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Natgrid: Good idea stuck in a logjam
18 Jun 2014 2:04 AM ISTIn 2009 the government came up with the idea to link records related to travel, immigration, bank and financial transactions, among others, to provide...
‘TOUGH’ BUDGET AHEAD
18 Jun 2014 2:03 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi has done well to tell people in advance that this is no time for ‘goodies’ but for ‘tough decisions’, which should mean...
‘TOUGH’ BUDGET AHEAD
18 Jun 2014 2:02 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi has done well to tell people in advance that this is no time for ‘goodies’ but for ‘tough decisions’, which should mean...
Civil services need reality check!
17 Jun 2014 3:31 AM ISTOne of the first initiatives of the new prime minister was to convene a meeting of senior civil servants and interact with them. The idea was to...
Of CPI(M)’s gloomy canopy
17 Jun 2014 3:25 AM ISTThe two-day meeting of 80-plus member central committee of India’s largest Leftist political outfit, Communist Party of India (Marxist) last week...
Forecasting failure
16 Jun 2014 12:58 AM ISTIt is nearly a year since Uttarakhand witnessed one of the worst natural calamities in Indian history due to sudden cloudbursts and flash floods. On...
MODI EMERGES AS A GREAT ORATOR
17 Jun 2014 12:54 AM ISTAfter long years – more than a decade – both the houses of Parliament heard a prime minister speak extempore, without notes or even talking points;...
Will real indian muslim stand up?
17 Jun 2014 12:50 AM ISTI clearly recount an unbearably hot summer afternoon in the Capital, when my former boss saw something on her computer screen which made her hop and...
Politics and its forgotten promises
14 Jun 2014 5:09 AM ISTNorthern India including Delhi has not yet forgotten the suffering and pain of the last summer that happened due to power as well as water shortage,...
Modi, how about including sanitation in your deadline?
15 Jun 2014 5:07 AM ISTAccording to a latest World Bank report (2012), India generates about 1,09,589 tonnes of municipal solid waste a day, making it the sixth largest...
Blackwill and the art of diplomacy
15 Jun 2014 5:06 AM ISTRobert D Blackwill, former US ambassador to India (2001-2003), in his physical impression can be somewhat deceptive. When sitting he appears to be...
Freedom of speech is inalienable
14 Jun 2014 5:04 AM ISTWow! A pucca house with water connection, toilet facilities, 24x7 electricity supply and access to every family in our country is only around 3,000...
Weaving Faith, Love and Change
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Peace plan goes up in flames as Israel bombs Gaza, dozens dead
5 Oct 2025 1:00 AM ISTDelhi’s ‘sanatani’ govt will ensure a grand celebration of...
5 Oct 2025 12:49 AM ISTJNU students’ union polls likely in ‘mid or late’ Nov; University...
5 Oct 2025 12:48 AM ISTDelhi govt’s excise revenue surges 12%
5 Oct 2025 12:47 AM ISTNDMC organises Suvidha camp; public issues ‘promptly’ attended to by...
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