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BJP begins 2-day meet today to fix poll strategy

Party to cash in on Vajpayee charisma.

8 Sept 2018 1:21 AM IST

Lois Sofia was arrested after the plane landed in Tuticorin and Tamilisai filed a complaint with the airport police. (Photo: File)

Dissent & democracy: A real debate needed

Some of the recent arrests were under UAPA, a law that turns on its head the principle that everybody is innocent till...

6 Sept 2018 7:55 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during a visit to metro hub on completion of one year of Lucknow Metro in Lucknow.

Renaming hardly a game-changer in UP

The name-changing trend began in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 when the BSP came to power and Mayawati renamed eight districts.

15 Sept 2018 5:06 AM IST

Shanta Serbjeet Singh (1936-2017)

Shanta was idealistic and timeless in so many ways...'

Shanta Serbjeet Singh, one of our senior-most critics and writers on dance, was truly all this and more.

4 Aug 2017 2:47 AM IST

Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control in Poonch district after a ceasefire violation by Pakistan. (Photo: PTI)

Avoid jingoistic trap on Pak ties, think afresh

The so-called surgical strike was devised when many soldiers died in the Uri military camp attack.

6 May 2017 12:10 AM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (Photo: PTI)

India should restate its nuclear doctrine

In light of this context, the government needs to quickly clarify its position in Parliament.

15 Nov 2016 6:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi hails Atal Behari Vajpayee for Pokhran test

Since 1999, May 11 is commemorated as the National Technology Day to mark India's scientific prowess and technological...

12 May 2017 2:55 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Vajpayee set the ball rolling on GST, says Arun Jaitley

Taking a jibe at Congress, Mr Jaitley said that GST was in the party's election manifestos.

7 July 2017 2:23 AM IST

Family members of newly-elected President Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

From mud house to Rashtrapati Bhavan

Selected to head the party's Dalit Morcha, Mr Kovind was elected to the Rajya Sabha from UP in April 1994.

26 July 2017 1:30 AM IST

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley with GOC of Baramulla based Division, Maj Gen RP Kalita during a visit to the forward areas of Rampur Sector of North Kashmir on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir: Who is govt waiting for?

After a recent visit to Kashmir, defence minister Arun Jaitley said talks could take place only after the violence ends.

30 May 2017 4:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to mark the dedication to the nation of the Dhola-Sadia Bridge, across River Brahmaputra, in Assam. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari and the Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi inaugurates longest bridge of India in Assam

The bridge will be instrumental in quick movement of troops to the border with China in the Wallong-Kibithu sector of...

27 May 2017 1:16 AM IST

RBI kept interest rates unchanged despite calls for lowering it while it slashed the economic growth projection by half a per cent to 7.1 in the first policy review post demonetisation.

Year of outrageous lies

That growth fell 6% in November to 1.34 million and the industry expects it to fall by a huge 35% in December, lowest...

31 Dec 2016 3:01 AM IST