Gamesmanship season - Blogs - Hindustan Times
Pakistans decision to send its Hockey team is a lesson for the likes of Lalit Modi whose mishandling of players auction that saw the Pakistanis eased out, seems to have put IPL in the line of fire. But the good news ��� if it��.
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas: As it happened on Thursday
We want you to participate in the vision that Prime Minister Modi has for Indias future, she said and enumerated the programmes launched by the government, including Make in India, Smart Cities, Swachch Bharat, and Skill India... Need of the hour.
Pakistan to Ban Haqqani Network; US Court Drops Lawsuit Against Modi.
According to a report in Pakistans Express Tribune on Thursday citing unnamed senior officials, the Pakistani government will ban the Haqqani Network and Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which had previously been designated by the United States and United Nations as a.
India Launches Austerity Drive; Drone Strike Kills Four in South Waziristan.
However, the austerity measures will not impact the defense budget, salaries and pensions, or interest and debt payments.. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government has set a target of narrowing the fiscal gap to a seven-year low at 4.1 percent.
Alarms sounded as Adityanath plans more homecomings
We have taken permission from the administration [for the event] and hopefully we would reconvert 2,000 people in Ghazipur on December 18, Sunil Singh, state president of the Vahini, told HT. Then on Christmas (December 25), the Dharma Jagaran .
This means war: BJP, Congress get nasty on Twitter. - Blogs
. computers should have been so much behind the times. When individual Congress leaders have tried to reach out on Twitter���Shashi Tharoor, for example���they have been slapped down by their colleagues within the party.
Delhis many problems have been ignored by all parties
AAP is trying to wriggle out of its several discomfiting positions by finding fault with the central government and sticking to its own anti-corruption plank. But Mr Kejriwal has shot himself in the foot by asking voters to ���take bribes��� from other.
Manmohan Singhs fall from grace - Blogs - Hindustan Times
But the Congress needs to recognise that despite its inherent strengths and the BJPs inherent weaknesses (both of which explain the Karnataka results) there is no real hope of an improvement in its fortunes unless it does something.. and more indians and the opposition parties started blaming the p.m for protecting these two ,finally when the p.m was defamed enough all thru the parliament session and beyond ,these two were fired ,so who got the blame,the p.m..
Modi admires Colombos efforts to create all-Sri Lankan govt
The foreign minister hailed Modis commitment to the region, and indicated that Sirisena will visit New Delhi in February ��� and Modi will visit Colombo in March, as first reported by HT. The minister indicated that they will reexamine projects with.
IAMC Weekly News Roundup ��� February 17th, 2014
News reports indicate US ambassador to India, Ms. Nancy Powell met with Mr. Modi, as well as opposition leaders and non-government organizations in Gujarat. The administration has maintained that the. extended to regional and opposition leaders. However, reaching out to Modi at a time when survivors are marking the twelfth anniversary of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, is a demonstration of poor judgment and insensitivity on the part of the US State Department.
Not quite the school of terror - Blogs - Hindustan Times
The relic, a gift from the government of Turkey, is housed in its finance department. To step into the historic campus is to step back in time. Day begins early when the muezzins pre-dawn call to prayer breaks through the��.
Ghani Shocked Over US Senate Report; US Says Pakistani Operation Disrupted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday during a short summit where they discussed issues concerning trade, defense, and broader strategic ties (Hindustan Times). Atop Putins.
India will be renewables superpower, says energy minister.
Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images. In an interview with the Guardian, Goyal, minister for power, coal and new and renewable energy, set out why Modi wants to deliver electricity to every village in the vast country.. Goyal set out his governments pledge, including to end expensive and polluting diesel-based electricity: ���Our commitment to the people of India is that we should rapidly expand this [energy] sector, reach out to every home, and make sure we��.
In pics: Modi, Sharif cold shoulders to handshakes at Saarc
At the opening session the day before, Modi and Sharif didnt exchange a word, let alone shake hands, despite sitting two seats apart at the dais for nearly three hours. Modi, who gave a forceful maiden speech at the summit on the need for seamless .
Narendra Modi and the rise of Indias neo-fascist Far-Right.
(j) During late 2011 and early 2012, Modi undertook a series of fasts as part of a ���Sadbhavna Mission��� (Goodwill Mission), meant to reach out to the Muslim community in Gujarat.. (d) The RSS was banned by the British Government during the colonial rule of India, and then three times by the post-independence Indian government: First in 1948 when Nathuram Godse, a former RSS member, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi; then during the Emergency (1975���78);��.
