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......

Does Swamy think of himself as Kautilya reborn?

Trying to guess Subramanian Swamy's motives or next step has been a rather difficult exercise for decades, says Archis Mohan   "I am inspired by Chanakya, who upon being insulted by Nanda......

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......

All you need to know about Modi's new ministers

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Cabinet and inducted 21 new ministers. Of these, 4 – Manohar Parrikar, JP Nadda, Suresh Prabhu and Birender Singh were appointed as......

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......

'Govt should lower PSU bank stakes: report

In a move that is likely to attract political controversy, the committee on financial sector assessment has recommended that the banking sector should be gradually opened to foreign players and......

'21st century belongs to the Asians'

"The Asian resurgence is one of the most significant developments of our time and the twenty-first century belongs to the Asians," opines Goa Non Resident Indian commissioner Eduardo......