Interview of the Week
‘I don’t see any serious threat to Indian currency from Brexit’
In an interview to Pawan S.
India’s economy unlikely to be hit by Brexit
How will Brexit impact the Indian economy
Maoist violence ebbing, vikas reaching villages
Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das has warned all those involved in the religious conversion of tribals that the state will take strong action against such activities and, if need be, a strong law will be put in place. While 22 out of 24 districts in Jharkhand are declared affected by Left-wing extremism, Mr Das, in an interview to Manish Anand, claimed that Maoists have mostly been tamed and only goons are now engaged in extortion.
CPI(M)’s loss
Expelling Jagmati Sangwan after she resigned from the CPI(M) is unacceptable.
‘Indian cinema notorious for the way it often mocks disability of different kinds’
In an interview to Saibal Chatterjee, Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter, says he wholeheartedly welcomes the Bombay high court judgment on Udta Punjab and that
How 29th state was born. And the what-ifs...
Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh, author of Old History, New Geography: Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, claims if TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu had made TRS chief K.
‘The Congress can’t keep its own house in order and it blames us’
Ram Madhav, who played a crucial role in BJP’s first government in the north-eastern state of Assam and is a key link between the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmi
‘We strive for an Assam free of corruption, illegal foreigners’
On May 16, 2014, when the BJP won a huge mandate, Narendra Modi told a few of his senior colleagues that the party was at the crest of its popularity.
‘We will not tolerate the Indianised form of President’s Rule’
Indira Jaising, senior Supreme Court lawyer, activist and former assistant solicitor-general, speaks to Olga Tellis about her NGO, Lawyers’ Collective, which has been barred from receiving foreign funds for six months and has had its licence suspended by the home ministry for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
‘We will look for domination of the BJP in the entire Northeast’
Kiren Rijiju, minister of state for home, is relaxed over a cup of tea at his official residence.