Zakir Naik row: Colleagues back suspended MHA officer

In an unprecedented move, 15 joint secretaries serving in the ministry of home affairs on Tuesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to reconsider the decision to suspend senior IAS......

KV Kamath to head BRICS bank

India has named private banker K.V. Kamath as the first head of a new development bank being set up by the BRICS group of emerging market economies, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi told reporters......

Few hard questions Modi will not ask bankers in next meeting

Modi is scheduled to interact with bankers on second day of retreat for banks and financial institutions branded 'Gyan Sangam' in Pune on January 2-3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor......

Modi must act fast on cleaning up the financial sector mess

India is probably the only country where jewellers to manufacturing companies to builders can pick up money from the public without coming under any regulation, notes Debashis Basu. Image:......