Coalition Won't Block Modi's Reforms

'The BJP's numbers in this government are almost the same as those enjoyed by the Congress under P V Narasimha Rao when the reform process was kicked off in 1991.' 'As before, the only constraints......

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......

Dr Shaibal Gupta on caste, politics and Bihar

Bihar expert Dr Shaibal Gupta tells Sheela Bhatt why the upcoming assembly election is a benchmark in the state.Dr Shaibal Gupta, director of the Patna-based Asian Development Research Institute,......

Growth, land reforms: Key issues at BJP's national executive meet

Rallying behind the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday decided to launch a counter-offensive against the opposition “disinformation campaign” on the controversial land......

Bihar govt for 50% ceiling surplus land to women

The Bihar governmentconsiders a proposal to give ownership rights to 50 per cent of the ceiling surplus land to be distributed by it among the landless to women. "Ownership right to land will be......

Bihar: Work 12 hours a day, earn Rs 25

In rural Bihar, hundreds of thousands of landless agricultural workers, earn as little as Rs 25 (about 50 cents) for 12 hours of hard labour. This was revealed in a report by D Bandopadhyay,......

After Bihar defeat, investors tell Modi to speed up reforms

Foreign investors shook off turbulence in Indian financial markets on Monday after a weekend defeat for the government in a key regional election, but they pressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to......

Bengal unclear on people displaced by projects

The West Bengal government has earmarked 30,000 acres for industrial projects (around 7,000 acres has been allocated, the rest is at different stages of acquisition), but even as it faces one of......

Why is BCCI opposing Lodha committee reforms, asks Azad

'All members of the then 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council are equally responsible for the mess created in the league and singling out Lalit Modi is improper' Hailing the......