribution they received
Here is a test a few of Gandhi's assertions:
For an institution looking to revive past glory, the Nalanda University's initial days have been far from glorious.
More than 127 million new bank accounts have been opened.
The Delhi assembly lacks the powers to make laws relating to police, public order and land
Ajay Singh is trying hard to turnaround SpiceJet.
'India is a high-cost market but that is man-made. The government can change that with a stroke of the pen.'
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