In his longest ever Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort in the national capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for manufacturing products for the global markets......
In a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said some people are openly speaking the language of urban naxals and asserted that those who......
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the date of Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya should be celebrated as "Pratishtha Dwadashi", as the "true independence" of Bharat, which......
The real risk is that the core assumption -- that the votes for a candidate sponsored by an alliance will at least equal the sum total of its parts -- proves to be facile, observes T N Ninan.......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said India is in a unique position of being optimistic and positive about its future growth when the global economy is struggling with the twin......
In the aftermath of a controversial affidavit by the Planning Commission in the Supreme Court, it is useful to remind its authors of the premise of the first Human Development Report of 1990 that......
With just two words -- Garibi Hatao -- Indira Gandhi changed the fate of the 1971 elections. In those heady days of socialism this slogan coined by the Congress party in the run-up to the......
Politics needs shorthand for effective communication. The Congress battle-cry of 1971, "Garibi hatao" (Remove poverty), is perhaps an all-time winner as a political slogan. But the policies that......
One of the earliest professions of mankind, and the most necessary for survival, agriculture however has been getting the short end ever since Lal Bahadur Shastri's 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' was......
Girija Vyas, the new minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation, tells Kavita Chowdhury on her new responsibilities. Edited excerpts: What are your priorities for this ministry? My aim will......