Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the Indian government was 'little over-cautious' on the Tibet issue but the Tibetan refugees in India enjoyed sympathy of the government and the public. "I have always looked at India from a holistic view. They are a little over-cautious. But that is understandable," he said.
The 80-odd projects completed till now are already valued at Rs 14,000 crore.
Shah said before the Yogi Adityanath dispensation assumed office, Uttar Pradesh was known for 'goonda raj' and bad law and order. '...Yogi government has established rule of law,' he said.
On day 8 of the strike in protest against the punishment in connection with the event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, five students withdrew from the protest citing deteriorating health conditions.
The FIFA's inspection team on Wednesday sounded fairly satisfied over the progress at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, one of the venues for the Under-17 World Cup, but urged authorities to speed up work on core areas like competition and training sites.
Former ABVP member Pradeep Narwal, who resigned from the party earlier this week, has appealed to PM Modi to ensure "security" and "respect" to all the university students.
The protesting students clashed with cops after were they stopped at the varsity gate and prevented from carrying out their march.
Underutilisation of funds worth Rs 1,400 crore (Rs 14 billion) sanctioned under the Jawarharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), uncertainty on the proposed Rs 300-crore (Rs 3 billion) ring road for Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad and the re-carpeting of Pune airport runway adversely impacting air traffic.
The BJP's message is that the past must be reinvented as creatively as imagination allows, states Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
'I can easily say that BJP should not have joined hands with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir. If you are totally against terrorism, then you have to be sincere in that'
If Kejriwal wins the Delhi election, then most regional parties will copy Kejriwal's do's and don'ts of jugaad to win an election against the Modi-Shah juggernaut, reports Sheela Bhatt.
The former union home and finance minister also alleged that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government would not have taken the bold decision had Jammu and Kashmir been a "Hindu-dominated" state.
Article 35-A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in the state.
In its sway over national politics now, the Modi-Shah BJP is what the Congress was under Indira Gandhi. Why would they indulge coalition partners, their greed and egos now, asks Shekhar Gupta.
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Can the leaky public distribution system, or PDS, deliver the subsidised grain to two-thirds of the population?
The bench will be headed by Justice N V Ramana and also comprise Justices S K Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
Shah said nobody can stop him from introducing a resolution on Kashmir in Parliament.
'My heart weeps for Vajpayee, the prince among poets, the king among politicians and the emperor among statesmen,' says Sudhir Bisht.
JNPT, the country's largest container port, would soon move into congestion if cargo does not get lifted by importers in the next few days.
At the core of the issue is the national capital's unique status of a Union Territory that is administered by both the Centre and the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Government offices located in New Delhi's central area, including North Block and South Block, will be closed from 2 pm on Thursday till 9:30 am on Friday in connection with the 'Run for Unity' to be flagged off by Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
Small gestures from Indira gave Sonia the confidence that she could be a daughter-in-law in the distinguished family.
Irani attacked Rahul Gandhi on his home turf on the food park issue, charging that he was more interested in protecting the interests of a business house.
Mr Tata said a letter had arrived in his office from a young woman who had applied for the graduate engineering programme of TELCO Pune and been turned down. 'I wouldn't interfere with your selection process, Maira,' he said. 'However, I am calling you because this lady says that her rejection letter says that though she is very well qualified for the programme, TELCO Pune cannot select her because she is a woman.' 'Why are you discriminating against women?' he asked. A must read excerpt from Arun Maira's The Learning Factory: How The Leaders Of Tata Became Nation Builders.
The action came after the students and teachers staged protests demanding action against Ratan to ensure safety of women on the campus and send out a strong message of intolerance towards such incidents.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday repealed the three-decade-old Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act (ULCRA) at its Assembly session in Nagpur. The repeal, done after months of delay and debate, could free up as much as 500 hectares (1,234 acres) of land available for development, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said.
Rarely have we seen such intoxication over power, which ignores the cries of those dying, notes Jyoti Punwani.
The pattern of economic growth in India is lop-sided, leaving a vast section of the society vulnerable, says an economist from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Transcript of the chat on China by Srikanth Kondapalli.
From his economist mother to politicians and academia -- all hailed Banerjee's achievement.
UP accounted for 14.7 per cent of all registered crimes against women in 2019. The state also recorded the highest number of cases against Dalit women.
The vice chancellor praised the valour of the Indian soldiers in the Kargil War and expressed his profound gratitude to the Indian Army.
'The virus has been ahead of us till now, and we have been chasing the virus.' 'It is time we have to be a step ahead of the virus, and this is possible only by checking the oxygen level.'
Athletes, support staff and mediamen continued to go through harrowing times for the second consecutive day in Guwahati.
From the kind of food to the art which will be displayed at the museum, historian Pushpesh Pant shares his vision.
It is the first time that the JMI has been placed among the top 10 universities in the (HRD) Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings.
The high octane campaign marked by vitriolic attacks and counter-attacks by political leaders and use of derogatory language and objectionable remarks that forced the Election Commission to step in ended at 6 pm.
Noted historian Bipin Chandra died on Saturday at his residence here after prolonged illness. He was 86.
'Ambedkar's ideas have their own teeth -- if you don't have an appetite for them, you can't swallow them.'
The state government will soon appoint consultants to prepare the feasibility report for the project.
