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The politics of humanitarian aid

Is New Delhi’s decision to reject all foreign financial assistance to deal with Kerala’s unprecedented flood havoc the right decision? A controversy is raging in the midst of  the worst-ever natural calamity in Kerala.  Even some former Foreign Secretaries like Lalit Mansingh, Shiv Shankar Menon and Nirupama Rao (the last two hail from Kerala) have …

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August 26, 2018

Congress questions Modi govt’s silence over pro-Khalistan rally in London

Describing the pro-Khalistan rally in London by the Sikhs as a conspiracy to divide the country, the Congress on Monday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government's silence on it.

August 13, 2018

No homework done

Two old former BJP politicians have come to the rescue of the Congress president and made a ferocious attack against the Modi government for the Rafale deal. They have alleged that the manner in which the order for the Rafale fighter was suddenly changed was a gross violation of mandatory procedures. The dropping of the …

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August 12, 2018

Sonia leads Congress protests against Rafale deal

Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Ambika Soni and senior party lawmakers participated in the protest.

August 10, 2018

BJD lashes out at Centre’s LPG scheme

The much-touted Ujjwala Yojana scheme of the Modi government is not as big as the hoardings put up at every fuel station across the state as lakhs of beneficiaries are not using LPG after the first cylinder is exhausted, charged the ruling BJD here on Saturday. Year on year the number of beneficiaries availing a …

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August 5, 2018

Congress to target Modi govt on corruption, unemployment

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday to discuss political situation in the country and decided to target the Narendra Modi government on the issues of corruption and its "failure" to provide jobs to the youth.

August 4, 2018

AIADMK’s surprising flip-flop in House

The Modi government has developed an unexpected AIADMK headache. After supporting the government during the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha and helping it win with handsome numbers, the Tamil party has flipped to the other side in the Rajya Sabha. Just as the government hoped for smooth sailing in the Upper House for vital …

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August 1, 2018

Ugly trade-off

To say that the Indian political leadership was kicking the Women’s Reservation Bill around like a football would be to denigrate the beautiful game that recently sent the sporting world into rapture. Maybe umbrage would also be taken by the commercial community if the term trade-off was used to describe the BJP-Congress sparring over revival …

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July 25, 2018

Congress accuses Modi government of misleading nation on Rafale deal

The Congress on Monday renewed its salvos on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Dassault Rafale deal with France stating that there was no clause in the 2008 agreement which prevents India from divulging details of the price of the deal.

July 23, 2018

CWC: Rahul accuses BJP of ignoring poor, Sonia says govt’s end has begun

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticised the culture of constant self-praise and PM’s jumlas.

July 22, 2018

Amid Centre’s tall claims, power crisis continues in J-K

Though the Modi government says that all villages in the country have been electrified, the number of unelectrified households in Jammu and Kashmir has increased by more than 32,000 during the past two years. The number of un-electrified households in the state that was 3.56 lakh in 2016, has increased to 3.88 lakh this year, …

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July 22, 2018

The points made in Parliament

No one had any doubt that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would prove his majority in the no-trust motion brought by the opposition on Friday, as numbers were stacked in his party’s favour. As expected, it was never a nail-biting exercise as had been the case with some of his predecessors. But it was the first …

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July 22, 2018

‘BJP misusing agencies to suppress opponents’

Congress legislator Vikramaditya Singh accused the BJP central leadership of misusing Central investigating agencies to suppress their political opponents. In a press statement issued here on Saturday, Vikramaditya Singh (in photo), son of ex-Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, said a supplementary charge sheet filed against them is completely politically motivated and done under political pressure. The …

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July 22, 2018

Tactical myopia?

The Opposition in the Lok Sabha would appear thrilled that the admission of the first “no-confidence” motion against the Modi government attracted bold headlines in Thursday’s newspapers. Yet should the word “defeated” be added to the headline in Saturday’s papers, or the TV/ radio newscasts the previous evening, the parties seeking to truncate the term …

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July 20, 2018

Modi government to release unemployment data in next 2 months

The coverage of the quarterly employment survey has since been enhanced during 2016 with more industries/sectors

July 18, 2018

RSS and BJP on the same page

Last month’s three-day RSS-BJP meet in Surajkund should silence those who have been speculating that all is not well between the ruling party and its mentor. Three quick decisions by the Modi government reaffirm that the two are very much on the same page and determined to stick together to combat the challenge from a …

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July 18, 2018

RJD to back TDP’s no-trust move against Modi government

The TDP had pulled out of the NDA in March over its demand for a special category status for Andhra Pradesh. 

July 17, 2018