As Bengal pushes ahead with BSF fencing projects, former IAF chief Arup Raha argues that intelligence gathering and policing remain the most effective tools against infiltration.
Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Hemant Khandelwal (61) is a seasoned politician with almost 20 years of experience at all levels of politics.
As the Rural Development Minister, Dilip Ghosh now oversees a department responsible for rural roads, housing, sanitation, village infrastructure and local self-government across the state.
As for his government's main goals, Ghosh said it is focused on development and creating jobs — plain and simple.
Having witnessed numerous highs and lows over a political career spanning more than two decades, Arjun Singh has emerged as one of the most influential figures in the Barrackpore industrial belt.
Susmita Sengupta is a senior programme manager with the Water Programme at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group.
Senior Congress leader Shobha Oza was inspired by the personality of late prime minister Indira Gandhi from an early age, which led her to choose politics as her calling in life.
India just witnessed its worst aviation disaster in recent times. Shortly after takeoff, Air India Flight 171 crashed into the hostel block of a medical college in the Meghani Nagar neighbourhood of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on June 12.
The country has a failed defence and foreign policy and is floundering here and there like a beggar,'' he said in an interview with The Statesman.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has been elected the third vice president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
