'Modi has not lacked courage in the political sphere. It is time he showed it in the economic sphere as well.' 'To do this, he needs to shed the simple-minded nostrums about economic growth and swadeshi that he learnt in the Sangh Parivar,' suggests Virendra Kapoor.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of functioning, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the leader neither sleeps nor allows his Cabinet colleagues to do so.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
It said there is no part of the country that he did not visit during the 125 days between December 25 and May 1 as he crisscrossed from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Jamnagar to Silchar, while speaking to students to scientists, farmers, entrepreneurs, foreign heads of state and political workers.
'Like doctors, health workers, police, bankers are also COVID warriors,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Maoists blew up a school building at Manjiladih in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Monday night, the police said.
'Our honourable CM is so shameless that she will say the state is among the safest for women.'
Salman, apparently, is not too keen on doing the film.
Defying the ban, an activist went ahead and aired the BBC documentary India's Daughter in an Agra village on Sunday evening.
'Most of the time we do close-ups you'll be looking at the camera or your main lead, your leading lady, is left of the camera, right of the camera -- she's never there. So, your best close-ups are looking at some unfortunate-looking assistant director or a cameraman. All the romantic close-ups I'm looking at some guy.' Salman Khan tells P Rajendran/ Rediff.com how he shoots his romantic scenes.
'Twitterati on either side of the political fence needs to walk for a day or two in a chowkidar's shoes to understand how precariously India's unorganised sector teeters on the brink,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
'Urjit Patel was not quite the picture of courage, but even he turned, he had to turn.' 'Perhaps there is something that is far more sinister than what we are aware of, which is the reason for his resigation.'
Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party government over the Mathura violence, he said it is the biggest failure of the state government which has also failed to control 'goonda raj' in the state.
The test is over. And now, it's time to see the results.
Gross non-performing assets of public sector banks have gone up.
The men who made all the money in 2015!
179 million debit cards were issued during December 2016 to June 2018. A mere 2,000 ATMs were opened in the same period.
Cinematographer N K Ekambaram on shooting the most awaited Tamil film Kandasamy.
It is likely he will rope in an international ATM manufacturer as a strategic partner with equity stake.
High interest rate, policy uncertainty in the year of elections, along with risk aversion led to slow takeoff in credit demand on the corporate front.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday quoted as saying that Tuesday's expansion of his ministry will reflect "budget focus and priorities".
Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being 'casteist' and 'anti-Dalit', and said his party will always stand against the BJP's 'oppressive' ideology.
Sonam is expected to be out of hospital by the end of this week.
'The digital economy will generate 60 to 65 million jobs by 2025, 20 million more than the 40 to 45 million existing jobs that are in danger of disappearing or getting automated,' points out T N Ninan.
A look at Bollywood stars and their popular screen names!
'The government and the RBI have been playing a very good part in terms of inflation management.'
We haven't seen them on the big screen yet, but these stars are working *very* hard!
'...Rs 137 lakh crores of people's money?' 'It is not the government's money, it is people's money.'
'Most of the measures the finance minister announced will take effect after the lockdown.' 'By that time, millions of people will be starving.'
Can welfare schemes truly transform from being flagship to flag-bearers for a government that is looking to get a second term in 2019?
'If an election promise has to be credible, silence on practical questions doesn't help matters,' notes T N Ninan.
Prof Ananth Narayan, well known financial expert who works as a faculty member at the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and the RBI's nominee director on the board of Yes Bank, expects a double-digit contraction in India's GDP this fiscal year. In the first of a two-part interview to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, Prof Narayan, below, says, "Giving liquidity and loan to cover the cash flow problem is not sufficient because you are essentially increasing the debt of many of these companies. And they might not be able to bear the burden."
More than 127 million new bank accounts have been opened.
As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.
Joginder Tuteja sees just how many Rs 100 crore movies Bollywood's top actors have in their kitty.
Salman embarks on a double role spree after his 1997 comedy Judwaa.
Deepika, Sonam, Aishwarya, Sridevi, Hema Malini...
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The bench also said that a seven-judge bench needed to be constituted for authoritatively deciding a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme on grounds including that it infringes on the Right to Privacy of citizens.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre is firmly committed to ensure security all Northeast states said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a large gathering of BJP workers at the Sarusajai National Games stadium in Guwahati.
