Centre vs State: Battle for Delhi is just heating up

The law, passed in Parliament, dilutes the Indian capital’s autonomy and emasculates the elected local government’s powers, reports Aditi Phadnis. For the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya......

Olga Tellis, a true legend of our times

Olga Tellis, a legend in Indian journalism, completes 50 years as a reporter this year. A no-nonsense journalist whom politicians and officialdom took on at their peril, Ms Tellis has always been......

The Yogi arrives: A warning for Narendra Modi

'The Congresswallahs will hope that Arvind Kejriwal's oratory and confidence will be the anti-aircraft guns to Narendra Modi's airwave-capturing force.' 'Both Kejriwal and Modi speak Hindi well.......

Jaitley, Dwivedi change the rules of political engagement

Arun Jaitley and Janardan Dwivedi have rewritten the rules of politics in the Age of the Internet and its young and restless user base, reports Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt.. Two political leaders are......

Reddy's eyes US launches this year

Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories hopes to launch two-to-three generic products in the United States this year in a bid to increase its share of a lucrative market, its chief executive......

Record $600mn settlement in US insider trading case

Two Indian Americans are at the centre of a case, which resulted in a deal that brought $600 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the largest amount it got ever to settle an......

The men behind Infosys' remarkable success

Image: Infosys campus. Photograph: Reuters What is perhaps most fascinating is that Infosys was not the first large Indian IT company to raise its head, nor has it been the largest; but it has......

Nokia relaunches Communicator in new avatar

Falling back on its legacy, Finnish mobile giant Nokia has revived its Communicator phone and launched it in a sleeker and trendier avatar dubbed as E-7. One of the first business phones from the......

Ex-football captain fights red-tape

In his prime, he used to not only block opposition raids but also dribble past the rival defence with elan and rarely missed the target; but negotiating the bureaucratic maze is altogether a......