The time to quit India had come

Historian Mridula Mukherjee narrates how the Quit India movement swept across the country even in the absence of its leaders, convincing the British that they could no longer continue to rule......

A remarkable Indian you never heard of

A C Narayanan Nambiar's name will not ring a bell because he operated in the shadows where statecraft and secrecy overlap.An anti-colonial warrior, he was imprisoned in concentration camps and......

Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM for second time

Mamata Banerjee was on Friday sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive time, heading a 42-member ministry. Banerjee, 61, was administered oath of office and secrecy......

'Didi' retains power in West Bengal, set to form government again

Mamata Banerjee, the stormy petrel of West Bengal politics, once again proved a master strategist decimating the new Left-Congress combination and the Bharatiya Janata Party all of whom sought to......

The growing divide between markets and fundamentals

Bulk of the rise in stock prices is due to valuation expansion rather than earnings growth, says Krishna Kant. Do economic fundamentals drive the stock market or does the market set the pace for......

Foreign inflows in debt zoom to a record high

Foreign institutional investors bought debt instruments worth a little over $10.5 billion in 2014, beating the previous high of $10.13 billion in 2010. There was a sell-off last year, as FIIs......

Revenues outran profits in UPA decade

India Inc scored heavily on revenues during the 10 years of the United Progressive Alliance regime but profitability took quite a few hard knocks. The combined revenues for BSE 500 companies,......

A third of India's top firms on the verge of insolvency

M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above Economic slowdown and the accompanying demand destruction have taken a heavy toll on......