2015: Bringing in ‘Achche Din’ is not going to be easy
The year 2015 is likely to be rosy for India. There is no more doomsday scenario awaiting the country on the economic front in the year. There will be problems …
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All options open in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP
Amid frenzied speculation in the wake of a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP has said that all options are open, including the party forming the next government …
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BJP wins Jharkhand, second largest party in Jammu and Kashmir
The Modi wave seems to have worked again, underlining the surging popularity of India’s prime minister whose development mantra has struck a powerful chord with the electorate. The Bharatiya Janata Party is poised to form the government in Jharkhand, India’s resource-rich eastern state. In Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP looks set to emerge as the second largest government after the PDP, the best performance by the party in the northern state that has been the site of a fierce electoral contest.
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Congress Party: The irresistible death wish…
The Congress party suffered a crushing defeat in the last parliamentary elections, and this despite vigorous and aggressive campaigning by the mother-son duo Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi – the …
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Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister
The 44-year-old Devendra Fadnavis has been sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra, India’s western state and the financial dynamo of the country. Mr Fadnavis is the first chief …
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Telangana: The politics and economics of India’s 29th state
After nearly 60 years of struggle, marked by two major agitations which saw an immolation in 2010 and the death of over 1000 people, the backward and impoverished region of …
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The Poverty of Discourse: Food for Thought
The current discourse on poverty in India, triggered by a report of the Planning Commission last week claiming that the official poverty headcount ratio had come down from 37 per …
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Modi-fication of Indian politics: It’s now Modi versus the rest
The summer of 2013 is promising to be a major watershed in Indian politics. Though signs of change were on the horizon, yet it required a meeting in the Goan …
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It’s time to restore Bengaluru’s glory and get governance right
Karnataka had been the pride of India a decade ago when its capital Bengaluru earned a niche as the software capital of the country and the ‘garden city’ where professionals …
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