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Uri attack: PM Modi may deliver strong message to Pakistan today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to break his silence on the government’s response to the terror attack on an army base in Jammu and Kashmir when he speaks at a public rally in the Kerala town on Saturday.

PM may deliver strong message to Pak today

PM Modi may speak on govt response to Uri attack at Kerala rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to break his silence on the government’s response to the terror attack on an army base in Jammu and Kashmir when he speaks at a public rally in the Kerala town on Saturday.

When at sea, the BJP goes to the sea

There is something intrinsically binding between Modi and the Arabian Sea

BJP’s Kerala huddle set to shape govt’s foreign policy

Top BJP leaders gather in Kozhikode, may redraw national security policy

The BJP national council, the apex decision-making body of the ruling party, will brainstorm over India’s response to the terror attack on the army base in Uri.

What next? Here’s how India can respond to the Uri terror attack

The attack on an army base in Uri will push India-Pakistan relations that are already under strain from a similar strike on an airbase in Punjab earlier this year. New Delhi is under pressure to respond robustly. Here are the options before India.

Sharif’s transformation from dove to hawk keeps India guessing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced flak from opposition parties for what they term as his “flip-flop” policy vis-a-vis Pakistan. But sources in the foreign policy establishment here said on Thursday that it was Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s sudden metamorphosis from a dove to a hawk that has imperiled the resumption of bilateral talks.

No talks with separatists as government hardens stance

Centre hardens stance, will not hold talks with Kashmir separatists

The hardening of the NDA government’s stance is based on assessment that the current unrest in the Valley is “quite different” from those in the past as it has “excessive religious dimensions” and its objective is to establish “a theocratic state”.

National security, PoK figure in Kashmir all-party meeting

There can be no compromise on national security, but leaders have to win the confidence of the people in Jammu and Kashmir, said Prime Minister Modi after an all-party meeting to discuss the unrest in the Valley.

View | For honest politics: Why our MPs deserve to be paid better salaries

Lawmakers cutting across party lines are doing the rounds in Parliament to build a political consensus on a revision of their salaries.

Cong-BJP bonhomie a landmark in House

Plain politics: Why BJP and Congress got working together in Parliament

The monsoon session is turning out to be a watershed because the BJP, for once, is acting like the ruling party. And the Congress, for a change, is thinking beyond being the perpetual opposition party.

Why Rupani is BJP’s chosen one: Equations behind the Gujarat gambit

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) decision to choose Vijay Rupani, a non-Patidar leader, to replace Anandiben Patel as the Gujarat chief minister took many by surprise on Friday.

‘My leader slapped me’: Expelled AIADMK MP breaks down in Rajya Sabha

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa expelled MP Sasikala Pushpa from the AIADMK on Monday, apparently prompting the Rajya Sabha member to claim in Parliament that she had been “slapped” by her “leader” and that her life was under threat.

Guj model may dent BJP’s prospects in poll-bound states

Gujarat model may dent BJP’s prospects in other poll-bound states

Agitations in Gujarat over the flogging of four Dalits for skinning a cow have compounded the problems of CM Anandiben Patel who is already on a shaky ground.

In poll season, Modi govt gears up for best shot at reforms push

The monsoon session of Parliament that starts Monday arguably is the Modi government’s best chance to give a decisive push to its economic reforms agenda.

Sonia asked ‘does PM Rao want to send me to jail’: Congress leader in book

Congress president Sonia Gandhi was angry with Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in 1992 when his government decided to appeal against the Delhi high court’s decision to quash a police complaint in the Bofors gun case, says senior party leader Margaret Alva.

Shot in the arm for ‘isolated’ Congress

Raj Babbar for UP raj: Has the Congress run out of ideas in the state?

With this strategy in place, a UP Congress worker had better believe in what party vice-president Rahul Gandhi once said: that if India is a computer, the Congress is its default programme.

Reshuffle exposes BJP’s lack of bench strength

Centre moves to raise minimum wage for workers

Centre moves to raise minimum wage for workers, labour unions unimpressed

Soon, you may have to shell out more to hire a sweeper or a security guard.

Rail budget must be done away with? Prabhu agrees

Rail budget must be done away with? Prabhu agrees

“In the long term interest of the Railways, it’s always a good idea to have a consolidated Union Budget,” Prabhu told HT when asked about his stance on the NITI Aayog’s note to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which recommended that a separate Rail Budget should be dispensed with as it has become only a mechanism to announce popular measures.

Ajit Jogi’s departure from Cong indicates fraying nerves in party

Ajit Jogi’s departure from Congress indicates fraying nerves in party

It’s not easy to be a Congressman these days, more so if it’s someone like Ajit Jogi.

All hits and few misses at NDA’s 2nd year gala event