V K Malhotra: Professor, Politician, Gentleman

In seniority in the BJP leadership team, V K Malhotra, who passed into the ages this week, was next only to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Nanaji Deshmukh, notes Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Vijay......

Modi Isn't Going To Retire On September 17

'Mr Modi has the power and pre-eminence in the BJP-RSS to choose how long he wants to serve, and he is definitely going to want to contest in 2029.''He will only be 79, as old as Donald Trump now,......

'My opponent is quintessential RSS man, I am far away from it'

'Earlier, we used to talk about a deficit economy. There is a deficit in democracy' 'If you read superficially Gandhi and Ambedkar and Nehru, some misconceptions and misunderstanding come to mind,......

Will Mr Jaitley bite the 'swadeshi' bullet?

What the new defence minister does with the Rafale fighter jet deal will decide if India wants to build genuine, long-term defence capability through an indigenous product that slashes life-cycle......

A good Budget, Mr Jaitley!

  Against a challenging background, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has, very sensibly, stuck to the basics, notes Shankar Acharya At the best of times, making the Union Budget is a hugely......

A good balancing act, Mr Jaitley!

Budget sends reassuring message on the sustainability of gradual reform, surmises Claude SmadjaThis was Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s third Budget and, to some extent, the hardest so far in......

Why Mr Jaitley needs to listen to Mr Gehlot

'I don't know how long the small-scale handmade sector can survive,' a shoemaker from Hisar tells Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The government would have us believe that......

Mr Jaitley, we expect a 'positive' Budget from you

The new Budget would do well to fill up the gaps and pave a strong way forward to ensure that the optimism surrounding it is not short-lived, say Anisha Sircar and Nupur Pavan Bang.......

'He Prays A Lot, That Is Cheteshwar's Secret'

'That is how he developed his concentration and focus.' IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara with his father Arvind Pujara, wife Puja and daughter Aditi during his 100th Test match at the Arun Jaitley stadium......

'Mr Srinivasan, stay away for sake of cricket's image'

A day after Board member Jyotiraditya Scindia asked N Srinivasan to step down, the pressure increased on the BCCI chief. - 'Bindra should take over from Srinivasan as BCCI prez' -......

Arun Jaitley likely to represent BCCI at ICC meet

The impasse regarding India's representative at the Annual Conference of the ICC took a new turn with senior vice-president Arun Jaitley as a likely choice for the high-profile meeting in London on......

Jaitley pulls out of DDCA elections; it's Bedi vs Bansal

Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) president Arun Jaitley has decided against contesting the upcoming state association elections scheduled on December 30 paving way for his confidant......

BCCI Constitution amended for Jaitley not Srinivasan: Manohar

Image: ICC Chairman N Srinivasan. Photograph: Getty Images Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar has said that the amendment of the BCCI constituition in 2012 regarding president's......