Seize state, raise prices: WB

Corp Hit Peak Profits By Shivaji Sarkar The high inflationary trend that has gripped India is stated to be a global phenomenon of corporate adventure...

Consensus needed on basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 1 November 1983) Consensus has become a fashionable word in New Delhi these days. Everyone who is anyone now talks of...

Holistic strategy vital

Flood Fury By Dhurjati Mukherjee Every monsoon season brings with it headlines of flash floods, landslides and the number of people killed or rendered homeless. Floods...

Katil =neta, toh kya

Greed For Power By Poonam I Kaushish We hang petty thieves and elect criminals to public office. Three stories, one in Delhi which smacks of vindictive...

Psbs better on thin spread

More Pvt Banks Fail By Shivaji Sarkar Public sector banks (PSB) are critically needed today as these were in 1969, is virtually the message that the...

Gujarat’s error of remission?

Convicts Set Free By Insaf BJP government’s action in Gujarat is outrageous, to put it mildly. The remission of life imprisonment sentences for 11 men convicted...

Valuing the significance

The New Emblem By Dusmanta Kumar In his 9th address to the nation on the 76 Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an innovative as...

Depoliticise speaker’s office

Of the house, for the house By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of parades galore and prize catches. Specially in Bihar where the political arena...

Mahagathbandhangamble?

Bihar Drama By Insaf From Maharashtra to Bihar, the political shenanigans get more intriguing. With Nitish Kumar dumping the BJP and taking oath as Chief Minister...

Then united, now divided

By Inder Jit (Released on 9 August 1983) India has come a long way since “Quit India” Day August 9, 1942. The nation then was united...

Dent economy, equal chance

Freebies In Elections By Dhurjati Mukherjee Freebies have for quite some years been playing a prominent role in electoral politics in India. Despite knowing the fact...

Economic costs be damned!

My Subsidy, Your Revadi By Poonam I Kaushish It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...

Cash must for small business

Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...

Will stakeholders have a say?

Freebies, Voters & Economy By Insaf The tax payers and common man’s view should prevail over that of political parties. Well said, by the Supreme Court...

Parliament boycott serves a purpose

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 March 1989) Every dark and threatening cloud has a silver lining. The unprecedented boycott of Parliament by the Opposition last...

Govt must halt unholy nexus

Pvt Coaching Centres By Dhurjati Mukherjee The parliamentary standing committee on education has recently recommended to the government to curb the growing unholy nexus between colleges...

‘Power’ of corruption

ED On Rampage By Poonam I Kaushish When does money become dirt? When it begins to stick. As the Parthagate corruption saga explodes on the political...

Requires $80 billion funding

Malaria Comeback By Shivaji Sarkar Dreaded malaria can make a comeback amid global warming-heavy rains and needs three times more allocations a year. India suffers a...

Setback for didi, tmc

West Bengal Scandal By Insaf West Bengal’s fiery Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is caught on the backfoot. Despite putting up a strong front, her and TMC’s...

Combating political corruption

By Inder Jit (Published on 21 January 1986) Political corruption has been spotlighted again — this time in the Prime Minister’s interview to the Illustrated Weekly...