SC judge quotes Nehru to back relook at reservation policy

Batting for a fresh look at the reservation policy, Supreme Court judge Justice Pankaj Mithal on Thursday referred to a 1961 letter by Jawahar Lal Nehru in which the former prime minister lamented......

Tuesday tussle: Will Oppn deny Modi a chance to equal Nehru's record?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the INDIA Opposition bloc's hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election......

Will BJP win with a bigger margin? A SWOT analysis

Seen by political watchers as the favourite to retain power for a third straight term, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set itself an ambitious target of winning 370 Lok Sabha seats, a goal aimed as......

'Rahul Gandhi Is Stabilising India With Caste Census Demand'

'Rahul Gandhi is raising the issue of a caste census though his party has been doing injustice on this front from the 1950s.' IMAGE: Rahul Gandhi addresses the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in......

Nod for trade pact with Mercosur

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the framework for a trade agreement with Mercosur, an alliance of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.This will open up avenues for negotiations on a......

Expansion of IIMs, IITs likely to suffer

The ambitious plans of the Indian human resource development ministry to set up new institutions of higher learning like IITs and IIMs and expand infrastructure for the benefit of Other Backward......

DuPont, Dow Chem eye units in India

A group of non-resident Indians has zeroed in on areas around Haldia and Vishakhapatnam for setting up two petrochemical conclaves."Petrochemical players like DuPont and Dow Chemicals have shown......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......