Is Nirmalaji Praying For The Economy In Tirupati?

What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday, October 19. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman worships Goddess Padmavati in Tirupati. Photograph: PTI Photo   IMAGE: Prime Minister......

'Government Is Trying To Intimidate The Opposition'

'We walked into the well of the House because we had no choice.''They were not listening to us. They were throttling democracy.' IMAGE: Dr Kanimozhi Nvn Somu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham's Rajya......

Why India is a poor country of very rich people

'Nowhere amidst the efflorescence of 13 military bands, 16 marching contingents and 22 tableaux was there any hint that far from being a rich country of poor people, the closely guarded secret is......

Modi must be wary about campus protests

'New Delhi's rulers should be alert to lighting a dangerous tinderbox,' warns Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: JNU Students Union President Aishe Ghosh speaks to the media in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal......

Sitharaman wanted me out: ex-finance secretary Garg

Subhash Chandra Garg, the former finance secretary who was shunted out of the finance ministry within three weeks of Modi-2.0 government's first budget last year, on Saturday alleged that the "new"......

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......