CBI charges Chidambaram, Karti in Aircel-Maxis case

Photograph: R Senthilkumar/PTI Photo The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti for alleged irregularities and......

Poll reforms should begin with the Election Commission

For successive governments the Election Commission remains a ‘holy cow’, where unhealthy precedents are allowed to be nurtured since Independence, says N Sathiya Moorthy. Image:......

The most powerful PMO in India's history

From Swachh Bharat to spearheading the Make in India campaign, the PMO seems to be at the centre of all policies, writes Nivedita Mookerji. On the evening of November 8, 2016, the sudden buzz in......

My family can't influence FIPB: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said it was ‘preposterous’ to suggest that any member of his family could influence six secretaries of the central government who were......

Why Ashok Chawla quit as NSE chairman

The move comes after CBI gets sanction to prosecute him in Aircel-Maxis case Former bureaucrat Ashok Chawla on Friday resigned as chairman of the National Stock Exchange with immediate effect, the......

2018: Year of reckoning for India Inc

A glance back at some important ups and down India Inc faced in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 How PNB scam effected consumer......

From PNB scam to Patels's exit, events that shaped India's banking sector

For the baning sector, 2018 was a 'Year of Exits' - borrowers fled from the country  as loans went kaput and many bank CEOs were forced to leave Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com First,......

President Ram Nath Kovind won't attend NSE's silver jubilee celebrations

Sources at the NSE as well as the President’s office rejected media reports that Kovind’s pulling out of the event had to do with reasons other than his packed itinerary this week.......

Historic! PT Usha set to get elected as IOA chief

PT Usha set to get elected as IOA chief, first woman occupant of top job Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sansad TV/PTI Photo The legendary PT Usha is set to become the first woman president of Indian......

Rain ruins Day 1 in Rajasthan-Bengal Ranji match at Eden

Rajasthan were treading cautiously at 102 for three before rain played spoilsport on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Bengal at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.......

Yuvraj, Zaheer dropped; Jadeja, Awana in for 4th Test

Stung by two successive defeats on home soil, the national selectors cracked the whip by axing veteran pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and batsman Yuvraj Singh from the squad for the fourth and final......

Yuvraj named in India's World T20 preliminary squad

Yuvraj Singh, who has started training after recuperating from a rare germ cell cancer, was named in India's 30-member list of probables for the World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka.......