Narendra Modi
Will strategic differences be removed?
India can be a global power if economic invigoration is injected through building infrastructure on roads, highways and railways and he is eager to follow the Chinese model of progress.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka-Guwahati bus service talks Monday
Bangladesh and India are expected to finalise the modalities of a bus service between Dhaka and Guwahati Monday ahead of Narendra Modi’s tour next month.
16 May 2015, 11:09 AM
India and China sign $22 bn-worth of deals as Modi ends visit
India signs trade and economic co-operation deals worth $22bn ($14bn) in Shanghai as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China draws to a close.
16 May 2015, 05:28 AM
Courts tilt towards rich
Salman and Jayalalithaa can afford the best of legal brains in the country. But the judges, who heard their cases, too have to see that they deliver justice however weak the prosecution is.
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Indian PM Modi's selfie diplomacy is all the rage in China
In a rare show of common charm from one of China's most elite politicians, Premier Li Keqiang appears in a grinning selfie with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
15 May 2015, 15:56 PM
MODI'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH: Hope for faster resolutions
ON May 6 and 7, in both the houses of parliament, the Indian government passed the historic constitution amendment bill (119th) paving the way to the implementation of the 1974 Indira-Mujib Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011 Protocol.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Salahuddin in Rab custody: Khaleda
Alleging that the missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is “in the hands” of Rapid Action Battalion, Khaleda Zia warns of dire consequences if the elite force do not return back her party’s joint secretary general safe.
9 May 2015, 16:44 PM
PM describes land bill passage as milestone in Bangladesh-India ties
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a milestone will be created in the friendly relations between Bangladesh and Indian with the passage of Land Boundary Agreement bill in Indian parliament.
7 May 2015, 15:47 PM
Rajya Sabha passes LBA
Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.
6 May 2015, 06:02 AM
India cabinet approves bill to operationalise land boundary deal with Bangladesh
Indian cabinet today approved a constitution amendment bill to operationalise Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that includes its north-eastern state of Assam.
5 May 2015, 06:39 AM
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joins China's Weibo
India's PM Narendra Modi has joined China's main microblogging service Weibo, gaining thousands of followers by the hour and plenty of comments too.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM
NGOs and agrarian crises
That the BJP is tilting towards the Hindu ideology is unfortunate, to say the least. But that does not mean those who are fighting against parochialism to underline the secular spirit of our constitution should be getting the wrong end of the stick.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM
India protest at Mumbai attack 'mastermind' bail move
India formally protests to Pakistan over its decision to release on bail the suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
11 April 2015, 05:06 AM
Children of democracy
RELIGIOUS sensitivity has deepened since the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
India and China hold talks on border dispute
Senior Indian and Chinese officials are meeting in Delhi for talks aimed at resolving a contentious border dispute, the first discussions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power
23 March 2015, 08:13 AM
Towards emotional integration
POWER makes strange bedfellows. Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir government, has joined hands with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet his victory in the state assembly elections primarily has been on the plank that he will not allow the BJP to enter the valley. That he has gone back on the electoral promise is not any different from what leaders of other political parties do.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Uproar over Mother Teresa Slur
There is an outrage in India over a Hindu leader's comment that Mother Teresa's charity work has one objective - to convert the poor to Christianity.
24 February 2015, 15:39 PM
After all it's a game
SUPPOSE India had lost the World Cup cricket match against Pakistan at Adelaide, the reaction among its people would have been that of disappointment and remorse. But I do not think that they would have initiated scuffles with the Pakistani spectators. The Indians would not have destroyed television sets as some did in Karachi and elsewhere in Pakistan. Of course, there would have been a sense of humiliation, but it would not have poured on to the streets in the shape of fracas or demonstrations.
18 February 2015, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena seeks to mend India relations
Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena seeks to mend relations with India over China's growing influence on Colombo
16 February 2015, 14:06 PM
India’s BJP appears to set taste of its first defeat
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to set taste today of its first defeat in a state legislature poll since sweeping to power last year
10 February 2015, 07:15 AM