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BS Banking Annual 2017: 'Balance of power shifts from borrower to lender'

Edited excerpts from a discussion at the Business Standard Banking Round Table held in Mumbai

Reform defence budgeting

Both allocations as well as expenditure flows need attention

India mergers and acquisitions at record high of $129 billion in 2018

The number of announced deals grew 17.2 per cent from a year ago and witnessed the busiest annual period since records began in 1980

Exit the cockpit

Lenders must ensure Jet promoters lose operational control

Letter to BS: Seat sharing arrangement between SP and BSP a bold move

The strongest of the allies have now kept the Congress out for the Lok Sabha elections

Shivraj Singh Chouhan's video with Advani's photo in background goes viral

Twitter users immediately noticed a photograph of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani propped up prominently behind Chouhan

Letter to BS: Alok Verma should have been allowed to complete his term

The final order to transfer him was taken by the selection panel, of which Supreme Court Justice A K Sikri was a member nominated by the Chief Justice of India.

Letter to BS: BJP needs more than Hindutva card to woo, win back voters

The poll pact is predicated on parity in seat sharing. The alliance ensures the avoidance of a split in the anti-BJP secular vote to some extent

Letter to BS: Indians traditionally view getting sick as a fatalistic event

Manufacturers, aided and abetted by strong lobbyists, have conveniently circumvented rules and regulations dealing with emissions

MLAs of SP, BSP likely get Cabinet berths in Madhya Pradesh by January 20

Kamal Nath formed his cabinet on December 25, inducting 28 ministers, all from the Congress

Whither grand alliance?

Congress should manage regional parties better

Gated airlines

Govt-mandated caps on airline landing slots unwelcome

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family not to host Makar Sankranti feast

The reason? Prasad had not been granted bail in the fodder scam case

Letter to BS: Raisina Dialogue is India's most influential conference

General Bipin Rawat is one of the few people in India who is aware of the fact that there are more Pakhtoons living in Pakistan than in Afghanistan itself

Letter to BS: RBI accountable to govt, says reserves panel chairman Jalan

In the circumstances how the thought of RBI going back on monetary policy announced by it came to Jalan's mind is intriguing

Letter to BS: Ex-CBI chief Alok Verma's resignation has come a bit too late

Given the Central Vigilance Commision's reports recommending further investigation, Verma has to be prepared for a protracted legal battle

Is Delhi safer? From riot to rape, here's what data says about crime rates

Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik blamed inequalities in society for crime

Not cricket

Alok Verma should have been allowed to complete his term

The country needs reservation for social justice, says AIADMK's Thambidurai

"Caste system, still in our country, cannot be avoided. If we can get over casteism, then only we can achieve social justice," he said

Chatterbox: Delhi, HP get new Congress chiefs; more changes on the anvil

Sheila Dikshit was appointed to head Delhi unit of the Congress while Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has been chosen for the top position in Himachal Pradesh