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3 years on, Modi remains people’s PM but key issues remain unaddressed: Survey

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political capital has largely remained intact even though his government has not done enough to create jobs, check inflation, improve healthcare and prevent crime against women and children.

3 years on, Modi remains people’s PM but key issues remain unaddressed: Survey

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political capital has largely remained intact even though his government has not done enough to create jobs, check inflation, improve healthcare and prevent crime against women and children.

FDI rules in food retail may be changed to allow sale of some FMCG products

After approving 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in food processing, the Centre is preparing to further relax rules to allow foreign retailers and e-commerce companies to sell consumer products made in India.

Prolonged Kashmir unrest might impact GST roll-out in militancy-hit state

Political wrangling over the unrest in Kashmir might cast a shadow on the planned roll out of GST in the trouble-torn state from July 1

Shivpal’s exit from Samajwadi Party will be good news for Akhilesh and UP

A new SP under Akhilesh Yadav could fill the vacuum of politics left by BJP’s demolition of its rivals, and play a constructive role as an opposition party to hold the Adityanath government accountable for its words

Wall of valour welcome, but Modi govt might serve country better by focusing on education

The proposed ‘walls of valour’ in universities and other educational institutes depicting portraits of warriors have the potential to turn the debate in campuses on patriotism -- and not on whether our education system has been able to respond to ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’, or ‘Skill India’ visions.

Too many shops, stores could hit emergency evacuation at Delhi airport: Panel

The report also deprecated “the complicity” of the civil aviation ministry, pointing out that the advice of security agencies is being overlooked for commercial interests.

MCD election results 2017: Victim politics, more than Modi factor, brings Kejriwal and AAP down | Opinion

Arvind Kejriwal must stop being a whining chief minister, always playing the victim card to gain public sympathy. He will do better by concentrating on welfare schemes and tackling various problems afflicting the capital

RBI accepted govt’s demonetisation proposal because of fake notes menace

RBI said that a study conducted by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, on statistical estimation of counterfeit notes indicated that FICN in circulation was approximately Rs 400 crore and around Rs 70 crore was being pumped into the system annually.

Babri demolition case: Blow to Advani, but BJP stands to gain from SC order

The Supreme Court has revived the criminal conspiracy charge against BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and nine others in the Babri mosque demolition case.

Eat what you order: Modi government to fix portions of food served in hotels

Instructions to be applicable to standard hotels and not dhabas that usually serve thalis.

Signs of PM Modi’s governance model in Yogi Adityanath’s first week as UP CM

Yogi Adityanath appears to have borrowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s style of governance, evident from the Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s decisions in his first week in office

After assembly election victories, how long can Hindutva hold the fort for BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s username in Uttar Pradesh was ‘development’ but his password was ‘Hindutva’, claim his political adversaries who are yet to come to terms with the BJP’s unprecedented electoral success in the country’s most populous state.

Muslims will get representation in UP govt: Venkaiah Naidu after BJP’s win

The BJP got an unprecedented mandate on Saturday in India’s most populous and politically crucial state, winning 312 seats in the 403-member assembly.

UP elections: Results show changing hues of India’s political canvas

Saturday’s poll verdict painted Uttar Pradesh, the country’s biggest state, in saffron hue. The changing colours and shades on the country’s political canvas over the past 20 years (on the right) is a story of India on the move: from being a nation that was self-contented with its historical, cultural and political legacy to one that is on a quest for new glories.

From BJP wins in UP, Uttarakhand to Congress surge in Punjab: Five highlights

Riding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charismatic campaign, the BJP registered the biggest-ever victory by any political party in Uttar Pradesh since Indira Gandhi led the Congress to 309 seats in 1980 before the state was divided. In doing so the saffron outfit replicated its landslide victory in the 2014 national polls.

Modi emerges heartland’s new Shah as BJP wins big in UP, Uttarakhand

Assembly elections 2017: Modi new Shah of heartland as BJP wins big in UP, Uttarakhand

The Bharatiya Janata Party captured stunning election victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday, a personal triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could ensure his party’s near-domination of politics in India.

UP elections: Demonetisation pays off, Modi govt expected to step up reforms

Riding ‘Brand Modi’, BJP set to storm to power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand

Winning the politically crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, will boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances of getting a second term in the national elections in 2019. .

Assembly elections 2017: Count on it, results will be a verdict on Narendra Modi govt

Counting of cotes from the month-long elections in five states begin on Saturday morning, results of which will determine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ability to pursue tough economic reforms yet remain populist, and also see opposition parties forge new alliances at the national level.

Assembly elections 2017: 5 reasons why BJP will prefer Congress over AAP in Punjab

Exit polls have predicted a decimation of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine in Punjab. They forecast a neck-and-neck contest between the Congress and the Aam Admi Party (AAP) to gain a majority in the assembly.

Assembly elections 2017: Exit polls say BJP ahead in UP, Goa; Congress and AAP neck-and-neck in Punjab

The BJP could emerge as the single-largest party in four of five states that voted to elect new assemblies over the past month, including Uttar Pradesh, exit polls predicted on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh will test the limits of Moditva

Its impact was not quite pronounced in the first three phases of elections for 209 of the total 403 seats. Only a sweeping effect in the remaining phases can give the BJP the numbers to form the government in UP after a gap of 14 years

DU debate could add fuel to BJP’s nationalistic narrative in Uttar Pradesh

The controversy over Delhi University student and army martyr’s daughter Gurmehar Kaur’s stand that it was not Pakistan but war that killed her father is likely to feed into the BJP’s nationalistic narrative that the party is seeking to build in poll-bound eastern Uttar Pradesh.

UP election: Road mishap digs potholes in Akhilesh’s ‘kaam bolta hai’ narrative

An accident, where a lorry laden with hay crushed a Dalit boy to death on February 18, threatens to tip over a politician’s fortunes this poll season

UP election: Why Congress-SP alliance is giving BJP the jitters in Modi’s home turf Varanasi

The throng of ministers underscores the BJP’s desperation to prove a point in the five assembly segments, and three more in Varanasi district, within Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency.

Hindutva terror cases will be ‘made to collapse’ by government, says Chidambaram

All terror cases involving right-wing Hindutva groups will be “made to collapse” in courts as the NDA government is using investigation agencies to advance its “political objective”, former home minister P Chidambaram has said.

Chidambaram says economy will take 18 months to recover from demonetisation

In an interview,P Chidambaram questions the rationale of the government’s decision to recall high-value notes and says that it will take at least 18 months for the economy to recover from the “devastation” of demonetisation.

During Rajan tenure, RBI said demonetisation was ‘not a wise move’: Chidambaram

In an interview with Hindustan Times on Tuesday, he said the central bank, then headed by Raghuram Rajan, had sent a five-page note to the PMO, saying that demonetisation was “not a wise move”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however, announced the decision on November 8 last year.