Politics

Manoj Kumar Jha on Democracy, Dissent & India

Democracies require both moral imagination and political action. They need people willing to analyse reality and people willing to engage with it institutionally.

JIH vice president urges Muslims to respond with patience and justice

By Mohd Naushad Khan NEW DELHI: Prof. Salim Engineer, Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), on Saturday urged Muslims to respond to the country’s changing social and political environment with patience, moral...

NSE may start marketing $3 billion IPO next week

India’s largest stock exchange plans to hold investor meetings across the US as well as in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East and India.

AMMK chief urges contempt case against Karnataka over Mekedatu dam row

AMMK chief T T V Dhinakaran on Monday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government initiate contempt proceedings against neighbouring Karnataka for “continuing the construction work” on the Mekedatu dam project in...

Amit Shah to lay foundation for Syama Prasad Mookerjee statue in Kolkata

The culture ministry, in association with the West Bengal government, will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata on Monday with a special commemorative...

Congress opposes Bill to sack ministers held over serious offences

The Congress on Sunday asserted that it will strongly oppose in Parliament a Constitution amendment Bill which seeks the removal of ministers in custody for 30 days over serious offences, and expressed confidence that...

J&K withdraws school books over separatist content row

'Separatist propaganda' in J&K books: Controversy as BJP leader of opposition Sunil Sharma called it 'academic jihad'.

Odisha seeks over Rs 9,000 crore to disaster-proof power grid

CM Majhi writes to Amit Shah weeks after MoS Nityananda Rai said primary responsibility of disaster management rests with state govts while Centre only supplements efforts.

Modi govt eyeing Constitutional amendments as monsoon session nears: The math, politics and fears — decoded

BJP MLA apologises after controversy over statement on freedom fighter Veer Chandra Garhwali

BJP Lansdowne MLA Dilip Rawat on Saturday issued a clarification on his remarks about freedom fighter Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali, saying that they were shown incompletely on...

Indian companies in US: $40 billion investment, 425,000 jobs explained

Following the reforms in the 1990s, major Indian conglomerates and technology firms started to look toward the American market in order to tap into Western markets.

INDIA Bloc Set To Counter NDA During Monsoon Session Of Parliament

The session from July 20 to Aug 13 might see NDA pushing the controversial delimitation bill while INDIA bloc would flag Ram temple donation theft.