Respect Supreme Court's wisdom, Mr Digvijaya!

Troubled with a variety of mind-boggling scams and executive overreach, the last thing a shaken United Progressive Alliance-II government needed was a dressing down from the Supreme Court. The......

Parliament of India has reached nadir: Somnath

Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Tuesday expressed his strong displeasure when the Left members, especially those from the Communist party of India Marxist, repeatedly interrupted Finance Minister P......

'RTI will lead us to true swaraj before 2010'

The Right to Information Act 2005 is hailed as a revolution in India's evolution as a democracy. It empowers the ordinary citizen who has hither-to been armed with only his vote, with the tools of......

Meeting FY22 fiscal deficit target hinges on divestment

After the government sought Parliament's nod for a second batch of supplementary demand for grants that will cause a hit of Rs 2.99 trillion to the exchequer, doubts suddenly arose about the......

Financial bids for BPCL, Shipping Corp to be invited in Dec-Jan

The government will invite financial bids for privatising as many as many as six CPSEs, including BPCL, BEML and Shipping Corp, by January, a top government official said on Wednesday.......

10 merchant bankers to manage LIC IPO

The government has appointed 10 merchant bankers including Goldman Sachs (India) Securities, Citigroup Global Markets India, and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities India to manage the mega......

Govt looks to sell shares of RIL held through SUUTI

The plan is to sell about 8 lakh shares of RIL that will help the government garner around Rs 180 crore. The government is looking to sell shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) held through......

Full text of the Justice Lodha IPL verdict

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. Photograph: PTI Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials,......