Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

How Lal Thanhawla saved Congress the embarrassment in Mizoram

Indian elections are puzzling, to say the least. In Rajasthan, despite rolling out several pro-poor policies -- such as free medicine and a pension scheme for the poor -- the Congress lost......

Padma Awards 2013: The Winners

The 2013 Padma Awards were announced on the eve of the 64th Republic DayHere’s the complete list of the winnersPadma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Shri Raghunath......

Exclusive! Home Secretary G K Pillai on his tenure

Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai is retiring on June 30 after 39 years in service. Bureaucrats in India are made of hard stuff but Pillai injected some soft power to the job by making the......

Sindhushree Khullar to be NITI Aayog CEO

Erstwhile Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar is believed to have been appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog. Khullar's name has been cleared for appointment as CEO of......

New PlanCom might alter focus, structure of Centre's schemes

Schemes are proposed to become an amalgam of priorities laid down by statesThe new body to replace the five-decade-old  Planning Commission is expected to be structurally different from the......

RBI's prescription for taming inflation

Seeking cooperation of states in containing price rise, the RBI has said efforts are needed to improve farm productivity, develop rural infrastructure and revamp PDS to address supply side issues......

Subbarao to discuss price rise with govt panel

Reserve Bank of IndiaGovernor D Subbarao will brainstorm over the issue of rise in prices at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group on inflation later this week. The IMG, chaired by Chief......