Page 4 - Modi 2.0

How will Modi's New India look?

PM Modi claimed in Paris recently that the "New India" he is ushering in, will target graft, nepotism, loot of public resources, and terrorism like never before. Only history will judge his claims

Economic growth problem: It's time now for Modi-II to undo the damage

Aiming for unachievable growth rates would compound past errors. The economy has to lower its sights, and do some hard thinking about how to come out of the present hole, writes T N Ninan

PM Modi holds marathon talks with Prez Macron to boost strategic relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday held marathon one-on-one meeting during which they reviewed the entire gamut of the dynamic and multi-faceted relationship to further boost the strategic partnership. Ahead of the meeting, Modi said the talks will add to the ground covered during previous interactions with the French leadership. The two leaders held "more than 90-minute long one-on-one meeting reviewing the entire gamut of our dynamic & multifaceted relationship," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. "Our strategic partnership is a very important pillar of our foreign policy," he added. The one-on-one interaction was followed by the delegation-level talks. In his departure statement, the prime minister had said his visit to France reflects the strong strategic partnership which the two countries deeply value and share. "India and France have excellent bilateral ties, which are reinforced by a shared vision to ...

Dialogue to boost ties with time-tested friends: Modi on his 3-nation trip

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France, the UAE, and Bahrain

Shah Faesal taken to makeshift detention center in Srinagar's Centaur Hotel

During preliminary questioning, Faesal said he was taking a connecting flight to London from Istanbul, officials said

Differences should not become disputes: Jaishankar tells China on Kashmir

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a crucial three-day visit to China

Eyeing the girls of J&K

A BJP MLA from Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, declared that party workers were feeling excited because they could go and marry Kashmiri girls

Chill wind in the Valley

No major protests or encounters took place and travel to the Mughal gardens and monuments in provincial districts of Anantnag and Baramulla was unhindered

Celebrations, silences in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh after Article 370 repeal

The diktat led my grandmother to declare that she would now leave her house in Old Jammu to her four granddaughters

Railways, CIL in talks over 538-km eastern freight corridor stretch

The railways is expected to float a tender by October

Three contradictions that hobble Modi govt's response to economic slowdown

The Modi regime wants a bigger role for the government but it does not have the comfort of having enough financial resources

J&K turmoil: Ex-CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah under house arrest

Congress leader Usman Majid and CPI(M) MLA M Y Tarigami claimed they were arrested on Sunday night as Kashmir remained on edge with authorities stepping up security deployment. However, no official confirmation was immediately available. Police officials said former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti would not be allowed to move out of house as strict curfew would be imposed in Kashmir at the crack of dawn amid heightened terror threat and flare up of hostilities with Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC). Sources said that the former CMs have been detained at their respective house. National Conference leader Abdullah tweeted, "I believe I'm being placed under house arrest from midnight tonight & the process has already started for other mainstream leaders. No way of knowing if this is true but if it is then I'll see all of you on the other side of whatever is in store." "To the people of Kashmir, we don't know what is in store for us but I am a firm believer ...

Srinagar-Delhi flights: Air India, IndiGo slash rates after security alert

On Friday, the Indian Army, citing intelligence inputs, had said Pakistan-based terrorists were planning to target the ongoing Amarnath Yatra

Why fix something that is not broken?

The government's decision to amend the Right to Information Act doesn't make sense; it also creates suspicion about the actual motives

Domestic, foreign insurers big gainers under PMFBY; pool mechanism on cards

In the last six seasons, close to Rs 5,000 crore has flown to the books of foreign reinsurers, as overall claim ratio has been just around 77%

What Wall Street could learn from India's new tax on share buybacks

India this month imposed a levy on its companies' share purchases

After transfer, S C Garg seeks voluntary retirement from government

Move comes a day after Garg was transferred from the finance ministry to the power ministry; Atanu Chakraborty had been named as the new economic affairs secretary

Modi govt looks set to implement a new strategy in Jammu and Kashmir

Force against the militants appears to be increasingly accompanied by attempts to promote a new leadership in the Kashmir valley

Budget 2019: Full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill tabled in LS

Here is the full text of the memorandum of the finance bill tabled in Lok Sabha

After Modi's $5 trillion vision, Yogi targets $1 trillion GSDP for UP

CM Adityanath exhorts UP's biz community, traders for helping achieve the target