India needs another shot of difficult reform, of the kind only possible at gunpoint. Mr Trump holds that gun to our heads now.A drastic reduction in tariff protection, other elements of sarkari......
'One nation, one election' is not possible under the present Constitution. It requires at least five constitutional amendments' IMAGE: Former President Ram Nath Kovind, who heads High-Level......
'If the BJP detoxifies the nuclear liability law, it will bring economic, environmental and, most of all, strategic benefits.''Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that this Budget promise is......
The man in a black suit stood leaning over in inquiry as an official spoke confidentially to him. Palaniappan Chidambaram, India's home minister, nodded in response and looked up at the crowd......
The fury of Kashmir's stone pelters has left nearly 1500 police personnel injured in just nine weeks of turmoil. As they nurse their wounds, police officers and their men recall how stones rained......
It is eerie, but the tax policy choices that Finance Minister Mr P Chidambaram (PC) faces today are near identical to his dream Budget of 1997. At that time, both the hard "human-face" economists,......
The President's address, setting out the contours of the Congress-led government's economic priorities, reads just a little differently from the Common Minimum Programme.A process of correction......
Investors would have much preferred a gritty, honest appraisal of the tough trade-offs. Investors tuned in to Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s Budget speech on......
Given the difficult circumstances, it has to be acknowledged that Chidambaram steered the Indian economy towards the relative calm that it enjoys today. Almost two years ago on July 31, 2012, P......
The war of words between United Progressive Alliance government and the main Opposition BJP over the economic situationsaw BJP leader Yashwant Sinha calling Finance Minister P Chidambaram a......
IMAGE: Celebrations in the Aussie camp. Photograph: ICC/X Five-time champions Australia broke South African hearts as they sealed a World Cup final date with India. After opening their......
Photograph: Umran Malik/Instagram Umran Malik may still be awaiting his international debut, but the fastest bowler in the nation enjoyed a relaxed evening at the Rushikonda beach in......
IMAGE: MI captain Rohit Sharma. Photograph: BCCI Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during the IPL game against Delhi Capitals in Chennai on......
Tamil Nadu Cricket AssociationDate of inspection: 21 September 2002Present: N Srinivasan (President)C Vijaya Raghavan (Hon SecretaryKasi Vishwanathan (Assistant Secretary)Mr Shankarrao (Assistant......