PM launches 'Amma' two-wheeler scheme, bats for women empowerment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the subsidised scooter scheme for working women on the occasion of the 70th birth anniversary celebrations of late leader......

Explained: The Secrets of Mamata's Victory

The notion that the BJP gained its increased tally by wiping out the Left parties and the Congress is completely misleading.Equally misleading is the belief that the TMC held its ground in all its......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

How star-power plays out on the streets of Tamil Nadu

In Tamil Nadu, the alternative to one Dravidian party has been another, and for one actor-politician CM, there is another. Their initial popularity may owe to their filmi charisma, but their......

Budget 2023-24: T V Somanathan to Ajay Seth, meet the FM's crack squad

The Modi government will present its last full Budget on February 1 as the 2024 Budget will be a vote on account because the nation will be heading for the hustings from April next year. Arup......

Rural India slowdown threatens Modi's achche din promise

More than 800 million of India's 1.25 billion people live in the countryside, accounting for 35 percent of the economy.   Sugarcane grower Nilesh Kadam has abandoned plans to buy a tractor.......

Poll blitz: 50 projects worth Rs 2 trn

Before the MCC came into effect, Modi was busy laying stones, cutting ribbons, and unveiling plaques across the country.Shine Jacob and Indivjal Dhasmana report. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

Budget: Its impact on the cement industry

Budget proposals The following announcements have been proposed in the Union budget 2014-15:  A sum of Rs 7060 crore is provided in the current fiscal for the project of developing one......