Stranded Indian students from London offered admission

Over 350 Indian students are among nearly 2,600 non-European Union students being offered places at various universities after the London Metropolitan University was stripped of its licence to......

Stop taking shortcuts

What are India's options after the Mumbaiterror attacks? What must India do, strategically and procedurally, to ensure that the nation does not ever again endure a brutality like the terrorism......

Don't communalise the fight against terror

Over-familiarity with a problem sometimes lulls one's awareness about its seriousness. Therefore, it may surprise many to know that the problem of terrorism has persisted for nearly half the period......

UK boosts fight against human traffickers

The British government has tripled to 60 million the funding for law enforcement work to disrupt human traffickers.The funding, over three years, will bolster the successful multi-agency Reflex......

Help track dubious deals: RBI to banks

To tighten its focus on curbing money laundering activities, the Reserve Bank of India has now asked cooperative as well as regional rural banks to tweak their reporting mechanism to help agencies......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Govt to kick off co-op credit package soon

Food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said the process of implementation of the Rs 13,596 crore (Rs 135.96 billion) package for the rejuvenation of short-term cooperative credit......