Six-phased Bihar poll from Oct 21 to Nov 20

Bihar will go to polls in six phases spread over a month from October 21, the Election Commission announced on Monday. First phase on October 21: 47 seats will go to polls. Second phase on......

Poll panel raps Kerala CM

The Election Commission on Friday rebuffed Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan for his reported statement that central police force (CPF) personnel would be confined to barracks during by-polls......

Graphic: Jharkhand polls in Dec, Nov

Without a popular government for almost a year, Jharkhand will go to Assembly polls in November-December staggered over nearly a month with the first phase of polling scheduled for November 27.......

Should Air Force be roped in to crush Maoists?

The Naxals fury is taking India by the storm. SG Inamdar looks into the pros and cons of deploying Air Force in the anti-Maoist operations. We have used the Air Force firepower......

'Bull markets are a bit like revolutions'

Bull markets need a a charismatic leader and a fancy destination, says N Sundaresha Subramanian. As I was using the railroad system, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), on Saturday to catch up with......

Jobless workers buy nylon plant

They had not even dreamt of it, but it will soon come true. Workers at Garware Nylons Ltd, who lost their jobs when the company went bankrupt in 1996, today own the plant at Ahmednagar (some 120......

Number of pensioners? No one knows

The EPFO's handling of data for the country's pensioners and their vital social security statistics has come under severe criticism from a parliamentary panel which has asked the government to......

Salary windfall for PSU staff soon

Over 210,000 executives in estimated 240 central public sector undertakings are in for a bonanza with a pay revision committee recommending a massive hike in their annual cost-to-company. The hike......