'This business of monopoly of one family must end.''Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.' Illustration: Uttam......
'An isolationist US and a disintegrating European Union will create a power vacuum that only China is in a position to fill -- a conclusion that is uncomfortable but unavoidable,' says Nitin......
'Like Robespierre,' argues Syed Firdaus Ashraf, 'Kejriwal too talks of virtue, and the ones who speak out against him will encounter the terror of Kejriwal's wrath in the Aam Aadmi......
'But where were the majority of my cousins from South Asia, the multitudes from Pakistan and Bangladesh and my own compatriots,' wonders B S Prakash.'They were the service class: Cleaning,......
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's homilies on adhering to objective norms and criteria in the promotion and postings of bureaucrats do not square with his government's actions. But there may be......
From the enactment of the capital control Act to the recognition of the BSE as a stock exchange and the infamous Harshad Mehta scam, here are the 18 biggest events for stock markets from 1947 to......
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will soon start public consultation for a national retail trade policy, which is likely to include an insurance scheme aimed at......
If the real estate sector is properly managed, it could drive not just finance but demand for a range of products and services, observes T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India's......
The central bank's tough new rules spell major changes in the competitive landscape for financial services audits, reports Sudipto Dey. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Irrespective of whether......
To attract bidders, the government had decided to hive of around Rs 35,000 crore of the company’s debt into a separate subsidiary, leaving around Rs 23,286 crore to be absorbed by the new......