Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday demanded that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government publish a 'White Paper' on rising prices of essential commodities that crippled lives of the middle class and the poor in the country.
The licence permit raj has morphed into a system which is just as crippling.
'The Emergency showed the Congress'level of commitment to democracy, freedom of the press and all the other attributes regarded as imperative for a sound democracy,' says L K Advani in a special feature to mark the 35th anniversary of the Emergency.
A punitive majoritarian State can make an example of individuals who raise their voice in criticism of the prime minister and divisive politics, warns Sunil Sethi.
It seems that realisation has dawned, at last, in New Delhi that the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir has become a national crisis. The government is waking up to connect to the state, which is under the wave of violence, notes Sheela Bhatt.
Rain-induced flash floods crippled life on Wednesday for the second time in the past four days.
Journalist Nikhil Wagle, who has been receiving threats from the Sanatan Sanstha, has rejected the security cover offered to him by the Maharashtra government.
New Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, who held separate talks with both sides, said the judgement was good news for passengers.
With its debt running into an estimated $22 billion, JAL's management formally decide to begin bankruptcy proceedings, making the company the biggest failure outside the financial sector since World War II, Kyodo news agency reported.
After 11 days of strike that crippled the state machinery in Jammu and Kashmir, two government employee unions on Wednesday called off the stir as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah assured them to fulfil their demands within three months.
'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag on the PLA, since Pakistan is in no position to wage a war with India,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Few proposals included in the Finance Bill would not help ease liquidity concerns in the economy, say RBI officials.
On Saturday, the young guns showed no signs of breaking the stranglehold of the three men who collectively own 50 Grand Slam titles and also split the season's first three majors.
The separatists have extended the shutdown programme till September 16.
Ambulance operators were refusing to carry patients due to fear of harassment.
A section of Andhra Pradesh government employees, who temporarily suspended their over two month-long strike against division of the state, returned to work on Friday.
Life in Mumbai was thrown out of gear as trains on the western and central lines of the suburban railway network were hit on Tuesday.
India will mark its 63rd birthday on August 15 this year. Today, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is on its way to becoming a considerable force on the global stage.
In just the last quarter, the airline's market share has fallen from 17.8 per cent to 16.9 per cent.
China has supported its 'all-weather' ally Pakistan's right to use nuclear energy for "peaceful purposes" to overcome its crippling power shortage, a spokesman of President Asif Ali Zardari said today.
'The COVID-19 pandemic must push the military into a long-term reconsideration of its primary challenges.' 'There must be greater emphasis on humanitarian aid and disaster relief including the management of contagious illnesses and impending crises caused by climate change,' notes Ajai Shukla.
One year after shaking off a crippling foot injury to claim a stunning US Open victory, Sloane Stephens said her follow-up season felt just as good as the American prepares to play in next week's WTA Finals for the first time.
'George Fernandes will always be remembered in history as the man who successfully called the railway strike.'
The strike called by the medical college teachers association in Kerala has crippled the functioning of the government medical colleges, with patients not receiving any kind of treatment, even in the outpatient department of the hospitals.In Thiruvananthapuram, a leading cardiologist who is a professor of the Government Medical College in the city has started private practice at his home, as the strike gives him ample time for private consultations throughout the day.
Trump announcing his decision said it was Pelosi's "prerogative" to suggest a later date.
Revamping Indian Railways will need bold thinking, and lots of money and time. And all three may be scarce, points out T N Ninan.
Pune-based Bajaj Auto, the country's second biggest two-wheeler maker, reported a four-fold increase in net profit at Rs 528.65 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, over the same quarter last year. Net profit in the year-ago quarter was Rs 130.21 crore, after the company reported a slump in sales following the economic turmoil that crippled demand.
At the meeting the Sharif said that all concerned ministries should ensure 'seamless coordination' to ensure steady supply of petrol in all parts of the country.
'Few athletes are ever able to win his admiration; he mostly relegates them to the status of worthless imbeciles,' says Dhruv Munjal.
An independent Task Force on Friday asked the G-20 nations to recognise publicly that the flow of illicit money out of poor countries, facilitated by the global shadow financial system, cripples the ability of these countries to work their way out of poverty.
The agitation, which saw almost 400 pilots affiliated to NAG going on sick leave protesting dismissal of their colleagues and saw cancellation of 280 flights on Saturday, is expected to end soon with the pilots poised to resuming duty almost immediately.
It's been a rough year for Hindi cinema, crippled by a producers-versus-multiplex strike that took out a major chunk of Fridays, leaving us all with lesser to watch.
Advani now needs to play the role of an elder statesman and steer the fortunes of his troubled party, writes Vivek Gumaste.
The ET report said that many workers from Meerut who were working in Dubai in some tile production units, were shocked to receive SMSes stating that their contracts had been terminated and they need not return to Dubai.
General Soleimani headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force and also served as Iran's pointman on Iraq.
'By the time the goods that were sent from December onwards reached stores in Europe, they became dead inventory as the stores there were closed by then.' 'Those that were in the warehouse there also became dead inventory. Those that reached the ports there also became dead inventory.' 'And what Tirupur produced in March is still here, and they have also become dead inventory.'
Protests following the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday crippled retail businesses in and around Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country
Australia crushed West Indies by eight wickets in the second ODI in Adelaide on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the five game series.
Nandan Nilekani is stepping down to take up a bigger cause -- heading a government project to provide a unique identity to each of India's citizens. S Gopalakrishnan, the CEO and MD of Infosys and a co-founder of the company, tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra what Nilekani's exit means for the company.
The past year has seen a rising incidence of labour strife in India, with strikes at Hyundai, Mahindra, Nestle, banks and oil companies.
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