Centre cut funds for Chhattisgarh's anti-Maoist ops, says minister

State Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said that in 2013-14, the state had received Rs 50 crore for police modernisation from the Centre. The allocation has come down to Rs 20 crore right now. IMAGE:......

Was This The Right Time For Agnipath?

'Given the possibility that our unstable northern and western borders may become 'live' at short notice, any major systemic change which impacts combat effectiveness should be brought about in a......

Why Was Agnipath Introduced Suddenly?

Nobody bothered to articulate the upsides; instead, the four-year tour of duty and denial of life-long pensions got played up.Job-seekers for government and related opportunities found that their......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Rural spending has skyrocketed but defence hit badly

Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue. Till May, defence spend was nearly 30 per cent less than the previous......

3 factors robbing the cream off dairy farmers' lives

Cheap milk prices, rising fodder cost and the difficulties in buying new cattle and selling old ones on account of cow vigilantism have cast a triple shadow on this sunshine sector in Indian......

States demand more money from Centre ahead of Budget

We should work in unison to boost growth: FM Even as the Centre harped on devolving higher share of funds to states following the recommendations of the 14th finance commission, the latter......

Soon, a single emergency number

India is set to have a single response number for emergencies such as fire, ambulance and police calls, on the lines of the ‘911’ emergency number in the US and ‘112’ across......