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Union minister Kiren Rijiju (Photo: PTI/File)

Chakmas: Centre in a fix

Mr Rijiju now says the government will tell the Supreme Court its order is not implementable.

22 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

US President Donald Trump at United Nations 72nd General Assembly meet in UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AFP)

Another Trump shocker

Tehran is challenging the US push into parts of West Asia, along with Russia.

21 Sept 2017 12:36 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile offer substantial benefits for government, the economy and especially the poor. (Photo: PTI)

It's high time: Get economy moving

Ministers and officials have been asked to prepare reports on how to stimulate the economy.

21 Sept 2017 12:34 AM IST

Several social and religious organisations in the city on Friday took out protest rallies against the genocide of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.

India shoots itself in the foot over Rohingyas

Instead, the entire Rohingya community in India was declared a national security threat.

20 Sept 2017 12:47 AM IST

BJP national president Amit Shah

Wheels of justice grind on

It might suffice to say that the wheels of justice grind on ever so slowly in India.

20 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

The foundation stone of the dam was laid on April 5, 1961 by the countrys first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. (Photo: Twitter/Narendra Modi)

Modi & Narmada dam politics in Gujarat, MP

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, also from the BJP, did not show up at the grand Sunday inaugural...

19 Sept 2017 12:50 AM IST

Keeping in mind that Pakistans Independence Day is a day before Indias, the exchange starts on August 14 and continues till August 15.

At UN, look beyond Pak

Not to be distracted by Pakistan's noise over Kashmir and its threat to raise the issue before the world body is the...

19 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

File photo of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, 98, famous for his role in the 1965 India- Pakistan war, died in army hospital in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

An air warrior extraordinary

Arjan Singh was the born leader of a fledgling Air Force who flew every possible aircraft, including in combat.

18 Sept 2017 2:44 AM IST

Police officers work near a property in Sunbury-on-Thames, southwest London, as part of the investigation into Fridays Parsons Green bombing. (Photo: AP)

London hit: A sign of shift in terror tactics?

One of the two young men arrested in Britain was picked up from the departure area of Dover port and may have been...

18 Sept 2017 2:41 AM IST

CPI inflation fell to a series low of 1.5 per cent in June 2017. (Photo: PTI)

Address rising inequality

Inflation, as former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has always pointed out, hurts the poor most.

17 Sept 2017 7:32 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said that their final goal is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the US and make the US rulers dare not talk about military option for the DPRK. (Photo: File | AP)

Join hands to avert a nuclear showdown

The countries nearest to the missile threat like South Korea and Japan are feeling the heat.

17 Sept 2017 7:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday on a two-day visit. (Photo: AP)

India, Japan: Changing dynamics in Asia

Mr Abe said that he and Mr Modi were in full agreement on the North Korea issue.

16 Sept 2017 12:28 AM IST