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Inter-state council rejigged, Amit Shah is standing committee chief

The inter-state council, which works to promote and support cooperative federalism in the country, has been reconstituted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as chairman and chief ministers of all...

Inter-State Council meet: PM to interact with CMs on July 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet chief ministers on July 16 to discuss a host of issues, including inter-state relations, internal security and atrocities on SC and STs. Convened...

PM Modi adopts consensus mantra at Inter-State Council meet

Asserting that India cannot ignore what is happening across the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said terrorism should be put down with an iron hand keeping politics aside in the...

Rajya Sabha faces backlog of 19 bills, oldest dates back to 1992

As many as 19 government bills remain pending in the Rajya Sabha, with the oldest, pertaining to population control, dating back to 1992. IMAGE: While the bills pending in the Lok Sabha lapse when...

Pakistan using terrorism as state policy against India since 1947: Report

A document detailing major terror attacks orchestrated from across the border between 1947 and 2025 was released on Wednesday by NatSrat, a think tank, to coincide with the 17th anniversary of the...

'No Politics When It Comes To The Country's Finances'

'Each state is unique, but when it comes to finance, the fundamentals cannot be different.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the launch of the NITI NCAER States Economic Forum portal...

Modi Must Fix His Problems With The States

Given the many policy areas where the Centre and the states have not been seeing eye to eye in the last few years, it is time the Modi government convenes a meeting of the Inter-State Council,...

What CII wants Modi 3.0 govt to do to boost growth

Industry body CII on Thursday made a case for pushing reforms in sectors like land, labour, and agriculture by the Modi 3.0 government to accelerate economic growth, which is estimated to be around...

GST council clears draft compensation bill

Inching towards rolling out of GST, the GST Council on Saturday approved a law to compensate states for any loss of revenue from the implementation of the new national sales tax but deferred...

It's fiscal! Centre-state ties to undergo drastic change

There will be a dramatic alteration in the role the Centre and the states will play to shape India’s fiscal and economic destiny, report Nitin Sethi and Ishan Bakshi. Illustration:...

When Women In Blue Stayed At NRI Homes During Tours!

'Once we had Mandira Bedi, who shot a commercial for a famous diamond brand. The entire endorsement money that she got, she gave it to the WCAI and we arranged for air tickets for India's tour of...

USA is starting to embrace cricket

'USA Cricket continues its instrumental work in supporting our national players and equipping youth and local communities with the tools they need to succeed in this sport.' IMAGE: USA's stand-in...

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