Former president Sharad Pawar may have made a comeback in the Mumbai Cricket Association after being elected unopposed on Friday, but the Union Minister for Agriculture announced that he has no plans to return to the Board of Control for Cricket in India set-up.
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Model 3 received 180,000 orders worldwide.
'To identify with the common man, Modi had to look like one.' 'The disastrous suit with his name written on it never made its reappearance.' 'Frequent dress changes during the day, which led Arvind Kejriwal to calculate that Modi spent crores on his attire ever year, too stopped.' 'Instead, a newer Modi emerged: Humble and eager to serve.' Narendra Modi has cleverly repositioned himself as a man of the masses in the past three years, says Aditi Phadnis.
Albeit muted for most part of the year, Deal Street in India has clocked M&As worth $29 billion in 2014 and expects the size to get larger with transactions worth over $40 billion in the New Year.
A baby died in Shakur Basti area in West Delhi where a demolition drive was carried out by railways, triggering an angry reaction from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who slammed the railways and suspended three officials for "failing to arrange" food for those evicted.
The NITI Aayog will now assimilate the views of states and then present a report to the PM.
It would be a miracle indeed if we grow at 7/8 per cent a year over the current and next few years, says A V Rajwade
In the second and concluding part of his interview, Gurumurthy outlines the two areas he believes the government should focus on.
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Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
The ministry sought to allay the rating agency's concerns and said economic growth was on an upward swing.
Despite their promised and announced reduction in power prices, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government may want keep the issue on the burner for sometime longer, since none of the concerned players are ready to give an inch, and seem raring for a fight, says Upasna Pandey
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
VCs have been especially bullish about India.
A Congress-led opposition on Tuesday came together seeking to pin down the government on the demonetisation issue in the winter session of Parliament beginning tomorrow but a consenses eluded on Trinamoll Congress's proposed march to Rashtrapati Bhawan for meeting the President.
Jaitley promised higher investment in roads and railways.
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Arvind Kumar Sharma, a 1988-batch IAS officer and one of the many joint secretaries in PMO, definitely wields some power.
All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.
For PPP projects, clause on consent requirement could be abolished or brought down to 50% of land owners, against the current 70%
'India's biggest loss is that we will not have anyone as principled and as courageous as Rajan.'
Rates to go up as Delhi power regulator works out plan to liquidate past dues.
Nestle is sure to go for a relaunch of the noodles soon enough with an advertising blitz,
At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions
Nirupam said it is up to the government to prove the surgical strikes did take place.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday termed the communal violence bill as "the most obnoxious piece of legislation in independent India", saying had it been in place earlier, it would have resulted in punishment of the members of only the majority community over the Muzaffarnagar riots.
The biggest challenge on policy front is the fight against the perception that a small number of big corporations do cosy deals with the government.
It will be difficult for the AAP govt to maintain subsidies.
Kirti Azad, a known detractor of Jaitley, egged on the Congress to seek a time-bound SIT probe.
The BJP government is no better than the Congress -- as wretched and anti-people. In addition, it is explicitly and aggressively communal, says Venkatesh B Athreya, in a hard-hitting interview to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com.
Dr Ashwani Mahajan, all India co-convenor of the Swadesh Jaagran Manch and an associate professor at the Delhi University, discusses the state of the Indian economy in an interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
Hema Malini spoke with Upasna Pandey about her preparedness and exuded confidence to win the election with "the grace of Lord Krishna and love of people of Mathura."
Chartered accountant and commentator M R Venkatesh on why the GST Bill will cost the BJP dear.
So let's stop focusing the Modi agenda on India Inc and the capital markets, and let's start focusing on the Modi development agenda for the average Indian.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
Glimpses of I-Day celebrations across India.
Here's a look at some of the other darbars in the hard-to-please city of Amritsar, known for its appetite for food and drink and its insolent humour:
"This election will dictate the direction the nation takes. As an Indian living abroad, I am ashamed of the negative influences in my motherland, especially the crime rate, which is increasing rapidly."
Narendra Modi's pay-off from relaxing labour laws would be huge.
Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services says that the government often forgets that its prime duty is to serve the people and not some sick public sector units.
