'I am not afraid of BJP. I am not armed with lathi or stone, let them come to me and reply to my questions which they will not'
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wondered why Prime Minister Modi was 'silent' on his 'India First' policy as President Trump talked of 'America First'.
"We have made the red lines clear ... We might have to backout if the NSG countries do not agree," M R Srinivasan, member of the Atomic Energy Commission, told PTI.
The new missile could deliver 2,000 to 3,500 kilograms of payload to any point in the continental US, notes Rajaram Panda.
Dubai Metro is the world's longest fully automated metro network spanning 75 kilometres.
Metro rail services were closed on March 22 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The experts also said China's military 'misadventure' may have been driven in part by President Xi Jinping's attempt to show 'gains somewhere" after the growing global criticism against his country over the origin of COVID-19.
During the course of the intense and complex negotiations between senior commanders of the two armies that ended at 2 am on Wednesday, the Indian delegation also apprised the Chinese PLA about the "red lines" and conveyed that the onus was largely on China to improve the overall situation in the region, the sources said.
How will India respond to an attack which keeps haemorrhaging India but stays below the threshold of tolerance?
Finmin wants higher advance tax from India Inc, interim dividend from PSUs.
The government on Monday said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year will be contained at 4.6 per cent of GDP.
China is in no hurry to disengage at the border and the region and international community is moving on. The spectre of a long haul in Ladakh haunts India, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) authorities on Sunday reiterated that stations located in containment zones, as per the status on the day of journey, will remain closed.
The finance minister's vow to contain the deficit means there will be little room ahead of a tough election to spur growth.
Benchmark indices end at a three week high but Nifty remains shy of 5,600 level.
Expressing concern over the possible use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, the United States warned that such a move would cross a red line. "We closely monitor and we continue to closely monitor Syria's proliferation- sensitive materials and facilities," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held a press conference, during which she cleverly drew the red lines for Pakistan over the NSA-level talks without unilaterally calling off the meeting
'India has ramped up infrastructure on its side, so the Chinese military is finding Indian soldiers in locations where they are not used to seeing an Indian footprint,' points out Harsh V Pant.
Political parties on Wednesday condemned the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistan army with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding that the government clearly draw the redlines in dealing with the neighbouring nation.
The foreign minister acknowledged that he spoke with Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz and India should not make it an issue.
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Asking the international community to draw a "red line" against Iran's support to acts of terrorism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Tehran of jeopardising world peace. "Iran is the biggest exporter of terror in the world. Iran's terror operations are now exposed for all to see," Netanyahu said during a Knesset (Israeli parliament) session, a day after a botched terror attack in Thailand, which Israel believes was meant to target its ambassador.
'We should expect a cold-blooded, transactional relation that requires a lot of engagement and mutual trust to sustain,' says Constantino Xavier, Fellow, foreign policy, Brookings India.
'The Bharat Ratna should have been given a long time ago. Not just to irk the Chinese, but to recognise His Holiness for what he is and how we have benefited immensely from his presence in India.' 'I don't think there's been a better ambassador for India's philosophical and cultural past than the Dalai Lama.'
Sonia Gandhi's prime ministerial ambition for her son has been a major factor in the Congress's internal politics since 2004, points out Amulya Ganguli.
The government is seeking to keep its fiscal deficit within the budgetary target of 4.8 per cent of GDP.
The US president said that the 'horrible' chemical attack, which has now claimed over 85 lives, has changed his attitude towards the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said India had brought its fiscal deficit down more sharply and quickly than any other country, but managing the current account deficit was more complicated because the government had less control of it.
'Every slide in the power point presentation had a graph with years like 2006, 2008, 2010 on the X axis... Most lines seemed to lie inert horizontally and many seemed to dip despondently, except the red line for China which seemed to rise triumphantly in each slide...' B S Prakash attends the World Economic Forum's Latin American version.
The minister further said that those who "peddle falsehood to destroy the institution are not dealt with in an exemplary manner, this trend will only accelerate."
'Indian diplomacy faltered amidst multiple failures of statecraft.' 'The functionaries responsible must be held to account for their abject failure,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Accusing separatists of adopting double standards on dialogue for the resolution of Kashmir issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked them to hold talks with the Centre's interlocutors, saying the panel is not bound by redlines.
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The 34-year-old "Quantico" actress's plain white T-shirt features refugee, immigrant, outsider, traveller arranged one below another but the first three words are struck off with a red line, suggesting that Priyanka is a traveller.
United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended his decision to go for a limited military strike against the Assad regime of Syria arguing that it is the question of credibility of international community.
Baloch leaders have paid a heavy price for supporting PM Modi, an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said.
Before the MCC came into effect, Modi was busy laying stones, cutting ribbons, and unveiling plaques across the country.
Noting that Pakistan has recently arrested only those militants who have crossed the red line set by it, a US-based strategic think tank said that these arrests does not necessarily indicate any kind of shift in Islamabad's strategy.
The only sensible alternative is a regional approach to isolate the jihadis who menace all of South Asia. For this to materialise, the Pakistani State must summon up the will to crack down on and prosecute groups like LeT and their domestic and Afghan collaborators, says Praful Bidwai
The step has been taken to boost tourism in Ladakh and give people a window to appreciate the tough work done by Army jawans and engineers in extreme weather and inhospitable terrains, he said.
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