Star-studded economic panel marks Stalin's break with past

Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and......

Why a second term for Modi seems IFFY

'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.''This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar......

SC verdict on validity of Aadhaar, other major issues today

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its crucial verdict on Wednesday on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law.......

BJP begging for apology, sorry won't oblige: Kejriwal

The Delhi government today rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party’s contention that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given a clean-chit by an inquiry it had appointed to investigate......

'Government is in denial mode on the economy'

'The economy may not improve unless you admit there are some problems.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian's submission that India's GDP......

'Economy has been growing at around 5% the last 7-8 years'

'Instead of doing reforms and restructuring, the present government is busy with the perception that everything is fine and the economy is hunky-dory.''Such hollow perceptions are very dangerous......

Should Centre share tax collection pie with states?

'All of us have believed in decentralisation. You may not like property taxation, neither do I. My solution is that the Centre does the tax collection, but we can give a matching grant instead of......

Arvind Subramanian on how to prevent bank scams

CEA offers three compelling arguments in his case for privatisation of government-owned banks. Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, Arvind Subramanian, has called for increasing......

A Aa E Ee falls flat

With a namecomprising the first few letters of the alphabet, there's precious little you expect from the makers and the movie-- it's onlythe star cast that raises some mild expectations. But by......

Review: Poi Solla Porom

With slick promos showing a boxing bout between Nasser and Mouli, UTV Motion Pictures' and Four Frames' latest Tamil venture, Poi Solla Porom (We're Going to Lie) has certainly entered the race......

Rajasthan Royals seek revenge in Bengaluru

Rajasthan Royals players (from left) Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Tim Southee, James Faulkner and Chris Morris. Photograph: BCCI Humiliated in their previous face-off this season, table toppers......

Ranji: Mumbai fail to force a win against Railways

A round-up of the fourth day action of the various Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Friday. New Delhi: Mumbai held by Railways Mumbai failed to force a win against a spirited Railways, whose......