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Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

When will PM hold his first press conference?

Media independence is bartered or jeopardised usually only when a journalist or the institution he or she works for...

15 Jan 2019 12:08 AM IST

Navy personnel conduct rescue task at the site of the coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Monday. (Photo: AP)

Hope fades for miners

The regulation of such activities with safety measures in place might prove the ultimate challenge.

15 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Re-education', Chinese style

China is under stiff criticism for its alleged persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, especially Uighur...

15 Jan 2019 12:04 AM IST

As soon as a member attains the age of 30, she will become a member of the Mahila Congress, where she will work in a similar capacity.

Congress' move on UP is no surprise

It is evident that the Cong cannot win too many seats independently, although it had taken 21 in 2009, going it alone.

15 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten

Most human problems will dissolve if people start living naturally, just as they are, not asserting all the time that...

14 Jan 2019 12:14 AM IST

President Donald Trump

Hype and scepticism prevails over China's new Mother of all Bombs'

All global conflicts since the Second World War have necessitated the exclusive deployment of conventional weapons.

14 Jan 2019 12:11 AM IST

The worst thing about Chaudhry was that he was aware of what he had achieved and had an appreciation for the system and his potentially limitless role within it.

No one here to say the emperor has no clothes

The tales are many but they shall have to wait until after retirement and perhaps never be told.

14 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Alok Verma has challenged the government order on the grounds that a 1998 verdict by the Supreme Court stipulated that the CBI Director should have a fixed minimum tenure of two years. (Photo: PTI)

CBI credibility at all-time low

The suspicion is that the Supreme Court may not have shared the Justice Patnaik report with the PM-led committee.

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav during a joint press conference in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Major parties find it hard to get allies

The plain truth is that there doesn't appear to be any Mahagathbandhan in the offing to take on the government.

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

A file photo of BJP supporters celebrating the passage of the Bill for 10 per cent EWS quota in Parliament.

New upper caste quota: BJP gains to be limited

The upper castes do play an important role in the politics of the northern Indian states, but this impact is limited to...

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Implementation of GST it does not seem will meet its actual deadline of Aril 1, 2017 as both the Centre and the states have failed to arrive on an agreement over contentious issues.

No jobs in manufacturing

The government needs to build on the steps it has taken to boost the ease of doing business.

13 Jan 2019 6:40 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi and Amit shah (Photo: File/PTI)

2019: BJP likely to strike an extreme pose

Parties such as the BSP, the SP, the TMC, the BJD etc. also do not have any particular ideology.

13 Jan 2019 6:35 AM IST