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The awards were broiled in a controversy earlier this year when the Allahabad high court asked the state government to explain the criteria for selection and process.

Of awards, villas & sulking neta

This year the Akhilesh Yadav government conferred the honour on 46 eminent persons in March.

5 Dec 2016 1:48 AM IST

An Indian vendor takes a nap as he waits for customers at a vegetable market in Ahmadabad. (Photo: AP)

Note ban & the art of building narratives...

The government suddenly took out more than 80 per cent of the currency in circulation on November 8.

5 Dec 2016 1:11 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the media during a joint news conference with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Merkel: Europe's face of liberalism

Angela Merkel has relied on common sense, rather than charisma, to build her enviable reputation as a safe pair of...

5 Dec 2016 12:57 AM IST

Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Louisville. (Photo: AP)

A loose cannon

Mr Trump also referred to Ms Tsai as President of Taiwan on Twitter.

5 Dec 2016 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at BJPs Parivaratan Rally in Moradabad. (Photo: PTI)

Modi's offer to poor: Endorsing illegality?

The Prime Minister is playing an intensely political game.

5 Dec 2016 12:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani at Golden temple on the eve of the Heart of Asia Conference, in Amritsar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

There's a hole in the heart of Asia

Does the current structure and formulation of the HoS conference serve a purpose?

4 Dec 2016 2:59 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz's Amritsar overture: Na¯vete or political gamble?

At the BRICS meet in Goa in October, India labelled Pakistan as the mother ship of terrorism globally.

4 Dec 2016 2:42 AM IST

Afghanistan has long complained of Pakistan impeding its access to India.

360 Degree: Heal this bleeding heart

A group of fourteen countries formed the core of the Heart of Asia process.

4 Dec 2016 2:32 AM IST

Nationalism can't be enforced and such attempt would lead to tension'

Respect for the national flag or national anthem is an emotional feeling, which comes from within'.

4 Dec 2016 2:18 AM IST

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti meeting the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PDP allowed RSS presence in Kashmir

The PDP-BJP alliance's agenda was drafted by the mufti's Man Friday.

4 Dec 2016 2:06 AM IST

No private airline flies to the city. Shortly after this government took over, a buffalo walked into the Surat airport and an airplane crashed into it, damaging its jet engine. (Representational image)

We need boring leadership to get to the basics

Today Surat is the world's largest diamond polishing centre.

4 Dec 2016 1:55 AM IST

Central Bureau of Investigation (Photo: PTI/File)

Dilli Ka Babu: Top court order makes CBI bend

Getting more specific, the Supreme Court said that a decision not to upload an FIR shall not be taken by an officer...

4 Dec 2016 1:48 AM IST