One Party's Freebies Are Another's Welfare Schemes

As some BJP pollsters concede, the Modi leadership's sweeping success in elections 2019, especially across central India, owed not to Hindutva ideology, but to welfare schemes, all of them borrowed......

AMU's Governance Structure Is Democratic, Not Divine

These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance.They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities,......

'Ghar' Is Such A Lovely Word

A group of retired army officers have come together to provide a home for girls who never had a home before. 'From the bottom of the pit, we want them to climb the tallest mountain,' says Ghar......

Cong to set up poll panel, hold Chintan Shivir; no word on Prashant Kishor

Buffeted by a string of electoral reverses, the Congress on Monday announced an empowered group will be constituted to address the political challenges ahead and prepare the strategy for the 2024......

Now, employees' consortium to bid for Jet Airways

Two associations representing pilots and engineers have written to SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar proposing that they would take over the airline and can bring in up to Rs 7,000 crore. As uncertainty......

Jet pilots to decide on pay cut today

The 750-strong Jet Airways pilots, represented by the Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots, plan to ask the management to do away with around 120 of the 280-odd expatriate pilots on contract with......

SC to decide whether pilots are workmen

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition filed by Jet Airways raising the issue whether pilots are workmen and if they can claim benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act,......

'I still believe Jet will fly'

'Now we will have real employees as the owner of the airline.'Arindam Majumder reports. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo Vishesh Khanna's career as a pilot is as old as Jet Airways. Of the 25......