Chidambaram faces ‘please all’ paradox
21 Feb 2013 3:55 AM ISTWill the 2013 Budget be populist or reformist? Mr P Chidambaram is in a dilemma like no other finance minister. With just 15 months to go for the Lok...
UPA cites lofty ideals, makes people pay
23 Jan 2013 3:49 AM ISTSafe and clean railways. This is going to be the motto of the UPA government for the rest of its tenure. With the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for...
The number game continues to play out
11 Dec 2012 5:53 AM ISTNumbers continue to haunt the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. From fiscal deficit to GDP growth to the passage of economic reforms in...
Govt strikes gold with disinvestment plan
4 Dec 2012 5:07 AM ISTThe Opposition may call it the selling of family silver, but the government has struck gold. The disinvestment plan of the UPA government has started...
The roar that used to bring Mumbai to a still
24 Nov 2012 4:02 AM ISTThe ‘Tiger’ is no more, but his followers think somebody from his tribe will pick up his trail soon to roar like him in the jungle of Maharashtra...
Nitish’s jinxed fate
25 Oct 2012 3:31 AM ISTIt’s an irony that the man who led the state on the path of development is facing widespread protests for ‘bad governance’. In his first term as chief...
