Former Union finance minister Madhu Dandavate died Saturday at a private hospital in Mumbai after a protracted illness. He was 81.Dandavate had been admitted to the hospital on October 19, family......
At this poignant historic moment, one can only wish that institutions, which are not built by brick and mortar, but by rich Parliamentary traditions which have stood the test of time, are......
'Today, the BJP is using power in such a manner that they not only crush the Opposition, but even their own supporters can't rebel.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the third and......
As the 2019 Lok Sabha election approaches, some rare photographs from the 1996 election campaign, which saw a Bharatiya Janata Party prime minister for the first time in India's history, albeit......
Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai had declined to accept the findings of two Commission of Inquiries that concluded Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in August 1945, according to the 25......
The dividends for the economy from such a rapid rise in capital expenditure would be huge, observes A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at an Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav event......
An intense debate is taking place within the finance ministry over a proposal to reintroduce investment allowance for companies implementing new projects or creating productive assets to expand......
This won't be pleasant for retired or retiring bureaucrats. One of the most sought after overseas postings, that of an executive director at the International Monetary Fund, might just slip away......
The 64-year-old Planning Commission, a vestige of the socialist era, will soon become history.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, on Friday announced that the Commission,......
Without a market that is positively impressed with the finance minister's Budget, the government will face major problems in offloading its shares in PSUs and bring down its deficit, writes A K......