Lost the race, but still a winner - Blogs - Hindustan Times
Watching some of my colleagues, mostly BJP bashers, cringing for Advanis attention at that point of time, I was reminded of what he himself had once said about the Indian media: ���When asked to bend, they crawled���. What he did. Or with Narendra Modis hate speeches. I may feel. Well the fact remains that india has voted for a more gentle govt. than the hardline politics of Advani who has always looked in the past than planning anything about the future. His idea��.
Indias richest woman, 6 other ex-MLAs owe rent
Jindal, urban local bodies minister in the previous Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, is among the seven ex-MLAs who have pending dues for not vacating the flats despite losing their entitlement. These former MLAs, including Rao Dharam .
Amit Shah: Big change under Modi in handling of border troubles
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Amidst tensions at the borders with Pakistan, BJP President Amit Shah today said there has been a ���big change��� since the Narendra Modi government took charge as, unlike earlier, ���Hindustan army��� is now hitting back harder in .
Bhatt is the truth? - Blogs - Hindustan Times
Ive no first hand knowledge about Bhatts presence or otherwise at the meeting Modi convened. But I know for sure that the state government that set up the commission to probe the mayhem was duty bound to preserve the��.
The President we need: political, competent : medium term
And when Mamata Banerjee made her suggestions in an effort to derail Pranabs candidacy, she named the ultimate in active politicians: the Prime Minister of India.. By choosing Pranab Mukherjee, a Brahmin with no great political base in his home state and whose candidacy has been opposed by the ruling party in Bengal, the UPA is sending out a message: this election is not about symbolism... going on or have a proper system to collect political intelligence.
Swamy taunts us again. We couldnt care less - Blogs Home
Politics in advanced democracies is often characterised by conservatives on the one side and liberals on the other. In India, even though we follow a multi-party system, the political pendulum often swings from the right to the��.
Modi at G20: Modest goals, modest gains for India
This made sense. The problems of the Indian economy are largely self-afflicted, the Narendra Modi government is new and the core G20 issue of achieving 2% global growth ��� well, India is well above that figure. And the biggest global migraine, the.
India to reap $12 billion-plus budget windfall from oil slide
Taking advantage of the resulting fall in pump prices, his government has raised factory gate duties on petrol and diesel twice in the last month. That means state coffers, and not drivers, will benefit to the tune of $1.6 billion this fiscal year and.
Narendra Modis Mentor Thought Gandhi Was A Sissy.
Despite a campaign plagued with missteps, Benjamin Netanyahu... Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesPrime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on 131st birth anniversary at Parliament House on May 28, 2014 in New Delhi, India... Patel is likely to have a much higher profile in future: in the national budget, in July 2014, the government set aside $32m to erect a statue of him in Gujarat, twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, by 2018.
Conversion row: Ghar wapsi is illogical and so is its ideological opposition
It cannot be anyones claim that Hinduism was the basic state of religion and spirituality in India from ancient times - and so only Hinduism is entitled to ghar wapsis. Also, ghar wapsi is a time-sensitive issue. A recent convert who is quickly.
What the clerics never told you - Blogs - Hindustan Times
Most of the time these organizations come up with issues relating to what they perceive as injustice towards them. Osamas regularly released tapes for instance clearly spell out his opposition for American forces in Saudi��.
IAC failure a big loss for civil society - Blogs - Hindustan Times
. making in the country. They fought not just the government but also their highly respected peers in other voluntary movements because they disapproved their Lokpal draft and the tactics they adopted to reach the objective.
Despite Modi govts effort to reach out to Opposition, budget session set to.
The government, which is looking to pass key legislation, is set to face a stormy Budget session starting Monday despite its promise to walk the ���extra mile��� to accommodate the oppositions concerns. On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the.
Is the IACs Robin Hood act the answer? - Blogs - Hindustan.
About time the IAC delineates its policies on issues it takes up to win popular sympathy and support. Or else they run the risk of being branded urban guerillas out to set people against institutions and established practices,��.
A Nobel laureates reaction to adulation - Blogs - Hindustan.
In these visits I have spent time on institute campuses giving lectures���at a personal level, although I am westernized, many aspects of culture like love for classical Indian music���or Gujarati food are simply a part of me���. He concludes. (7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5). When ramakrishnan said that Indians are unlikely to win a Nobel prize despite having the same level of capability as him, he was only talking about the facilities and support system he had in USA.
China furious, lodges protest over Japanese FMs Arunachal is in India comment
. reasonable and acceptable to both sides. We hope the Japanese side can understand the sensitiveness of China-India border question and respect China and Indias efforts to resolve dispute through negotiations and be prudent in its words and actions.
Parliament Live: File FIR against Sadhvi, must resign from Modi govt, says Oppn
It seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi isnt too happy with his minister Sadhvis remarks either. At a meeting of all BJP law-makers in Parliament today, Modi urged them not to address the nation out of turn, reported NDTV. He warned his party, I.