Mission impossible! Govt's Rs 69,500 cr divestment target a hogwash

The government's ambitious disinvestment target for financial year 2014-15, Rs 69,500 crore, looks ever more daunting. Last year the government raised Rs 26,353 crore - not too bad, given earlier......

UPA's Rs 3,000-cr hidden gift to Arun Jaitley

The FM should quietly get the oil companies to offload the shares in the market and pocket the gains In March, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government did a smart thing. Or, so it appears......

Govt zeroes in on six firms for divestment

The finance ministry, having lined up half a dozen companies to sell the government’s stake in, is also planning to tweak the disinvestment strategy by reviving Specified Undertaking of Unit......

'Cement sector could outperform the market'

Now that the Sensex has crossed 12,000,questions were mostly onwhen it would cross 13,000. Market expert Pranav Sanghavi wasas specific and as quick as usual. Here is the transcript:PRANAV SANGHAVI......

'Confident of sending record 125 athletes to Tokyo Olympics'

'Olympics is once in four years, and athletes have only one shot at glory, and it's important to have a holistic approach, use science, use medicine, use technology and engineering in training and......

Fears of coronavirus pandemic spreading Olympic unease

IMAGE: People wearing protective face masks, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, walk past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday. Photograph:......