SC to hear plea against current practice to appoint CAG

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 17 an NGO's plea seeking that the current practice of appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India solely by the executive and the......

SIT to probe Pak man linked to Cong MP Gogoi's wife

Amid controversy over the alleged Inter Services Intelligence links of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's British wife, the Assam government on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team to......

Budget 2025: Defence Must Be The Priority

'The first and most basic responsibility of any government is to protect its people from external threats and internal harm.''Budget 2025-2026 has to focus on meeting this responsibility,' asserts......

CBI arrests RG Kar ex-principal, 3 others over fin irregularities

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and three others in connection with the alleged financial irregularities at......

ED allowed to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies

The government has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies, including SFIO, CCI and NIA, a move that will expedite nailing of......

What does the future hold for NaBFID?

NaBFID will be yet another attempt to create a development finance institution, after the eclipse of several others but on a far bigger scale. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Illustration: Dominic......

'PVR-INOX Merger In Final Stages'

Photograph: Kind courtesy PVR The National Company Law Tribunal on Thursday, January 12, 2023, approved the merger of multiplex operators PVR and Inox, the two chains said in separate filings to......

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

Merely bringing down the government stake below 51% may not find any taker for the PSBs.The government must bring down its holding to at least 26%, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration:......