'Safeguarding borders is a 24x7 exercise'

'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.''It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,'......

From Ayodhya to good governance, BJP manifesto has it all

Contentious issues such as the construction of a RamTemple in Ayodhya, abrogation of Art 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Uniform Civil Code have been included in the......

Significant Indo-Uzbek links ahead: Tayal

Days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's trip to Tashkent, Indian ambassador to Uzbekistan Skand R Tayal explains the importance of the visit to Deputy Managing Editor Ramananda Sengupta.PM in......

'The real farmer doesn't go out to agitate'

'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.' IMAGE: A bus in flames after it was torched by farmers on the Bhopal-Indore highway in Dewas, Madhya......

Foreign trade policy targets $92-bn exports

With India's exports touching $80 billion in 2004-05, government on Friday announced a slew of measures in the new Foreign Trade Policy, aimed at taking the exports to $92 billion in the current......

GST Bill: 10 things to watch out for

The Constitution does not provide for a parallel levy of indirect taxes by the Centre and states, a pre-requisite for the roll-out of goods and services tax in the country. The government......

Will improve trade balance: Wen assures India

India and China took their economic relationship a step forward today, signing a memorandum of understanding on 'Expansion of Trade and Economic Cooperation' and recognising the need for "balanced......

'Thank the Rain God, and not UPA for good growth'

Attacking the United Progressive Alliance government, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said 4.9 per cent economic growth is not because of......