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Why are our neighbours wary?

Blackmail on one side and bullying on the other doesn't make for a constructive partnership, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Sheikh Hasina's intriguing comment the other day that India should make an......

26/11 response: NSA Menon wanted LeT HQ in Muridke targeted, but...

India would have responded differently to "Pakistan-sponsored" Mumbai terror attacks had there been a different "mix of people" at the helm, according to former foreign secretary and national......

The notorious Memons of Mumbai behind the '93 blasts

Though Yakub Abdul Razak Memon became the sole accused to get capital punishment for the 1993 Bombay serial blasts, some other members of the Memon clan had also been figured as accused in the case......

Modi and the VHP will be shocked to read this

The Sangh Parivar forgets that not only is there no scriptural prohibition, venerable authorities in India held beef as both a desirable and an essential food, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Narendra......

The anomaly of a secular Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina should draw a veil over the nation's blood-soaked past, moderate her quest for justice and resolve the dilemma of the Bengali and Muslim identities, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Begum......

Jaitley's gift: A 'Rs 200 crore statue' Budget!

There was a lot of hope abroad that Mr Jaitley's first Budget would be known as the 'Rollback Retrospective', says Devangshu Datta. Landmark budgets, good or bad, are associated with buzzwords, or......

India Inc sends independent directors back to school

With a perceived shortage of capable independent directors, in the backdrop of the new Companies Bill, corporate giants are encouraging initiatives from organisations to train executives in this......

Experts share their view on the Budget

It is surprising to see that there is no direct focus being given to the IT industry in the budget this year.World over, this decade is defined as a decade of information technology driven......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

'GST should have been implemented long ago'

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee marginally raised the Income Tax exemption limit, abolished Fringe Benefit Tax and Commodity Transaction Tax and announced some schemes to benefit the aam......

How Pragg, 12, became India's youngest Grandmaster

'It was a big relief to get it out of the way. Now he can concentrate on future progress.'Devangshu Datta reports from Chennai. IMAGE: Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali. Photograph: A Ganesh......

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Why are our neighbours wary?

26/11 response: NSA Menon wanted LeT HQ in Muridke targeted, but...

The notorious Memons of Mumbai behind the '93 blasts

Modi and the VHP will be shocked to read this

The anomaly of a secular Bangladesh

Jaitley's gift: A 'Rs 200 crore statue' Budget!

India Inc sends independent directors back to school

Experts share their view on the Budget

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

'GST should have been implemented long ago'

How Pragg, 12, became India's youngest Grandmaster

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