Needed: Urgent solutions to defend India well!

'While all would agree on the need to be ready to launch cross-border strikes on terror camps, there is sharp disagreement on how best to do it.''Through IAF fighters, or surface-to-surface......

US Congress passes Uyghur bill; China threatens retaliation

IMAGE: A Chinese Uyghur Muslim participates in an anti-China protest. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters The United States Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill seeking a tough response from the......

'Which way is the wind blowing?'

Sir Mark Tully on the magic of Indian elections.A fascinating excerpt from The Great March of Democracy: Seven Decades of India's Elections. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi rides a......

India, Japan and the China threat

'Relations between India and Japan are robust and devoid of either shadow of history or any irritant.''In fact, there is plenty of warmth and goodwill earned over history. There are no negatives......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

US removes Indian carpets from restricted list

Observing that use of forced child labour has been significantly reduced in the production of carpets in India, the United States has removed the industry from its mandatory child labour free......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

PMO's policy thrust areas for ministries

In consultation with various ministries of the Union Government and based on the commitments made in the National Common Minimum Programme, the Prime Minister's Office has prepared a comprehensive......