Weathering Foreign Policy Storms In 2023

Foreign policy is always a work in progress and ups and downs are built into the foreign policy process.What is permanent is national interest.Hopefully, this year, which will witness general......

Settle border issues for 'legal ties': China to Bhutan

China has asked Bhutan to establish diplomatic ties with it and resolve the boundary issue "as soon as possible" to transform the relations between the two neighbours into "legal form". Bhutanese......

Manipur needs power-sharing pact for communal unity: Bose's grand-nephew

Describing the situation in Manipur as 'tragic', Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand-nephew Prof Sugata Bose called for working out a 'just power-sharing arrangement' in the northeastern state in......

Sittwe Port: India's Move Against China

The project had been gaining strategic relevance over the years as India-China ties took a hit. IMAGE: The maiden cargo of construction material arrives in Sittwe, Myanmar, May 9, 2023.......

Jaitley hopes states will vie for investments

Appreciating efforts of West Bengal to attract investments, the finance minister said the Centre would extend all support to the Trinamool-government to promote industry and boost growth in the......

Why West Bengal is lagging behind other states

For the Bengal government, there is no alternative to revising user charges and also creating a strong industrial base, rues Ashok Lahiri In March 2014, before the Lok Sabha elections, Professors......

Why big infra projects get delayed in India

If there is one area in India that badly needs some, it is the planning and implementation of infrastructure projects, says Barun Roy. Image: Godavari Rail Bridge. Photograph: Courtesy,......

'The people of Bengal support industrialisation'

Six days after the West Bengal police sought to re-establish control in the Nandigram area, 140 km south-west of Kolkata, on March 14, Nirupam Sen, the state's commerce and industry minister, spoke......