False and acrimonious debates such as Modi versus Manmohan might allow for victories that are political and partisan.But the real loser is the nation, India and Bharat, notes Arvind Subramanian,......
Maoists torched three vehicles, two machines engaged in road construction work and four mobile towers at separate places in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, the police said on Monday. IMAGE: Kindly......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated crucial connectivity and power projects in Mizoram and Meghalaya to accelerate development in the northeastern states, a focus area of his......
'The BJP has everything to lose if it performs poorly in UP. It dreads a repeat of Bihar,' says Rajeev Sharma. The Union Budget 2016-17 is essentially a political exercise. Every Budget is in some......
Hitting out at the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was trying get back at him by creating hurdles in implementation of development schemes in his constituency and was......
Overall market reaction to the Budget was neutral. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Investors absorbed the changes to the tax rates (positive for salaried class) and capital gains taxes......
Allocations in the Union Budget for various flagship schemes under the Department of Rural Development was marginally reduced to Rs 1.20 lakh crore for the year 2020-21 from Rs 1.22 lakh crore in......
It would involve constructing over 125,000 kilometres of roads and would form part of the third phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Buoyed by the success of its rural roads......
Going beyond incremental growth, India has attained the fastest growth in highways building at 27 km a day and is all set for a quantum leap in transport infrastructure be it railways, waterways,......
Centre, states to share the amount in 60:40 ratio to link unconnected rural habitations and upgrade existing roads till 2020 About Rs 100,000 crore will be spent on building new roads, including......