Military voices now challenge the established narrative of the Bangladesh war.
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- Demonetisation: Will make changes when needed, says PM Modi
- Indore Patna Express derails: Wedding cards, lehngas, bangles; victims were on way to marriages
- Self-help groups run scared as loan dubbed ‘black’
Columns
An investment stimulus, not a trimmer budget, is the need of the hour.
After failing to keep the peace, the Samajwadi Party now denies Muzaffarnagar victims' plight.
In the environment ministry, Moily must reset procedures, weed out opacity and bias.
The 15th Lok Sabha has passed some big-ticket laws. But not enough laws.
The Ugly Indian and the Ugly American have rediscovered each other.
No cause for them. Sensex worries are overdone and India is in a much better position to deal with it.
This abbreviated winter session has marked one of the lowest points of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Unlikely alliances and surprising reconciliations mark the politics of the moment.
Our politics is becoming home to intolerance, exclusion, sub-democratic solutions.
The government has chosen the wrong way to address India’s research deficit.
Raja Mandala: Sharif versus Sharif
Government has rarely won the battle against the army in Pakistan. Delhi must be prepared to signal its support to civilian rule.
Merkel, reloaded
Germany’s Chancellor will fight elections again — and offer a worldview contrasting with Donald Trump’s.
Learn by accident
Railways needs greater focus on flagging infrastructure, improvement of rescue and relief operations.
Ringmaster Trump
There is a bully in the bully pulpit. For America and the world, it promises to be a bumpy ride.
Lesson from demonetisation: Why can’t we improve the railways overnight?
While the Prime Minister had promised to upgrade the transport system and introduce sophisticated bullet trains, the conditions of our existing railway system is abysmal to say the least.
JDU, RLD hint at larger alliance in UP for Assembly elections
RLD’s record of sticking to an alliance is not good but it has managed to get into the power alliances in the state and at the Centre as well.
Nitish supports Modi on demonetisation: All well in Mahagathbandhan?
The move goes against the position of JDU’s Mahagathbandhan allies the Congress party and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal on the issue.
Next door Nepal: The fragile republic
Only politicians have been beneficiaries of the decade-old peace accord.
From plate to plough: Change is in the air
Demonetisation gives dignity to honest Indians. But for it to succeed, the ministry of agriculture must take the lead.
Jobs vs Wages
Three faultlines in wages sabotage private formal job creation. Demonetisation will undo some damage.
Marrakesh Message
Developing countries will step up, instead of waiting for industrialised nations to take the lead on climate change.
Small And Medium Perils
Demonetisation has severely affected rural business activity. Government, RBI can ill afford to ignore the distress here.
Demonetisation may not end black money
The secrecy angle is clearly not helping in implementation of this decision.
Families with weddings left in lurch as banks refuse Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal
November to January is the peak wedding season in the country and several thousands of families have been hit with this cash crunch at this important juncture.
Out of my mind: 8/11
If Narendra Modi can be criticised, it is for not indicating how difficult it was going to be for a short while for all citizens.
Inside Track: Vaastu voided
Telegana CM Chandrasekhar Rao felt the chief minister’s office block should be higher than all other ministerial office blocks in the complex.
Fifth Column: Black or white?
The truth is that even if every last little black rupee becomes shining and white, there is no guarantee that India will achieve her dreams of prosperity.
Across the Aisle: Demonetising notes or demonising cash?
It has emerged, through whispers of course, that besides the Prime Minister no more than four officials were in the loop, and the Chief Economic Adviser was not among the four!
IFFI 2016 opens up for larger audience, aims at higher participation
Not only the state government has more than doubled the budget from Rs. 6 crores (2015) to over Rs. 13 crores this year, the Directorate of Film Festival (DFF) has also increased the number of screenings from 187 movies
Demonetisation hits jewellery market hard, sales down by as much as 70 per cent
The Director General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) immediately put up its antennae and over 600 jewellers were asked to report sales of gold.
Demonetisation: Take your medicine and like it even if the PM has ‘maxed the dosage’
In eight days, 47 casualties have been reported because of demonetisation. That’s approximately six lives a day. So, if the casualty rate stays steady, expect 300 deaths.
November 19, 1976, Forty Years Ago
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi left for Guwahati to spend her 59thbirthday among the tribals of Khonsa in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Agitation foretold
Hong Kong and mainland China differ fundamentally in their approach to the relationship between economy and polity.
Breaking the N-silence
Parrikar has broken a tradition of sphinx-like silence, wherein his two UPA predecessors rarely acknowledged the existence of India’s nuclear deterrent or even mentioned the ‘N’ word.
An ear to the field
Finance ministry should reconsider its rejection of the proposal to relax cash norms for farmers to buy seeds
No proof required: Big bang or big thud?
Demonetisation will have no benefits if the government does not follow up with tax reforms, reduce discretionary powers of bureaucrats and reform election laws
Cricket has the potential to normalise India-Pakistan ties
Foreign teams had declined to play in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan side was attacked by terrorists in Lahore in 2009.
In Indira’s India
She disliked plurality of politics and policy, and preferred centralisation. We continue to pay the price
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