http://www.dnaindia.com/ dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, business, technology, Mumbai, India, world and more. en-us COPYRIGHT @ 2013 DILIGENT MEDIA CORPORATION LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED XML::RSS Thu, 23 May 2013 15:33:29 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 15:33:29 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/syndication/ 10 http://www.dnaindia.com/images/logo_dna_rss.gif http://www.dnaindia.com/ 31 88 dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, politics, India, World and more. http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1772595/column-leaks-and-delays-making-sense-of-the-cash-transfer-system http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1772595/column-leaks-and-delays-making-sense-of-the-cash-transfer-system Anecdotes abound of tardiness, no-shows, or BCs who have taken off with the money. An official at Aadhar estimates they will need 10 lakh BCs across India to make cash transfers work. Where will they find recruits to make up this army of para-bankers? Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1766315/column-the-thick-of-it-how-the-sena-won-and-lost-mumbai http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1766315/column-the-thick-of-it-how-the-sena-won-and-lost-mumbai In 1995, riding the Hindutva wave of post-Babri riots, the Sena-BJP alliance swept almost all of Mumbai’s 36 assembly seats. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1760678/column-bending-the-law-or-breaking-it http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1760678/column-bending-the-law-or-breaking-it As an exercise, last week we placed whatever evidence had emerged about the questionable financial dealings of Nitin Gadkari and Robert Vadra before a panel of non-partisan experts: a corporate lawyer, a former IT commissioner and a CA. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1754798/column-the-pureti-truth-about-nitin-gadkari http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1754798/column-the-pureti-truth-about-nitin-gadkari This week, we had an unusual television moment: BJP President Nitin Gadkari in our studios allowing himself to be grilled on questionable financial dealings and conflict of interest. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1750064/column-maharashtras-watergate-how-money-flows http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1750064/column-maharashtras-watergate-how-money-flows The birth of Maharashtra’s current model of irrigation corporations began during the Sena-BJP regime, inspired by the Gujarat model of corporations that issued bonds to fund their projects. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1744415/column-fdi-farmers-and-a-handful-of-salt http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1744415/column-fdi-farmers-and-a-handful-of-salt During the recent debate, the anti-FDI brigade said FDI retailers would ruin Indian farmers by tying them into enslaving contracts. The pro-FDI political parties said it would bring farmers untold riches by offering them a great price and building magical networks of back-end value chains. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1741787/column-the-myth-of-big-retail http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1741787/column-the-myth-of-big-retail The strong opposition to the entry of the big boys of global retail is as exaggerated as the claims made by the government of the benefits they will bring. Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1738922/column-how-to-cash-in-on-dormant-coal-blocks http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1738922/column-how-to-cash-in-on-dormant-coal-blocks Did the government really assume that gutka makers, stock market traders and politically-backed shell companies really wanted to use the coal to fuel steel and power plants? Or did most want to twist the rules to cash in on it one day? Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1735961/column-coal-scam-brace-for-an-anti-climax http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1735961/column-coal-scam-brace-for-an-anti-climax For a scandal that has rocked the political system and paralysed Parliament, five FIRs against mid-level companies and faceless mid-level bureaucrats will be a stunning anticlimax. Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:30:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1733160/column-an-open-letter-to-anna http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1733160/column-an-open-letter-to-anna A rough estimate of how much candidates spend in one election cycle in India — Parliament, assemblies, municipalities and panchayats — puts the the figure at approximately Rs 35,000 crore. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT