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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the condition was tensed last year in the valley and now the situation is slowly normalising. The people of the state think that their identity can be in danger. (Photo: PTI)

In 2018, stabilising of J&K is a key challenge

In recent weeks, some important events outline just how the Deep State's strategy has been panning.

5 Feb 2018 12:17 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Courts, military, Pak netas: Mess is getting worse

Two military-court constitutional amendments in two-and-a-quarter years settled that debate.

5 Feb 2018 12:14 AM IST

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

The great Indian health fudge

The Indian programme in the Budget, that would cover 10 crore families, has an allocation so far of only Rs 2,000 crore.

4 Feb 2018 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

The politics of polls

Modi set about it in a devious manner after launching a whispering campaign through BJP's men in the print and...

4 Feb 2018 12:14 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Parliament. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Arun Jaitley overtures won't work with rural voters

In the Gujarat elections last year, the ruling BJP won less than 40 per cent of the rural constituencies.

3 Feb 2018 5:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trump, addresses a plenary session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos. (Photo: AP)

America first' isn't a Trump innovation

Under Franklin Roosevelt, the US favoured liberation for European colonies after the Second World War.

3 Feb 2018 12:25 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament.

A tame exercise: Has govt run out of steam?

The Make in India, Start-Up India, Digital India and Skill India programmes seem to have fallen by the wayside.

2 Feb 2018 4:51 AM IST

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Budget strikes the right note, it's realistic & well-balanced

The Budget offers a bold agricultural and rural thrust to give a stimulus to equity and economic growth.

2 Feb 2018 4:50 AM IST

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian termed the GST launch a big transformational event of 2017-18. (Photo: ANI)

Budget today: How far will FM turn populist?

Farmers want better MSPs for all crops and more crops under MSP.

1 Feb 2018 3:17 AM IST

The clip surfaced after a recent move by Hurriyat leaders to downplay fears of the growing influence of the ISIS in the Valley. (Photo: AP)

How the Afghan war has turned bloodier

The rise of IS has brought greater devastation and caused a spike in the number of civilian casualties.

1 Feb 2018 3:11 AM IST

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US-Pak trust deficit will be hard to bridge

The US says it wants a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan.

31 Jan 2018 1:28 AM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Expand gender budget, it's time to end neglect

Higher Budget allocations could be used to grab media headlines, but it's the utilisation that matters.

31 Jan 2018 1:26 AM IST