'I was not a PM afraid of talking to the press'

Several Congress leaders interpreted it as a dig at Prime Minister Modi who is yet to address a single press conference in his 54-month tenure.Archis Mohan reports. IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr......

The real enemies of social media

The trolls on Twitter, the rumour mongers on WhatsApp and the serial abusers on Facebook are the enemies of social media, says Sudhir Bisht. I read with great interest the Rediff.com article......

As 99% banned notes return, Opposition takes on PM

Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government over note ban terming the move as 'disaster' and 'anti-national' with former finance minister P Chidambaram using Reserve Bank data to lash......

Our institutions are at risk under Modi

'The autonomy of essential institutions is clearly under question as the Modi government seeks to influence them politically.''The credibility of institutions such as the EC, the CBI, the CVC, the......

Did Jaitley have prior knowledge of Urjit Patel's decision?

Highly-placed sources in the government say that none of the senior ministers had any inkling of Patel's resignation Monday was supposed to be a good day for the government. It announced the......

An agenda for Dr Urjit Patel

The mother of all challenges is the balance sheets of banks, and the mess has to be cleared early. There is no lending happening because banks don’t have money. Banks don’t have money......

House panel to discuss note ban impact with Urjit Patel

Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das have been summoned by the PAC.Amit Agnihotri/Business Standard reports. Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has......

Urjit Patel: 'Control on withdrawals not likely to be permanent'

'During the transition process, we have some control over the withdrawals.''In terms of your wealth, the money in your deposit account is where it is.' After the Reserve Bank's surprise decision to......