NEW DELHI (TIP): Two months after it took over the investigation in the multi-layered Vyapam (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal) scam, CBI sleuths on Thursday conducted raids at around 40 places in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Searches […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In what could trigger a fresh round of political slugfest in poll bound Bihar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has disapproved of “special package” becoming political tool saying it leads to “unhealthy […]
Our country is facing the destruction of the very idea of India as a great, multi-religious, multi-cultural civilization. We are facing the gravest danger we have faced since independence. Our freedom is not merely under threat, […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on September 17 joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and two other outfits and announced the formation of a ‘Third Front’ for the Bihar assembly elections. Party […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Election expenses of several candidates did not match their party’s expenditure declaration according to an analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Among those whose election expenses were either more or less […]
15 years ago, this month, a prime minister of India had traveled to the United States for the annual United Nations General Assembly mela. During that visit, he found time to attend a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event in Staten […]
On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]
Twenty one year old Hardik Patel is emerging as the unlikely new leader from Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has built up a new fan following, comprising of people in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior BJP leader and former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday called for declaring Pakistan high commissioner as persona non grata for “crossing all lines” of diplomatic etiquette by indulging in provocative […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Security agencies have warned about a possible 26/11 style influx of terrorists from the sea and an attack on BJP offices, asking the forces to remain alert on the occasion of Independence […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress on July 30 scrambled to disown the controversial remarks of its party leaders Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor over the hanging of Yakub Memon. With finance minister Arun Jaitley pouncing on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The VHP has put the NDA government in a tight spot with its patron Ashok Singhal on Saturday declaring that India will be a Hindu nation by 2020, following the BJP’s victory […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): “In one year, Parliament runs for eighty days during sessions. Each day, business in both Houses are transacted for around six hours. If we take into account the total annual expenditure on […]
Ten years ago a historic, though unexpected, announcement was made in Washington after a meeting between the then US President George Bush and the then Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. It said that the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam also known commonly by its Hindi acronym as the “Vyapam scam” hits headlines on and off throughout the year. Last week a reporter with […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A major political row erupted in Maharashtra with the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government deciding to derecognise madrasas which are engaged in imparting religion-based education. The issue is all set to compound into a major political […]
JAIPUR (TIP): Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini’s driver was on July 2 detained and an FIR filed against him for rash driving and causing death by negligence in connection with last night’s accident in […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Union home minister Rajnath Singh on July 2 ruled out revocation of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu & Kashmir, saying the situation was not conductive for it. “The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi government has come under fire for setting aside Rs 526.74 crore for information and publicity in the budget. With an outlay of Rs 41,129 crore for the current financial year, […]
Continued from Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1 It defies logic that a country that is considered as our most serious adversary and whose policies in our region has done us incalculable strategic harm should […]
PATNA (TIP): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on July 2 began JD(U) campaign for upcoming assembly elections through a programme called “Har Ghar Dastak” to seek feedback about the work done by the state government […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A parliamentary panel has pitched for 100 per cent hike in salary and daily allowances of MPs and 75 per cent raise in the pension of ex-MPs apart from facilities for their […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Those with undisclosed overseas wealth have another 90 days to come clean with the government opening the compliance window on July 1. Under the one-time officer, the compliance scheme will be open […]
DHAKA (TIP): Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this year — stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. Roughly every […]
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