Modi prefers total control in his hands

'Modi personally provides the higher direction of the ministry and the minister then works with bureaucrats on implementation,' points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: P K Misra, National Security Adviser......

Ajit Doval gets Cabinet rank, to continue as NSA

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Monday reappointed to the post for five more years and given Cabinet rank in the second term of the......

'Air strikes showed India will not tolerate terrorism'

'We could quibble with each other whether there were 25 terrorists killed or 250 killed.''The message is more that India undertook such an aerial attack and this attack has actually changed the......

India's new foreign secretary is a rarity in IFS

Vijay Keshav Gokhale’s tenure as foreign secretary promises to guide India’s external affairs along paths never taken before, says K P Nayar. The elevation of Vijay Keshav Gokhale to......