Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured innocents of no harassment as he told country’s top Police officers not to arrest anyone on basis of allegation of radicalisation unless solid proof is available. Singh also said that genuine NGOs are free to carry out development works but warned that those organisations which allegedly indulge in anti-national activities will not be spared. This was conveyed by Singh at the concluding day of […]

This week will be decisive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s audacious experiment in tackling tax evasion and corruption in India. Two weeks ago he gave the world’s seventh biggest economy four hours notice that he was going to cancel 86% of its cash – $220bn (£176bn) in total. But on Friday the Supreme Court warned that unless something changes – and quickly – there could be riots on the streets. […]

The most recent conflict between India and Pakistan is said to be spiraling out of control with acts of violence on both sides of the disputed border said to be escalating to incredibly dangerous levels. It has been reported that soldiers from the Indian Army have launched a full-scale assault on several Pakistani posts across the Line of Control. The areas which are said to have been targeted are Poonch, […]

The implementation of ambitious demonetisation process declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is beginning to receive its due criticism. Pune resident Anil Bokil and his think-tank – ArthaKranti Pratishthan – who are credited to have and inspired the move, are not happy with the way it is being implemented by the government. Now, when the country has been forced to queue up outside banks and mostly defunct ATMs, Bokil blames […]

We, Indian are very optimist. We usually hope a lot even when we know that nothing such sort thing going to happen. I remember an interesting joke which is relevant here. A man bought ticket for the same movie more than 50 times and after a particular time, he used to leave the Theatre. An amused Theatre employee asked him “what is speciality in this movie, why you leave after […]

Post-demonetisation of high-value currency notes in India, Nepal Premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal `Prachanda` rang up Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an arrangement whereby Nepal residents holding a huge stock of the now-banned high denomination Indian rupee notes could swap them for legal tender. Local media in Nepal, too, had a field day following the Prachanda-Modi telephonic conversation earlier this week, alleging that the Maoist leader had more than Rs 1 […]

“I have asked for 50 days. It’s been just 10 days . the banks will infuse this money in the markets” The country will emerge victorious after the Centre’s demonetisation decision that was a “test by fire”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. “As I said on the very first day when I announced the decision, it is a time-consuming process. It will cause inconvenience and a little hardship […]

Pakistan on Friday described as “ambiguous” India’s ‘No First Use’ policy on nuclear weapons and said it cannot be a substitute for verifiable arms control and restraint measures, days Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar questioned the doctrine. “Pakistan believes the ambiguous ‘No First Use’ Declaration is not verifiable and amounts to nothing. It can’t be a substitute for verifiable arms control and restraint measures proposed by Pakistan’s standing offer of Strategic […]

Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal made a double bore attack on the government on Thursday, warning that there will be intense protests and unrest if it does not withdraw its ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. They also visited the Reserve Bank of India to check on the progress of printing new notes, Mr Kejriwal said. “Take back this decision in three days… Don’t test people’s patience. Otherwise, there […]

‘Ghar mein shaadi hai, paise nahin hai…’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an event in Japan a day after announcing ‘demonetisation.’ So, what happens when there is a wedding at home and there is no money at home? If you are G Janardhan Reddy, you invite thousands of people, spend several crores, publicly display your opulence and laugh at the shaadi-but-no-money joke. And, if you are Jagdeesh Pawar, 50, […]