As expected, the latest Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet, headed by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and with state finance ministers as members, could not arrive at any policy decision as far […]
The continued disruptions of the Lok Sabha provoked a strong reaction from a sidelined BJP veteran, LK Advani. The latter has blamed both Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and his one-time protégé, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, […]
If the government thought media was exaggerating the prevailing “cash chaos” and focusing excessively on urban India, its own officers’ report has confirmed that the situation is far worse in rural India. A team of […]
We do not want another ‘god’ as the political leader of our country…We must not only not have any more gods…we must also ‘devalue‘ the exaggerated importance that we have given to the office of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is likely to introduce a disclosure scheme under which anyone with unaccounted income can come clean by paying 50% tax before December 30. A fourth of the amount remaining after […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The political thrust and parry over the demonetization of high-value currency notes intensified on November 25 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi using the Constitution Day event to take on the Opposition for […]
BATHINDA (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Pakistan was yet to settle from the setback of surgical strikes and was damaging itself by fighting against India. “Earlier, soldiers were unable to show their valor […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization decision, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said it is a “bold move” and will deflate India’s shadow economy. Delivering the Second Transforming India Lecture organized NITI […]
Chaotic scenes witnessed in both Houses of Parliament over scrapping of Rs1,000 and Rs 500 notes NEW DELHI (TIP): Both Houses of parliament were adjourned on Thursday, November 17, as opposition lawmakers continued their attack […]
The August 14, 2014 issue of the The Hindu carried a feature indicating that the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) had submitted to the Finance Ministry, in December 2013, a confidential report […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In an extraordinary step to tackle the scourge of black money in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from November 8 midnight. In his first […]
TOKYO (TIP): Ahead of 11th India-Japan annual summit in Tokyo today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Japanese Emperor Akihito during which they discussed how the two countries can strengthen cooperation in several fields and speedy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The IMF on Friday said it supports India’s efforts to fight corruption through demonetisation, but noted that the transition needs to be managed “prudently” to minimise any disruption. “We support the measures to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The UK government has agreed to take a second look at the student visa issue as PM Theresa May met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Indian students going to the UK to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India has a lot of hard work ahead of itself to make it to the top 50 countries on the World Bank’s Doing Business list. It was ranked 130 in ranking for 2017 […]
New Delhi: A major UK business delegation to Global Investors Summit in Madhya Pradesh will be led by a British Minister of Indian origin, Alok Sharma, an official statement said on Thursday. Alok Sharma, Foreign […]
This weekend will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his foreign policy team undertake a complex and significant man oeuvre. This comes at a time when relations with Pakistan have discovered a new trough, the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): With just 100 days left in Barack Obama’s presidency, a top American think-tank has suggested the new US president should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi within first 100 days to strongly signal importance […]
Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar is not someone who holds himself back for long. His remarks in Mumbai on the Indian army’s post-Uri surgical strikes yielded several indicators. The government will milk the successful, nil-casualty army […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the weekend in a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (TIP): The Shiv Sena asked the Narendra Modi government on Oct 13 to start constructing the Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, joining other pro-Hindut va leaders in ra king up […]
NEW DELHI: India is steadily stitching up “white shipping” pacts with different countries for reciprocal exchange of information on merchant vessels to bolster its maritime domain awareness (MDA) and tackle threats emanating from the sea. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The army has handed over video evidence of its September 29 surgical strikes on terrorist launchpads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir but the government doesn’t see the need to make them public, two senior […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. He also paid homage to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. Clad in a white kurta and pyjama, Modi paid homage to Father of the Nation by offering […]
In a major deal for India’s private defence industry, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group and Rafale maker Dassault Aviation today announced a joint venture (JV) that will be a “key player” in execution of offset contract […]
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