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Uma Bharti (Photo: PTI)

Curious case of missing' Uma

The arrest of actor-turned Trinamul Congress MP Tapas Paul incensed Mamata Banerjee.

2 Jan 2017 1:15 AM IST

As per estimates, only 5 per cent Indians use digital payment modes.

Beware of digital dictatorship

We live in times where the non-working rent collectors and speculators have emerged as the richest billionaires.

2 Jan 2017 1:04 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Seven things that can go wrong for Nawaz in 2017

Corruption has a funny way of striking where few anticipate. Pakistan is ripe for an epic scandal.

2 Jan 2017 12:55 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

True lies

By any standard, 2016 has been an awful year.

2 Jan 2017 12:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation on the eve of New Year, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM's speech raises more questions than it answers

The PM has sought to re-package this as a gift for loans for low-cost housing.

2 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST

A ban on gold imports would also lead to large-scale unemployment as this sector has a huge workforce, with most of them on contract.

2017: Not a good year for gold

There is a symbiotic relationship between gold and dollar, as gold acts as a safe haven when the dollar is down.

2 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Five events that rattled world and country

ISIS took credit for majority of the terror attacks in 2016.

1 Jan 2017 7:27 AM IST

Astrologers may differ in their predictions for the coming year but most predict that the existing political formations will remain undisturbed.

360 degree: 2017-future tense

On a more cheerful note, the 2017 south-west monsoon will be normal and there will be sufficient rainfall across the...

1 Jan 2017 7:22 AM IST

CBI interim director Rakesh Asthana at Parliament House. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: High stakes race

The list of 11 new joint secretaries appointed recently only deepen this viewpoint.

1 Jan 2017 2:52 AM IST

Demonetisation will increase tax base & tax revenue in the long run'

I expect the economic slowdown to continue till the first half of fiscal 2017-18, says Sher Mehta.

1 Jan 2017 1:57 AM IST

Indian Parliament (Photo: PTI)

Mission 2017: A happy, healthy, clean India

Agriculture employs 65 per cent of our workforce but contributes only 14 per cent to GDP.

1 Jan 2017 1:49 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during inauguration of a photo exhibition on Indira Gandhis life to mark her 100th birth anniversary celebrations at historical Swaraj Bhawan in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

Indispensable old guard and new poll tactics

Unlike other political leaders, BJP President Amit Shah has his own style of managing party affairs.

1 Jan 2017 1:49 AM IST