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Mumbai gets nearly Rs 4,000-cr plan to decongest metro station areas ahead of state polls

A Rs 3,849.38-crore plan has been approved, last month, to improve areas within a 500-metre periphery of every Metro station proposed or under construction.

Fiery speeches gone, Adityanath gets down to creating a ‘Yogi brand’ of governance in UP

Since the Lok Sabha polls, Yogi Adityanath’s fiery rhetoric has gone missing. Instead, he’s been holding departmental review meetings and pulling up officials.

PM Modi promises massive development to J&K, says will get chance to elect own leaders

In his address to the nation, PM Narendra Modi defended his govt's decision to revoke Article 370, saying it gave nothing but separatism, corruption and family rule.

Kejriwal launches free Wi-Fi across Delhi, fulfils 2015 promise only months ahead of polls

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a total of 11,000 Wi-Fi hotspots providing free internet will come up across the city over the next three months.

Explained: This is what Modi govt has done to scrap Article 370, 35A in Jammu & Kashmir

Article 370 has not been scrapped yet. Monday’s developments just set the ball rolling on its eventual abrogation.

Modi govt scraps Article 370, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be Union Territories

President Ram Nath Kovind signs order after Home Minister Amit Shah moves resolution in Rajya Sabha to scrap Article 370.

Union Cabinet meets at PM Modi’s residence amid rising tensions in Kashmir

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad were the first to reach Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence for the meeting.

Of 89 secretaries in Modi govt, there are just 3 STs, 1 Dalit and no OBCs

Minister Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha that higher entry age of SC/ST/OBCs meant they retired before their batches came up for central govt secretary posts.

Mehbooba Mufti issued notice by Anti-Corruption Bureau over J&K Bank appointments

The notice asks former CM Mehbooba Mufti to clarify whether she endorsed the recommendations made by some ministers in the PDP-BJP govt for appointments in J&K Bank.

Anand Kumar’s ‘Super 30’ is the inspiration, Fadnavis starts ‘Super 50’ for tribal students

Maharashtra government ties up with IITians Pace to coach a class of 50 bright tribal students to appear for engineering and medical entrance tests.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?