Politics

In an effort to reach out to not just all sections of society but also to the opposition, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a conciliatory note and underlined …

Modi means business – India’s new prime minister is determined to live up to his reputation for smart governance by issuing clear instructions to the bureaucracy to fast-track decision-making. Typically, even as he begins to cut the red tape involved in official processes, he has decided to focus on evolving a clean, hygienic environment for the government officials.

Gopinath Munde rose from the fringes of society to the peak of success. A promising leader who led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra during difficult times, and wielded a profound influence on the masses, has passed away at a time when the party, who he served for years, sought him the most ahead of the state assembly elections.

Amid frenzied jubilation and merry-making, India’s 29th state, Telangana, was formally born June 2, marking a culmination of over five decades of sustained struggle for statehood. K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), whose party Telangana Rashtra Samithi spearheaded the decades-long campaign for a separate state to be carved from Andhra Pradesh, was sworn in as the chief minister of Telangana. A jubilant Rao, popularly known as KCR, vowed to make Telangana “a role model for other states in India.”

It’s the Modi Moment: the myth, magic and mystique of the man shone in the summer air, marking a new beginning in India’s contemporary political history. Narendra Modi, a former tea seller-turned-politician, was sworn in as the 15th prime minister of India….