Atal Behari Vajpayee
Nitish denies reports of rift in I.N.D.I.A. bloc
He also quashed speculation about internal turmoil within the JD(U) and asserted that party leaders were united
For me, there are 4 ‘Jatis’- poor, youth, women and farmers: PM Modi
The Prime Minister said for any government to become powerful, its institutions play an important role
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Amidst waffling over China, US-India embrace deepens
It is India’s permanent dilemma that complacency about foreign policy alternatives leads to a fatal complacency about defence
K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India
As late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was fond of saying, one can choose one’s friends but not one’s neighbours
AA EDIT | Pak general made war, then began peace pitch
Does this amount to a legacy? Time will tell
Mohan Guruswamy | Will ‘linking rivers’ work, or end up as a disaster?
The project, when completed, will consist of 30 links, with 36 dams and 10,800 km of canals diverting 174,000 million cubic metres of water
AA Edit | BJP gets poll machine in top gear for 2024
While the ruling party takes power and the means to capture it very seriously, the Opposition parties share none of that approach
Anand K. Sahay | Kashmir still plagued by undercurrents of crisis
Of the 808 Pandit families in the Valley, 16 left their homes in August
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi’s home base, remains a testing ground
Gujarat, is not a cakewalk for either the BJP or Mr Modi, and the PM is also keen to prove that he remains unbeaten on his home ground
Mohan Guruswamy | The 1962 India-China war: In dubious battle
Governmental decision-making still characterised by ad hocism and a tendency to grandstand