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BJP MP’s Nepal attack triggers war of words
NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP and Congress MPs had an angry exchange over Nepal on May 11 after BJP member Nishikant Dubey mounted a sharp attack on the country in the Lok Sabha. Dubey said Nepal, […]
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Degree Fake, says AAP; BJP says Degree is genuine; DU Registrar admits minor errors
NEW DELHI (TIP):The ghost of PM Modi’s Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University seems not to die. Amid claims and counter claims on the genuineness of the degree, a lot of players are having a free […]
India
Raghuram Rajan unfit to be RBI governor, should be removed: Subramanian Swamy
NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on May 12, suggested that Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan be removed from the post as he was responsible for “unemployment and collapse” of industrial activity. ” In […]
India
AgustaWestland Probe: Top Defense Officers under Lens
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought “property details” of at least 10 senior officers of the defense ministry and the IAF, the CBI has asked the ministry of defense (MoD) […]
India
NO EVIDENCE TO LINK POLITICIANS WITH AGUSTAWESTLAND BRIBES: ITALIAN JUDGE
On a day that the BJP and Congress traded charges in Parliament regarding the controversial AgustaWestland deal, the Italian judge who delivered the verdict in the VVIP chopper said there was no ‘direct evidence’ linking […]
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WHY THE BJP MATTERS
The question I have been asked most often over the last two months is this: what do you think of Donald Trump? It is easy to answer: I do not think of Donald Trump. But […]
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A Rebuff in the Hills | Nainital Bench corrects an aberration
In setting aside the Modi government’s March 27 decision to bring Uttarakhand under President’s rule, the Uttarakhand High Court has rolled back a blatant misuse of Article 356. In restoring the Harish Rawat government and directing […]
India
UTTARAKHAND HC QUASHES PRESIDENT’S RULE
NAINITAL (TIP): In a historic decision, the Uttarakhand High Court, on April 21, set aside the proclamation of President’s rule in the state and revived the Harish Rawat-led Congress government, asking it to prove its […]
India
Punjab Foodgrain Scam: Grain vanishes from Punjab godowns
MUMBAI (TIP): And now another scam. This time it is foodgrain scam. And it is the Punjab government, a partner of BJP in Punjab and at the center which is involved in a massive scam […]
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Armchair Musings
Upon arrival for dinner at their residence, I found my friend Shridhar and his wife were havingone of their heated discussions. We plan to name our child’Mumbai”she said”As U know even Jonty Rhodes named his baby […]
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A BABA FOR OUR TIMES
Yesterday, April 14, we did Baba Saheb. And did him copiously. The Prime Minister was at some place in Madhya Pradesh, leading the charge, converting the occasion, with his by now familiar flamboyance, into yet another […]
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A tango with US
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s visit had promised more than it delivered. Or so it appears from the publicly released outcomes of his visit. At the last moment, India appears to have hung back from inking […]
India
Strategist wants Priyanka as UP poll mascot
NEW DELHI (TIP): Backed by an internal survey that promised positive outcome, poll strategist Prashant Kishor held discussion with the Congress’s first family of Gandhis on the prospects of projecting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the […]
India
Jaitley targeted by Congress, AAP on Panama Papers leaks
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress and AAP on April 7 targeted finance minister Arun Jaitley on the Panama Papers issue, demanding a judicial probe into the allegations about some Indians setting up offshore entities in a […]
India
JD (U) – RLD MERGER EYES ALLIANCE WITH CONGRESS IN UP
NEW DELHI (TIP): The forthcoming merger of Ajit Singh’s RLD with Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) is just the beginning of a larger experiment that may see the JD(U) and Congress trying to replicate a Bihar-like grand […]
India
‘India for Hindus only? Leave religion out of it | Bombay High Court questions the agenda
Nagpur, April 6 | Expressing anguish over the move to recite “Hanuman Chalisa” at an AIDS awareness programme, the Bombay High Court has asked the BJP-ruled Nagpur Municipal Corporation if, according to it, “India is […]
India
Mehbooba to be sworn in as first woman CM of J-K on April 4
SRINAGAR (TIP): PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on April 4, a party leader said. “Mehbooba Mufti sahiba will be sworn in as […]
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Ugly politics in Uttarakhand: No participant left with clean hands
In the unfolding Uttarakhand drama all participants emerge diminished. It was a problem borne of rebellion in the Congress. Apparently, Chief Minister Harish Rawat, now facing horse-trading charges, had lost majority with nine MLAs parting ways […]
India
Mehbooba set to become first woman CM of J&K
JAMMU/NEW DELHI (TIP): Mehbooba Mufti was unanimously elected as PDP legislature party leader, with a senior leader saying that she is the PDP nominee for the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister’s post. The 56-year-old PDP […]
India
ED attaches Rs 8 cr assets of HP CM Virbhadra Singh in money laundering case
NEW DELHI (TIP): Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued orders for attachment of assets of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh worth about Rs 8 crore including a flat in a posh locality here, in connection […]
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It’s Delhi’s call on Kashmir -take it or fail
Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has chosen a familiar-yet-uncertain terrain to test the qualities of her own leadership and her capacity to take over the state of Jammu and Kashmir at a particularly worrisome time. […]
India
Police horse’s leg amputated to save his life, BJP worker held
DEHRADUN (TIP): Police horse Shaktiman, which was subjected to a brutal attack during a BJP protest here on Monday, had his injured hind leg amputated in an emergency life-saving surgery on March 17 even as […]
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Positions harden: Opposition, government spar as Bills await action
After the Opposition amendment to the motion of thanks to the President’s Address and the Prime Minister’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, hopes of Congress-BJP patch-up for passing crucial Bills pending in Parliament have […]
India
India’s Supreme Court urged to set up panel to monitor hate speeches
NEW DELHI: A host of eminent citizens, including jurists, police officers, scientists and businessmen, have appealed to the Chief Justice of India and other judges of the Supreme Court to take sou motu action over […]
India
PM MODI IN GRIP OF AN ACUTE DISEASE ‘RAHUL PHOBIA’: CONGRESS
Congress has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being in grip of “Rahul phobia” and said he has made a “mockery of democracy” by making “petty-minded jibes” in his political speech on President’s address in Parliament, never […]