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Jobs, farm relief must be FM's Budget focus

The PM needs to keep his promise of 10 million jobs, as the jobs produced so far are only in lakhs.

15 Jan 2018 12:23 AM IST

Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its order on National Anthem and said it is not mandatory in cinema halls. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Panel to study national anthem

The panel will be headed by Brij Raj Sharma, special secretary in the ministry of home affairs in charge of border...

14 Jan 2018 12:50 AM IST

Triple talaq is not legal anymore, but this is an unsatisfactory state of affairs and can often leave a woman married according to her and divorced according to her husband.

Triple talaq bill: Govt did not follow the set procedure

Rule 74 of the Lok Sabha's Rules of Procedure mentions motions that may be moved after introduction of a bill.

14 Jan 2018 12:45 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Of politicians and their soothsayers

Ronald Reagan's wife regularly consulted a Californian syndicated horoscope columnist.

14 Jan 2018 12:40 AM IST

About 40 per cent of Test matches in India end in draws while only 7 per cent of those played in South Africa are draws. (Representational image)

Let's spin out of Test-ing times

In the 10 places listed as the best venues for bowlers in Tests in the decade 2000-2010, there is not a single Indian...

14 Jan 2018 12:35 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

With Rahul at helm, no changes in Akbar Road

This has become even more important as the final hearing on the validity of the Aadhaar scheme is coming up in the...

14 Jan 2018 12:30 AM IST

All Prime Ministers of India, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, have tried to have closer relations with Pakistan.

India's contradictory Pakistan policy

Our foreign office seems to have adopted it to hide the complete absence of strategic clarity.

14 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi's U-turn on FDI

The Left parties were the only other key Opposition bloc to be on the same side as the BJP.

14 Jan 2018 12:22 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Karnataka gets dose of crass politics

The response, with the Congress painting the BJP and RSS as Hindu terrorists', has been typically combative, but ugly.

14 Jan 2018 12:20 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Tories' divide drove May's rejig, with some UK Asians gaining

Labour reformed education and health provision for all and there was born an optimism that the rigidities of class would...

13 Jan 2018 12:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi@Davos: A new kind of challenge

Mr Modi was one of the first to warn the developed world that terrorism was a hydra which strikes rich and poor alike.

13 Jan 2018 12:28 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

Halting aid to Pak won't help US stop attacks in Afghanistan

Unconvinced by Pakistan's narrative, the US military may step up drone strikes against rebel networks in the tribal...

13 Jan 2018 12:25 AM IST