How Modi Can Overcome Coalition Challenges

If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for the Indian economy will be immense, asserts A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi during the National......

How INDIA Can Counter Modi's Popularity

What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple......

Dalai Lama successor must be from within China, needs govt nod: Beijing

China on Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet......

Assam govt seeks public opinion on law against polygamy

The Assam government has sought public opinion on a proposed law to end polygamy in the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. IMAGE: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at......

GST: Success And The Way Forward

No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......

How Modi govt plans to ensure 24x7 power supply

A greater payment security mechanism for power generation companies to ensure timely payouts for supply of electricity will be in focus in 2022 as stricter rules are on the anvil for 24x7 power......

Railways, India Post not among PSUs to go on sale block

The department of investment and public asset management (Dipam) can also seek in-principle approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for strategic divestment of PSUs on a......

Centre ups infra projects offering to Rs 111-trillion

The infrastructure spending target for 2020-25 was revised because of additional and amended data provided by central ministries, state governments since the release of the summary NIP Report in......

BCCI elections pushed back by a day to Oct 23

'The BCCI elections are on track. It's just because of the state polls, we have decided to reschedule by a day.' The BCCI's much-awaited elections have been rescheduled by a day to October 23 in......

How the Women in Blue make India proud

The celebrations after the 2017 World Cup went on for the next few months.But there was one question that the Indian cricketers failed to respond to in their interviews. 'What was their next......

COA chief welcomes SC order on Lodha reforms

IMAGE: COA chairman Vinod Rai. Photograph:  PTI The Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai, on Thursday, welcomed the Supreme Court order on mandatory cooling off period for Board......

SC OKs BCCI draft charter with changes

Reinstates voting rights of 4 legacy cricket bodies The Supreme Court on Thursday approved BCCI's new draft constitution with some modifications, effectively diluting its earlier order on a tenure......

Blow to BCCI: Amicus Curiae sticks to most of Lodha Reforms

In what could be termed as a blow to the senior BCCI officials, the amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium has kept most of the recommendations made by Justice RM Lodha Committee in the draft constitution......