He served tea, I am a mason, says the man facing Modi at home

Narendra Modi's mother washed utensils to make a living. Madhusudan Mistry's grandmother, who brought him up, was a vegetable vendor. Mistry's trajectory from poverty to membership of the all......

Nuclear energy, inevitable disaster: Worth it?

Gopal Krishna makes a case against the nuclear liability bill. Even as the Parliamentary Standing Committee was busy taking submission and testimonies from citizens and experts in India in the......

Sensex ends 464 points higher led by PSU banks

  Benchmark indices extended gains to end nearly 2% higher on Wednesday after the government pledged support to keep state-owned banks in good health and the Reserve Bank of India eased rules......

Full copy of the judgement on Ambani gas row

Following is the full text of the Supreme Court ruling in the Krishna Godavari Basin gas dispute between Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd and Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources Ltd.......

India's software biz turned superstar after '91

The growth of India's software industry through the 1990s made it the poster child for the success of the economic reforms process. In the second part of a series of excerpts from Nandan M......

The RBI policy statement

The Annual Monetary and Credit Policy Statement for the Year 2007-08 was announced by Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday. This Statement consists of two parts:......

Full text of the Justice Lodha IPL verdict

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. Photograph: PTI Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials,......