The defence ministry needs to focus keenly on "Made in India" projects without being distracted by "Make in India" slogans, says Ajai Shukla
Narendra Modi is no reformist, but here's how he could yet change the path India's economy.
He said cross-border infiltration will continue because camps across the Line of Control, from where terrorists are launched, are still operational, and warned that the Indian Army is ready to "receive" them and keep dispatching them to their graves.
The banking sector's credibility is on thin ice. Unless the government takes strict steps, things could get worse.
Wants CBDT to plug loophole in the system.
India's involvement in the port development was not strictly under the international sanctions that had been imposed on Iran.
A Yamaha company representative told a Mumbai court trying the 26/11 terror attack case on Thursday that the outboat machine used in the boat used by the terrorists to reach Mumbai was imported by Pakistan from Japan.
CBEC has said a duty-free shop in a Customs area should not be treated as a warehouse.
Probe agency to set up special software to probe money trail in the case.
Naik is said to have acquired citizenship of Saudi Arabia but this has not been confirmed yet.
The government has rolled out its ambitious TOP (Target Olympic Podium) Scheme, under which 2016 Olympics medal prospects will be funded for their specialised world class training and top-level competition, and offered ace discus thrower Seema Punia a budget of Rs 75 lakhs till the Rio Games next year.
As per the existing process of law under the PMLA, the ED could confiscate the assets only after the trial in a case finishes which usually takes many years.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was taking action against an unspecified number of Chinese officials, including from the ruling Communist Party, under a US law that calls on China to let Americans visit Tibet.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
The ED had filed six cases in the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic Offences Court-I) which had discharged the duo in two cases in 2015 and directed them to face the trial in other cases.
'If the National Conference and PDP make handsome electoral gains in the valley and call for the restoration of the former state's lost status, how will the rulers in Delhi respond?' asks Amulya Ganguli.
There's nothing wrong in Vidya Balan's performance. There's just nothing new about it, feels Sukanya Verma.
Working round-the-clock over the past few days, an Indian Institute of Science team is buildingan indigenous ventilator prototype for Covid-19 victims, and it is expected to be ready in the current month itself. A ventilator can be a life-saver for patients whose lungs are damaged by the Covid-19 infection. But India, like all countries grappling with this pandemic, is likely to face a large shortage of ventilators.
India has joined global efforts to combat global tax evasion.
Currently, the spend on R&D as a percentage of GDP is just 0.9%
The first high-level meeting of the Special Investigation Team on the issue of black money and special probe into cases of unaccounted funds stashed away abroad by Indians has been advanced and will now be held on June 2.
As India gears up to honour its pravasis on January 9 to mark their contribution in the nation's development, rediff.com presents perspectives from eminent writers on the Diaspora. Kicking off the series is Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who points out that the change of the Diaspora policy put in place by Rajiv Gandhi following the military coup in Fiji and his decision to stand by them, was the one defining moment in India's dealings with its overseas family.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 71st Republic Day.
If India was able to provide additional and new information about people and entities that figure on stolen lists, they may consider it to exchange information
ED has submitted a chart of total $60.54 million received by the firms directly or indirectly owned by Talwar between April 23, 2008 to February 6, 2009.
The BCCI and its officials did not open a separate bank account in South Africa
'Doubtless he was the greatest opener of his era; and also one of the greatest in the history of cricket.'
This is the first time that this important nodal national agency for economic intelligence has obtained data on suspected offshore stash of Indians as, till now, such information was only received by the exclusive wing of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Techies consider onsite posting rewarding because the difference between offshore and onsite packages is more than three times. Besides, onsite employees are given special allowances for working late hours, transport, medical costs and insurance.
The other two denotification routes are amendment of the SEZ Act through Parliament and through a presidential ordinance. The latter has been ruled out since Parliament is in session and there is nothing to stop the developers of the three SEZs from going to court if the government waits for the session to end. An amendment of the SEZ Act will not only need approval from the Commerce Ministry, but may also provoke political opposition from the Congress itself.
'Some refused to kiss each other on the cheek, as is customary in France while, others couldn't care less.'
The 51-year-old televangelist, who is currently abroad, is being probed under terror and money-laundering charges by the NIA.
Gandhi noted that lakhs of migrants continue to walk hundreds of kilometres to reach back their homes without food, water, medicines and cash. She also accused the central government and the Railways of completely ignoring the demands made by the Congress for ensuring the safe and free travel of migrant workers and labourers to their homes.
The PM said that the Union Budget will accelerate the economic growth, financially empower every citizen and strengthen the foundation of the economy in the new decade.
His compensation in FY17 was more than the combined salaries of the entire boards of TCS, Wipro and Infosys. 'I am a self-made man from a very modest background,' Tech Mahindra's CEO C P Gurnani tells Shyamal Majumdar.
Reshma Aslam tells you how to bake these sweet treats.
Bharata Natyam legends Shanta and V P Dhananjayan discover they are a national sentation after their Vodafone ads.
How did a superstar provoke the break-up? 50 years later, the truth can finally be told. A revealing excerpt from Hanif Zaveri and Sumant Batra's An Actor's Actor: An Authorized Biography of Sanjeev Kumar.
Sandeep Chattoo got the phone activated with 'special permission'
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