Hinting that the Centre might provide special status to Bihar, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday declared to set up a committee to determine the new criteria for backwardness. Chidambaram......
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday called for a daylong 'Bihar Bandh' on March 1 to protest against denial of special category status to the state by the Congress led UPA government. "I......
Welcoming Raghuram Rajan panel report which has put Bihar among the least developed states, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday described it as a 'victory' for the state but was non-committal......
A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed the United Progressive Alliance government for shelving the special status demand at the behest of its 'natural' ally, the Congress hit back......
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar upped the ante on the Chief Minister's long-standing demand for grant of special status to the state with a resolution to the effect on Wednesday being passed......
With 7 per cent economic growth, India is not creating enough jobs as reflected by the number of applicants for vacant posts in some states, Reserve Bank's former governor Raghuram Rajan said and......
The Rs 72,000-crore (Rs 720 billion) loan waiver for farmers "is a disaster. It spoils the credit culture in the country", said Raghuram Rajan, the chairman of the Committee on Financial Sector......
The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......
There is very little in the extensive plans that Dr Rajan laid out in his speech that can be questioned in terms of merits. Ultimately, by the end of his term, he may accomplish some of the......
The Congress led UDF government in Kerala has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reject the Raghuram Rajan panel report evolving new formula for devolution of funds to states. In a letter......
It is learnt that the CoA has offered support to Dravid's cause IMAGE: It is expected that Dravid will be asked to resign from his post in order to come clear. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Former......