In view of the economy's deteriorating health, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council has suggested that excise and service tax rates be brought to pre-crisis levels.
We should not allow Cardinal Alencherry’s revised statement, which replaces a more narrow-minded one, go unchallenged.
Frankly, Kingfisher Airlines would save a lot more money if it just shut down. Or is sold to someone who knows how to run the business.
It’s puzzling that the Nobel Committee has ignored him this long as they did Gandhi.
The Taj would have certainly conducted a detailed enquiry on the night itself (or they should have) and would have all the answers that are required to clear the air.
Saif Ali Khan was arrested this evening and has been released by the police on bail after being charged with assaulting an NRI businessman.
The West Bengal chief minister said the NCTC in the current form will harm the federal structure of the country disturbing the Centre-state equation.
“There is some kind of confusion reigning in the dressing room. Let’s not deny that. Why are people speaking in such disparaging voices and so randomly?” asks senior cricket writer Ayaz Memon.
The telecom policy crisis emanating from the SC’s cancellation of licences is the third time the sector is falling apart. It will take all of this year to unravel.
Google’s privacy violation issues have become bigger with Microsoft jumping in this tale by proving that the search engine did the same with Microsoft’s, Internet Explorer.
Tendulkar has more cricket left in him – good, world-class cricket. But he isn’t playing it today and that is the only issue.
Almost every airline is crumbling under the pressure of high operating costs, fierce undercutting of tickets by rivals, and heavy debt loads.
His critics attack him as elitist. In truth, however, all good Indians know, it’s the bade log who make things happen. It’s when the powerful don’t deliver that their big name pedigree becomes a huge problem.
Robert is discovering that it’s no fun being the nation’s first damaad, or bahu for that matter.
Where do Dhoni and Sehwag want the team to go? Because even in a fight, one’s guessing, someone has to win. But if India loses, then the both of them lose too.
Plans to expand the bill food are a likely vote-winner for the ruling Congress but could worsen strained finances as a flagging economy crimps revenue.
Firstpost spent a day with Alfred Prasad, executive chef at the London-based Michelin starred Tamarind restaurant. And watched him cook his best dish.
Even a two-year-long campaign in UP and brazen pandering to voters hasn’t given Rahul Gandhi and the Congress much room for optimisim in UP.
Firstpost spoke to foreign aid expert Dr Nilma Gulrajani who sheds light on the reasons Britain insists giving aid to India, when they clearly do not want it.
Two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, meet a man whose connection to that history is both direct and controversial. But few know of Baba Dharamdas’ other link – to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
India’s position is quite indefensible, it is true, and it really has no case to make except for the accession document signed by a monarch.
Marcus Bestin is a man on a mission: to fight the unfair double-standard that makes male prostitution illegal in Nevada. If only this self-described Gandhian could get his history right.
When it comes to the anti-rape debate, everybody has answers on how to keep the victims safe. How about looking at the perpetrators of the crime instead of blaming the victim?
First Mausam, then Rockstar, and now Ekk Deewana Tha. This is the season for failed epic love stories. Perhaps it’s time to stop and reflect on the irrationality of what passes for love in these movies.
The PMO claims it has solved a major issue in the power sector, but it has not really dealt with the problem.
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