Congress, SP watch as MLAs help BJP win extra RS seats

The Congress on Tuesday suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all the three states......

BJP leads with 20 Rajya Sabha MPs among 41 elected unopposed

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to......

New Navy Ensign Triggers Debate On Tamil Naval Feats

While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries,......

'Lying, to Mamata, is what meowing is to a cat'

No one is perhaps as vocal against Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee these days as Congress leader Arunava Ghosh. A lawyer by profession, Ghosh is quick to put......

How India can meet its job creation challenge

Job creation will require skill development for productivity enhancement in what is today the unorganised sector, says Nitin Desai. Job creation is considered to be the most serious development......

The dual economic logic for 'Make in India'

Most economists would agree that rapid manufacturing-led growth is what India needs and must seek to promote, says Ajit K Ghose. The prime minister's 'Make in India' campaign signals a key......

Creating jobs is the new govt's biggest challenge

In 2012, there were 410 million working-age people in the labour force, of whom 12 million (2.9 per cent) were unemployed, rues Ajit K Ghose. A key challenge confronting India and its new......

It is a dead-end for India's services-led growth

Resumption of rapid GDP expansion requires accelerated growth of the production and export of manufactures, says  Ajit K Ghose. The period 2000-2010 was a golden period, one of rapid......