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$West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressing the media on \One Month completion of demonetisation\ in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion

Bengal's giant slayer nation's Pied Piper?

Mamata is trying to bring together parties to form the federal front in the 2019 general elections.

11 Dec 2016 2:44 AM IST

Jayalalithaas grip over the party apparatus was firm.

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360 Degree: TN's dictatorial diva

The suave and soft spoken, yet mercurial and authoritative J. Jayalalithaa is gone.

11 Dec 2016 1:51 AM IST

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We didn't run away from discussion... We are ready, but where is the...

They did not visualise the horrors, which lay in store for the people of this country, says Ghulam Nabi Azad.

11 Dec 2016 12:57 AM IST

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Dilli Ka Babu: Special duty for special babus

Mr Chaturvedi had been without a posting since August when he shifted to the Uttarakhand cadre.

11 Dec 2016 12:44 AM IST

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi address at the inauguration ceremony of the Amul Cheese Plant and Whey Drying Pant, in Palanpur, Banaskantha, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

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Note ban success: Test of PM's working style

Mr Modi says he cannot govern through academics studies' and asks his officers to summarise all issues for him, and...

11 Dec 2016 12:29 AM IST

Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), or the National Volunteers Force chief Mohan Bhagwat, center,offers prayers during a rally in Jammu, India. (Photo: AP)

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What is Hindutva?

It splits the nation into us' and them', and discards Indian nationalism in favour of Hindu nationalism...

11 Dec 2016 12:21 AM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav addresses a public meeting in Bareilly on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

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Succession struggle in political parties

Political parties are not very good at succession planning.

11 Dec 2016 12:15 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the valedictory session of PHD Chamberss 111th annual session in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

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Marans must face court

Miles of underground cables were said to have been used to link the minister's residence to the television station.

11 Dec 2016 12:13 AM IST

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference after the 5th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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GST implementation may be delayed

The interest of the consumer is also at stake particularly in case of the service tax.

11 Dec 2016 12:13 AM IST

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Enough is enough

The key question to be asked is why are the masterminds and the handlers not being taken to task?

10 Dec 2016 7:13 AM IST

New notes of Rs 2000 issued by the Reserve Bank of India. (Photo: PTI)

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Demonetisation: A necessary evil?

Demonetisation was to be a jewel in the present government's crown, which it surely so far is.

10 Dec 2016 2:11 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

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Triple talaq: End this blot

The politicisation of this issue has resulted in the continuation of this practice in India, that is banned in many...

10 Dec 2016 1:08 AM IST