FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

'Respond decisively' to any Indian 'aggression': Khan to Pak army

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday authorised the military to 'respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure' by India, amidst heightened tensions between......

Will the Naga Accord now become a reality?

With a BJP-backed government taking charge in Kohima, the prospects of the Naga Accord becoming a swift reality are considered bright.Long before the Government of India appointed interlocutors to......

Biplab Deb takes oath as Tripura CM, Modi assures all help to the state

Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday took oath as the chief minister of the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in Tripura, ending the 25-year rule of the Left Front, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Poverty: Politics should interact with policy

In the three decades of its existence, Council of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific has contributed immensely to the implementation of the outcome of the......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......