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Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

RBI cut: EMI may not fall

The rate cut is a blessing to the Narendra Modi government with the elections just a week away.

5 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and former Union minister P. Chidambaram release the partys manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Cong charter shows a newfound confidence

The Congress manifesto contains promises in three domains and is an emphatic statement of its pro-people and democratic...

5 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Asked if she would be open to an alliance with Congress and National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti said, We had never thought we would ally with the BJP. Now, an alliance with the Congress and NC depends on the need of the hour. (Photo: ANI)

J&K controversies are dragged into campaign

If Mr Shah's party is trying to win an election through sharp-edged statements on Kashmir, so is the PDP leader.

5 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Chowkidar concerns

In direct contrast to the honest chowkidar, there's the wicked watchman ever watchful for indulging in devious deeds.

4 April 2019 5:03 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Keep Dalai Lama out of Valley, resolve J&K issue from within

It's purely a travel document issued by the ministry of external affairs, mostly to Tibetan refugees, along with other...

4 April 2019 12:15 AM IST

Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: AP/File)

Pak can't be electoral game-changer in India

In today's Naya Pakistan , the names of personalities who sit at the high table may have changed.

4 April 2019 12:10 AM IST

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Photo: Dawn)

Zulfikar had left behind a legacy of lost opportunities

There can be little doubt that the manner in which the PPP approached the 1977 election was profoundly problematic.

4 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

NPAs: A good step, but

Many defaulters argued their default was predicated on the frequent changes in government policy or the regulators'...

4 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various projects in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: ANI)

As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?

The questions swirl around, as 900 million voters across the country get ready to vote in the forthcoming general...

4 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and former Union minister P. Chidambaram release the partys manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Congress' charter is a forward-looking one

The Congress promises to raise health spending to three per cent of GDP.

4 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran

Mystic Mantra: Ibn Rushd's reflections on spirituality

After the catastrophes of the two World Wars, we are now fated to see the biggest tragedy of the 21st century.

3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Why didn't Modi, as PM, release Henderson Brooks Report on '62?

A tangled web of inability to understand security issues, prevarication, bureaucratic intrigue, political indecision,...

3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST