Nitin Sethi And Archis Mohan

Stories by Nitin Sethi And Archis Mohan

Nitish, Rahul may back Akhilesh in UP polls if he breaks away

Nitish, Rahul may back Akhilesh in UP polls if he breaks away

Rediff.com   24 Oct 2016

The Bihar CM and Rahul, through their emissaries, have been in touch to shape an alliance with the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP faction as its head.

Modi's 'mothership of terror' remark at BRICS changes nothing for Pakistan

Modi's 'mothership of terror' remark at BRICS changes nothing for Pakistan

Rediff.com   18 Oct 2016

The Goa declaration didn't refer to Pakistan-based terrorist groups or cross-border terrorism.

Why it is difficult to predict Punjab polls this time

Why it is difficult to predict Punjab polls this time

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2016

Even as there is a strong anti-incumbency mood in Punjab, the multi-cornered contest has made the 2017 assembly polls prediction more difficult.

Situation in India's banking sector is not grim at all: K V Kamath

Situation in India's banking sector is not grim at all: K V Kamath

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2016

Several factors seem to have corrected in India in the past six months, says the president of New Development Bank.

Despite India's objection, Pak's climate change project gets approval at GCF

Despite India's objection, Pak's climate change project gets approval at GCF

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2016

India tried to block the project at the fund's board meeting in South Korea, but later agreed to approve it with new condition, reports Nitin Sethi.

UP polls: BJP banks on surgical strikes rhetoric to boost prospects

UP polls: BJP banks on surgical strikes rhetoric to boost prospects

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2016

The rallies will be used to drill home the message of the "political will" that Modi government has shown to launch 'surgical strikes' against Pakistan-based terrorists.

Military action doesn't guarantee poll gains

Military action doesn't guarantee poll gains

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2016

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar wants the Modi government and BJP to reap the profit of the surgical strikes. But electoral history suggests a political party's ability to exploit military successes for poll gains has a mixed record.

Left, right coming together on GM, PSU land sale

Left, right coming together on GM, PSU land sale

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2016

BMS, BKS and SJM are trying to forge common cause with outfits on the other side of the ideological divide over the government's policies they are not in agreement with.

BJP hopes to ride high on nationalist plank in poll bound UP

BJP hopes to ride high on nationalist plank in poll bound UP

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2016

The party also expects opposition parties to help its agenda by raising the issue of making the video footage of surgical strikes public.

India reaches out to Lanka, to host PM Wickremsinghe on 3-day visit

India reaches out to Lanka, to host PM Wickremsinghe on 3-day visit

Rediff.com   4 Oct 2016

The meeting comes as India continues its attempts to isolate Pakistan in the South Asian region after the attack on its army camp in Uri.

SAARC summit could be postponed, hints Pakistan

SAARC summit could be postponed, hints Pakistan

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2016

The development comes after four of the eight member states -- India, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh -- decided to pull out.

PMO shifts to Kerala for 48 hours

PMO shifts to Kerala for 48 hours

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2016

After terror attack, Mumbai red alert, a large posse of officials to fly down with PM, reports Archis Mohan.

This river linking project may cut India's tiger habitats

This river linking project may cut India's tiger habitats

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2016

100 square kilometre of Panna Tiger Reserve could go under water, writes Nitin Sethi.

Isolating Pakistan... It's happening

Isolating Pakistan... It's happening

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2016

New Delhi has reached out to neighbours like seldom before while singling Islamabad for criticism at international forums.

Why Lamka won't bury its dead

Why Lamka won't bury its dead

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2016

The church bells don't toll in Churachandpur any more. The hill district in Manipur has been in mourning for more than a year.

PM Modi's world outreach

PM Modi's world outreach

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2016

Ministers will travel to different countries across the world, mostly where no ministerial visits have taken place in the last 20 to 25 years, to establish 'sampark' (contact) and 'samvad' (communication).

BJP readies for 2019, eyes 115 seats in 6 states

BJP readies for 2019, eyes 115 seats in 6 states

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2016

The seats identified are from Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Northeast.

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2016

The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.

'Do you want the poor to pay even to shit?'

'Do you want the poor to pay even to shit?'

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2016

'We cannot let this country be a place where the poor pay to shit.' 'That is inhuman and unacceptable.'

Draft promises changes in forest and wildlife laws but nothing official about it, yet

Draft promises changes in forest and wildlife laws but nothing official about it, yet

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2016

The proposed changes, as per the draft, could continue some of the existing conflict between wildlife protection regulations with the implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006, which gives rights to tribals in all kinds of traditional forest lands -- including the wildlife zones, such as national parks. The new proposed law, just as the original one from 1972, does not explicitly recognise these rights in all wildlife areas.