BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire......

Foreign Policy As A Poll Tool Can Be Harmful

It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government......

Pokhran-II achieved 100 per cent results: Kakodkar

Dismissing a top nuclear scientist's contention that Pokharan II was not a complete success, Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar on Friday said the tests in 1998 achieved '100 per cent......

Nuke scientist seeks probe into Pokhran II

Former Defence Research and Development Organisation scientist K Santhanam, who had questioned the success of the thermonuclear device during the Pokhran-II tests, has favoured an inquiry to......

Jaitley's gift: A 'Rs 200 crore statue' Budget!

There was a lot of hope abroad that Mr Jaitley's first Budget would be known as the 'Rollback Retrospective', says Devangshu Datta. Landmark budgets, good or bad, are associated with buzzwords, or......

ONGC set to work on helium plan

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is set to commence work on its first helium extraction plant at Kuthalam (Tamil Nadu) at an estimated investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).To test the waters,......

India to maintain 8.9 % growth: Jaswant

Painting a rosy picture of the Indian economy, which has posted a phenomenal 8.9 per cent growth in the third quarter of 2003-04, Union Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Friday said that the growth......

SBI to skip US for RIB road shows

The State Bank of India does not plan to hold road shows in the United States for its renewed Resurgent India Bonds scheme, being offered from next month.Disclosing this to media in Bangalore, SBI......