Need to fight against Centre's 'dictatorship': Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government of being 'undemocratic', and said people will have to strongly fight against its......

Modi and Nehru Are Similar, Yet...

Modi's critics will say that he has put up cement and steel structures, but weakened the institutions of governance whereas Nehru strengthened them, observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

India faces no threat from the Ram temple

'Now that the Ram mandir is done, we need to move on. And grapple with COVID-19, a sputtering economy, a belligerent China...''The temple may win a few more elections for the BJP, but by itself it......

People with big surnames came and went, but India couldn't develop: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was lack of work culture in the past and India lagged behind in development despite 'big surnames' running the country. He said since the......

Bureaucrats to boardrooms: Murthy on India's remarkable journey

Image: Students wave national flags in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters India has made a remarkable journey from a top-down system of economic decision-making to one that unleashed our......

Delhi's water supply to get a boost

Water scarce Delhi might get an enhanced supply by the end of this month with the Haryana Government agreeing to let its canals be used for carrying water from the Bhakra Nangal dam to the......

An IIT-ian who dreams of a greener world

Unlike a typical IIT-ian, white-collar jobs did not hold much attraction for Shripad Dharmadhikary. Which is why having passed out from IIT Bombay with a BE in Mechanical Engineering in 1985, he......

PM's penchant for showpiece projects

Mr Vajpayee has a penchant for showpiece projects. So we have the Golden Quadrilateral, an evocative name for a project to improve India's main road arteries. There is also the Sagarmala, an......