By Vijay Badhwar The Delhi battle is getting uglier by the day. The raid by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and alleged sealing of CM Kejriwal’s office on 15 December morning is an unprecedented act of disrespect shown to a democratically elected office not only in India […]
New Delhi (AFP) – India’s economy will grow by more than eight percent in the next financial year, the government said in a report published Friday, a day ahead of its first full-year national budget. The India Economic Survey said growth would be between 8.1 and 8.5 percent in the 2015/16 financial year, returning to […]
ICICI CEO Chanda Kochchar NEW YORK: Six Indian women CEOs and Managing Directors, including State Bank of India head Arundhati Bhattacharya and ICICI CEO Chanda Kochchar, have been named by Forbes magazine in its 50 ‘Power Businesswomen’ from Asia who are “knocking down” walls in the traditional male bastions. […]
AAP Party has decimated all the other contenders with Congress kicked out of the scene altogether with BJP loosing 29 of its seats from last elections. One BJP spokesperson said that they could not wipe out the impression left by Kejriwal’s 49-day rule. Delhites have overwhelmingly supported Kejriwal and put all their eggs in […]
Frank Bainimarama By Karam Ramrakha While India has remained steadfast in ‘clean’ elections, what intrigues us are the promised September elections in Fiji. For eight years, Military commander Frank Bainimarama has ruled Fiji with a hand-picked Cabinet without elections. As promised he has renounced his military position, and will now form a political party and […]
Sunanda Pushkar with husband Shashi Tharoor On Friday the 17th of January, while union HRD Minister Shashi Tharoor was tweeting condoling the death of veteran actor Suchitra Sen little did he know that his third wife Sunanda Pushkar lay dead in Delhi’s Leela Palace Hotel, in room number 345 as the couple had moved there […]