Initiate dialogue with Pakistan: Mehbooba urges PM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate a dialogue process with Pakistan at the earliest as the “key for peace” was......

Is Kim Jong-un planning for war?

Will the unpredictable North Korean leader provoke conflict on the Korean peninsula?Dr Rajaram Panda checks out the possibilities. Tensions in the Korean peninsula remain high because of North......

Spare a thought for Obama

'His popularity is still high; respect for his intellect and integrity is still discernible; but his long night may just be beginning,' says Ambassador B S Prakash.Illustration: Dominic......

Beijing warns India about China-Pakistan axis

'It is not possible for New Delhi to take sides between Beijing and Washington.'Rajeev Sharma explains what is going on. IMAGE: A giant billboard welcoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Islamabad......

'Railways will petition regulator for fare changes'

'We have secured long-term funding of Rs 5 lakh crore (Rs 5 trillion) from Life Insurance Corporation from which we can draw at least Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) annually.' 'We are trying to......

All about the Indian financial code 2.0

  A draft of the country’s revised financial regulatory code has kicked up a lot of dust over the proposed changes to the role of the RBI as a regulatorThe Financial Sector Legislative......

Five game-changers in the Budget

Incrementalism can only work if subsequent Budgets and opportunities in between Budgets are used to reform as well, says Ajay Chibber. This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up......

Markets end lower ahead of RBI policy review

Benchmark shares indices ended tad lower on Monday, amid a volatile trading session, with financials leading the decline ahead of the RBI monetary policy review on Tuesday. The 30-share Sensex......