How Dr Singh Changed Finance Minister's Role

'Suddenly we had a new comprehension of affairs, which reminded that the luxury of politics floated atop a foundation by economics.''Along with this, finance ministers became crucial in molding the......

President Pranab won't be safe from Vrindavan's monkeys

To keep monkeys at bay during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Banke Behari temple in Vrindavan on November 16, the district administration had decided to deploy langurs but it had to abort......

UP polls: BJP banks on surgical strikes rhetoric to boost prospects

The Bharatiya Janata Party aims to use the surgical strikes as a way of attracting voters across the states, especially in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Archis Mohan reports. The BJP has planned......

Modi in Assam: Must accommodate Hindu migrants from B'desh

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away......

Amitabh Kant: An ambitious bureaucrat who wants to make India a biz hotspot

The Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Amitabh Kant tells Rahul Jacob how India could be made an easier place to do business in and why India's software smarts will......

A SAIL plant fuels hope of industrial revival in Bengal

The modernisation of IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur can be a big boost for the state's industry if ancillary units come up around the plant The event was the completion of the modernisation of SAIL's......