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Prime Minister Narendra Modis mother, Heeraben Modi in the bank to get old 500 and 1000 rupees currency notes changed in Gandhingar. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
No pain, no gain

Mr Modi could not fulfil his promise to bring back black money stashed away abroad because of legal tangles.

20 Nov 2016 2:47 AM IST

Students of Government college for women extend support to PM Narendra Modis step against blackmoney by holding new currency and his masks in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Demonetisation: Politics beyond the economics

Anything up to 30-35 per cent of the nation's economy is said to be agriculture-driven.

20 Nov 2016 2:24 AM IST

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury giving a red shawl to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at a dharna in front of the Reserve Bank of India office in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
An Unusual posting

India has 600 career diplomats serving in the MEA and at 162 Indian missions abroad.

20 Nov 2016 1:59 AM IST

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressing the gathering at Rail Vikas Shivir in Surajkund, Haryana, via video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Time to test Modi's grip

The government has bumbled along since Mr Modi's triumphant announcement.

20 Nov 2016 1:43 AM IST

Pronab Sen (Photo: Bunny Smith)Opinion
Demonetisation is not going to curb black money it's like an income'

Dr Sen talks about the impact of demonetisation on various sectors of the Indian economy.

20 Nov 2016 1:27 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talking to media at a dharna against demonetisation of currency notes, in front of Reserve Bank of India. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Demonetisation dust refuses to settle

Mr Kejriwal's role in the ongoing battle against the Modi government.

20 Nov 2016 12:58 AM IST

TMC members holding earthen pots and dishes at protest against demonetisation during the winter session at Parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Intent needs planning

The size of the new Rs 2,000 note could easily have been made compatible with ATM machines so as to avoid the need to...

20 Nov 2016 12:42 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Congress' last trump card

If Priyanka's entry rekindles that hope, she would have achieved something.

20 Nov 2016 12:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Anti-national' is an embarrassment

The observation was sharp, but it is far from clear how the issue of nationalism enters the discussion.

20 Nov 2016 12:07 AM IST

Bank transaction tax: Too good to be true?Opinion
Bank transaction tax': Too good to be true?

The BTT, on amounts credited or deposited, is expected to net Rs 21 lakh crores, that would be shared by the Centre and...

19 Nov 2016 5:06 AM IST

Janardhana Reddy (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
The big, fat outrage

The stark disparities in India couldn't have been highlighted better in this telling narrative of the state of the...

19 Nov 2016 4:53 AM IST

Lt. Gen. Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)Opinion
The thinking man's soldier'

Lt. Gen. Sinha was very much an old-world aristocrat in the truest sense of the word, calm and collected under all...

19 Nov 2016 4:26 AM IST

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