Sir — One is hardly surprised to hear regressive comments from political leaders anymore. Yet it is disappointing when educated politicians do not speak responsibly. The Congress leader, Shashi Thar...

Kaushik Basu, professor of economics at Cornell University and a former chief economic adviser to India during the UPA government between 2009 and 2012, has been deeply troubled by the politics of div...

For quite some time now, the National Democratic Alliance government seems lost in imagining that the economic crisis can be wished away. The Economist has called the ruling dispensation an “incompe...

Remember 2010? Narendra Modi was the chief minister of a midsized state in western India who was seen as an outsider on the national stage because of his polarising politics. The Congress had won anot...

Attacking the government over the issue of the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said these exercises will be mor...

Political strategist and JD(U) national vice-president Prashant Kishor on Sunday came out with a fresh tirade against the National Register for Citizens, which the Centre has proposed to implement acr...

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP for its “litany of injustices”, and said that those who don't fight the prevailing situati...

Calcutta’s residential market appears to be still suffering from the impact of demonetisation, according to a study by real estate consultancy JLL.Sales penetration — which is the velocity of tran...

Lok Sabha members from various Opposition parties on Monday expressed concern over the health of the economy and asked the government to take effective steps rather than keep 'clutching at straws' to ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said a ruptured social fabric, fear among businessmen and policy blunders had derailed India’s economic growth, offering a wide-angle analysis on a day...