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New Delhi: Bhutan has sought Indian investment in manufacturing, mineral-based industries, education, health, tourism, information technology, financial services, infrastructure development, industrial estates, special economic zones (SEZs), dry ports and townships.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Kerala High Court refusing to spare a sitting judge for a judicial enquiry into the solar scam, an air of uncertainty has settled on the probe issue.

Government is far from being ready to take on what it needs to do to bring the highly volatile rupee to a manageable level, even if need be through an exchange rate readjustment, given India’s inflation “much higher than in advanced countries”, as the Prime Minister acknowledged in his statement to Parliament on August 30.

The story of passage of the landmark Food Security bill in Lok Sabha was interesting: marked by moments of suspense. The opposition, particularly the BJP leaders, were on the horns of a dilemma; whether to help in passage of the bill or install it, was the question haunting them. They did not want to give credit to the ruling UPA government for enacting this populist measure yet they could not oppose it because they of fear losing votes.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala BJP will spring a few surprises in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, crowed state party chief V Muralidharan a few days back. But the straws in the wind signify that the badly divided party itself is in for a few unpleasant surprises.

LUCKNOW: The VHP-RSS-BJP combine and Samajwadi Party are vying with each other to mobilise public support for 2014 Lok Sabha polls, post-84 kosi parikrama programme by the former.

If frequent Chinese incursions into Indian territory were not strong enough a reason for the two countries not to hold the recent fifth round of strategic dialogue, though after a gap of three years, and even agree on beginning a joint military exercise later, it is difficult to understand why should India and Pakistan allow their proposed peace and economic co-operation talks get so easily hijacked by recent cross border killings.

New Delhi: India is all set to reward its faithful strategic partner, Bhutan with a package of Rs 5,400 crore to finance its five-year plan and an additional Rs 500 crore for economic stimulus.

Ever heard of a run on a country’s central bank? The continuing collapse of Indian rupee threatens to lead to a run on the Indian Reserve Bank’s foreign exchange coffer. Both foreign financial institutions (FIIs) and rich resident Indians are fast losing faith in the Indian currency and the country’s economic stability.

Who gained and who lost in the recent confrontation on the Ayodhya temple issue between the VHP and SP? The VHP’s renewed push aimed to build a temple at the disputed Ramjanmabhoomi/Babri Masjid site may ultimately not only polarize the Hindutva votes, but also sharpen communal politics in Uttar Pradesh to benefit both SP and BJP.