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If rupee slump persists, it can hurt Modi

open view web desk NEW DELHI/MUMBAI- The rupee’s plunge to a record low has worried a wide cross-section of India’s society: companies, importers, those going on vacation and students planning to study overseas. But if the weakness persists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s job could become a lot harder […]

Indians gather as former premier Vajpayee is cremated

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indians gathered Friday as the funeral pyre was lit for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who was respected across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the mourners who walked under a hot […]

Imran Khan elected as Pakistan’s new prime minister

open view web desk Islamabad, Aug 17 : Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan was elected as Pakistan’s new prime minister today after he defeated veteran politician Shahbaz Sharif in a one-sided election in the National Assembly. The election for the top post became just a formality after the Pakistan Peoples […]

Creamy layer cannot be applied to deny benefits of quota in promotions: Centre to SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Aug 16: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the creamy layer concept cannot be applied to deny benefits of quota in promotions to government employees of SC/ST community as the stigma of caste and backwardness is still attached to them. Attorney […]

Vajpayee – pragmatist, orator and statesman who went beyond BJP’s nationalist political agenda

open view web desk New Delhi, Aug 16: Statesman and pragmatist, orator and poet, a man of peace and conviction. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering nationalist who softened the often sharp edge of his party’s politics with a gentle sophistry of words, earning him the sobriquet “ajaat shatru” […]

Former Indian PM Vajpayee dies after illness at age 93

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but later reached across the border to begin a groundbreaking peace process, died on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was […]

India’s three-time prime minister Vajpayee dies aged 93

open view web desk Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has died, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday of the ailing 93-year-old who had been hospitalised. “Atal Ji’s passing away is a personal and irreplaceable loss for me,” Modi said in a tweet Thursday, using a Hindi-language […]

India’s three-time prime minister Vajpayee dead at 93

open view web desk Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died Thursday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the “irreplaceable loss” of the respected statesman. The 93-year-old had battled poor health for years but his condition deteriorated sharply in recent […]

Will Narendra Modi Dare Invoke ‘Freedom’ From the Ramparts of the Red Fort?

open view web desk Punya Prasun Bajpai Four decades ago, one prime minister, after formally declaring a state of national emergency, had articulated her dream of building a new India. Four decades later, we have yet another prime minister expressing his dream of a new India, which rests […]

HC sentences man to jail for a month for lying on oath

open view web desk New Delhi, Aug 12: Taking a serious view against a man for lying on oath, the Delhi High Court has sentenced him to jail for a month for contempt of court and said it will be a great public disaster if the fountain of justice […]

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