Abhijit Mukherjee visits Barnes Court in Shimla

The government recently decided to re-examine the mandate of its farm produce price-setting body, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), on a complaint from a section of farmer bodies of the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) not being ...

Reverting to 8 per cent growth in three years looks like a distant mirage Protesting too much? Kanika Datta The more overtly virtuous the company, the greater the reason for investors to be wary of it More food for 'multilateral' thought T S ...

One night, when he was the external affairs minister, Pranab Mukherjee received an unexpected call from Iran. The person on the line told him: "We are taking good care of her. The problem has been solved." It took some explaining before a bewildered ...

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The recent Bharatiya Janata Party state in-charge appointments have sparked certain speculation over the party’s strategy in the upcoming general elections, notes Renu Mittal. Is the BJP working to polarise the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, hoping to gain by garnering the Hindu votes in its favour? It certainly looks like that, particularly in states like Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, where there is a big percentage of Muslim votes, and most of the parties -- apart from the BJP -- are ...

THE Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held its 11th In his address, Manik Sarkar explained at length the anti-people policies of the central government and urged for a broader democratic movement in defence of the life and livelihood of ...

K.G. Subramanyan's new mural is remarkable in scale and vision—and for what it says about the mural as an art form Sanjukta Sharma War of the Relics at Sakshi Gallery. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint In K.G. Subramanyan's spectacular new mural, War ...

To beat the trend of significant price erosion in generic versions of several blockbuster drugs, Dr Reddy's Laboratories is sharpening its focus on products that are difficult to make and on high-value launches in the US, a market that generates a ...

SHE is dressed in a black-and-white frilly gown by designers Gauri and Nainika Karan, even though her surroundings hardly hint at an elaborate evening do. The model lies on a bed with fake carcasses suspended from the ceiling on one side and a bare ...