A Colossus says Goodbye

Naresh Chandra -- distinguished civil servant and diplomat -- passed into the ages on Sunday, July 9.Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes a patriot like none other. IMAGE: Naresh Chandra, presents......

'I'm doing it for the students and they hit me'

IMAGE: Ambassador T P Sreenivasan after being assaulted by Students Federation of India 'activists'.   'I am doing all this for the students of Kerala, and when they come and hit me, it is......

Nuclear energy, inevitable disaster: Worth it?

Gopal Krishna makes a case against the nuclear liability bill. Even as the Parliamentary Standing Committee was busy taking submission and testimonies from citizens and experts in India in the......

View: Nuclear Liability Bill needs scrutiny

Of all the 36 bills listed for introduction in the ongoing session of Parliament, the move to introduce the Nuclear Liability Bill, a pre-condition for the entry of American companies in the Indian......

Modi pleases India Inc with tax talk

Capturing the pulse of one of India Inc’s grouses, Gujarat chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for reforms in what......

Mamata invites corporates for doing business in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday invited industrialists to set up base in the state, but cautioned against acquiring land forcefully.  "Government will give you land, you......

CEOs give thumbs up to the Union Budget 2014-15: Ficci Poll

Most CEOs polled by industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry described the recently unveiled maiden Budget of the Narendra Modi-led government as......

Retail honchos bat for FDI in multi-brand

The government may be adopting a yo-yo approach to opening foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, but industry captains at the India Retail Forum saidforeign direct investmentshould be......