Shah gets Home, Rajnath Defence; Finance with Nirmala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Nitin......

Bureaucratic reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba replaces Mehrishi as Home Secy

Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday named as the next home secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. He will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi, who completes his term......

'We are here because of Modi and Obama's vision'

'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.''Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.' In Part I of an......

India's foreign policy paralysis

Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of its sluggish thinking. Jyoti Malhotra analysesBadar Azim, the Kolkata slum-dweller who became a footman at......

What Will Today's PLI Meeting Decide?

Centre mulls strategy to ensure powers given to the agencies are not misused. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The Centre is taking a hard look at agencies responsible for......

Who Will Admit To Committing Fraud?

Banks do extensive investigation before declaring an account fraud; they owe it to us as they deal with our money.Why would they try to fix an innocent borrower? asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Infra Brushstrokes For The Budget

7 key areas that the Budget must address to re-energise the infrastructure sector, suggests Vinayak Chatterjee. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The last few years have demonstrated a......

Why does India fail to attract foreign investments in oil & gas?

Why does the world’s fastest-growing major consumer of energy fail to attract investments in oil and gas? This is a question worth pondering after private sector conglomerate Reliance......