How powerful or influential was Ottavio Quattrocchi, who died in Milan last Friday? Quattrocchi lived in India for several years as the representative of an Italian firm, Snam......
As many as 518 posts would be created in the External Affairs Ministry to strengthen India's relations with the rest of the world, the Cabinet decided on Thursday. Of these, 249 posts would be......
'Will Mr Jaitley listen, or is that expecting too much in pre-election season?' asks T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com K P Geethakrishnan, finance secretary in the early 1990s, is......
It is being guarded like the gold in Fort Knox. High-tech tapping devices, an army of security personnel, sophisticated surveillance gadgetry, digital deterrents, electronic sweeping devices and......
The government on Monday appointed expenditure secretary Adarsh Kishore, a 1969 batch IAS officer from the Rajasthan cadre, as next finance secretary. The post had been lying vacant since DC Gupta......
In May 2004, the installation of the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre made analysts and experts talk about the return of the 'dream team' to steer the Indian economy to a higher......
A businessman in Singapore wanted to register a wholly owned subsidiary in India, and went to a lawyer to get the job done.The lawyer advised him that if it was to be the subsidiary of an......