Ahead of all-party meet, CVC, CBI heads air concerns to Dr Singh

The heads of Central Vigilance Commission and the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss various issues related to the proposed Lokpal bill. CVC......

What the PM told the editors at the meet

Full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's opening remarks at the interaction with newspaper editors: I think that there is a growing perception that this government is in siege, that we have not......

'India will be a world power'

United States Ambassador David Campbell Mulford came to India in early 2004, a time when India-US relations were undergoing a dramatic shift, and saw Indian democracy in action in the general......

What will Maharaj do after Maharaja is sold?

There is no reason for keeping an entire ministry with a total staff strength of 2,300, just for the oversight of a few aviation sector laws and regulatory bodies, notes A K Bhattacharya. image:......

Officers cold to oversight cadre, RBI faces staff turmoil

The deadline for officers to decide on their career path in the biggest organisational rejig in the central bank’s 85-year history ends on January 31. The immediate fallout could be its......

In a first, RBI releases minutes of its October central board meeting

Such minutes will be available within two weeks from the date of its confirmation in the next meeting of the central board and on being signed by the chairman in the same meeting, the RBI said in a......

'RBI won't allow any cooperative bank to collapse'

One incident should not be used to generalise the health of all cooperative banks, says RBI governor Shaktikanta Das. After the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting on Friday,......