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DANGER OF THE VADRA

Fresh News

April 28, 2012 11:31 AM

India's Long-Term Growth Potential is 8-9 pc: Montek

League Business Desk

Notwithstanding global credit rating agency S&P's lowering India's outlook to 'negative', the country remains bullish and its long-term economic growth potential is 8-9 per cent, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said.

April 28, 2012 11:28 AM

S&P Cuts India's Outlook to Negative, Warns of Downgrade

League Business Desk

Global agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) on Wednesday lowered India's rating outlook to negative and warned of a downgrade in two years if there is no improvement in the fiscal situation and the political climate continues to worsen.

April 28, 2012 11:25 AM

Justice Dalveer Bhandari Elected as ICJ Judge

League India Democracy Desk

After a gap of more than two decades, India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari was on Friday overwhelmingly elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice.

April 28, 2012 11:22 AM

Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman Convicted

League India Politics Desk

A Delhi court will today pronounce the sentence on BJP’s former president Bangaru Laxman in a fake bribery case in 2000.

April 1, 2012 07:51 AM

BRICS nations sign pacts to promote trade in local currency

In an initiative to promote trade in local currencies, the BRICS nations signed two agreements to provide line of credit to business community and decided to examine the possibility of setting up a development bank on lines of multilateral lending agencies.

April 1, 2012 07:34 AM

Maharashtra to raise "tribal battalion" in Naxal area

The Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district would have a 'tribal battalion' to tackle the ultras, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil said today.

Fresh Blogs

V K Saxena

May 5, 2012 01:44 PM

Medha Patkar & Naxalism inter-linkages?

Everyone who argued that the naxal movement in India is an agrarian movement, born out of the rural disparities and denied development have to get his head flushed with fresh blood.

Abhinandan Mishra

May 4, 2012 08:01 PM

Questions Remain

Even though there is a lot of resentment among the common people against the maoist over the abduction of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon but still many feel that this was an incident which could have been avoided had police and the collector himself been more careful.

John MacLithon

April 28, 2012 10:17 AM

The Danger of Robert Vadra

Robert Vadra’s meteoric rise is a significant story in the collection of the most shameful stories of independent India. A nonentity, he has risen to the topmost heights of power and wealth by virtue of blatant nepotism.

K.S. Murali Krishnan

April 20, 2012 08:01 PM

Just Another Politician

An appraisal of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress rule in West Bengal will in fact be an appraisal of Mamata herself for Mamata is Trinamool and Trinamool is Mamata. Mamata was listed in 2012 Time 100 and predicted “to play an even greater role.” Our appraisal ponders over this prophecy.

K.S. Murali Krishnan

April 14, 2012 12:48 PM

On Taxation And Its Proper Exercise

Can revenue generation be the sole driver of taxation as it is today? As things stand at present, it is necessary to revisit the basic tenets that govern tax policies and deliberate on the logic, rationale, and natural justice that should govern taxation. In this context, it is pertinent to study Adam Smith who long ago threw his visionary light on this subject that illuminates our minds even today.

Politics

A Very Bad Day for Congress; Mixed One for BJP

BJP Routs Congress in Goa

It's Congress 32, BJP 31 in Uttarakhand

Mayawati Tenders Resignation

Statesman-like Rahul Owns Responsibility

Governance

Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman Convicted

Justice Dalveer Bhandari Elected as ICJ Judge

EC recommends countermanding J'khand RS polls

Punjab minister gets 5-year jail term in daughter's abduction case

2G: Order on Swamy's plea to prosecute HM put up for 4th Feb

Economy

India's Long-Term Growth Potential is 8-9 pc: Montek

S&P Cuts India's Outlook to Negative, Warns of Downgrade

7,2% GDP Growth Projected for 2012: Pranab

Banks examining options for Air India's debt recast

Montek Singh to make a Statement on Poverty Line Definition

Foreign Affairs

BRICS nations sign pacts to promote trade in local currency

Indian Americans, the third largest Asian community in US

US Senate Vote on Anti-Piracy Bills Pushed Back

Indian-origin Sikh elected Mayor of historic American city

You may Lose an Ally, Pakistan tells the US

Internal Conflicts

Government-ULFA Talks on April 9

Maharashtra to raise "tribal battalion" in Naxal area

Maoist Attack Kills 13 in Jharkhand

As 2G Drowns Government, Andhra Pradesh Sinks Sans Attention

Four People Detained in Agra Hospital Blast Case

Society

Archer Sells Gold Medal to Repair her Mud House

Indian Eves Win Women's Kabbadi World Cup

Polio-free India Now Determined to Eliminate Measles, Tetanus

NHRC to Complete 18 years Next Month; Many States Lagging

14 Dead, 21 Lakh Affected in Monstrous Odisha Floods

In-Depth

Bharatiya Janata Party

Congress Topic Hub

@ Anna Hazare

Talking of Manmohan Singh

Resource

India and US Launch 'Open Government Platform'

The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal launched India’s Open Government Platform (OGPL) here today. Jointly developed by India and the US, OGPL is a software platform which aims to provide enhanced public access to government data and documents, and spur citizen engagement and interface with the Government.


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