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Justice Chelameswar does not attend court, no breakthrough in sight for SC crisis

The possible reassigning of judge Loya's case not seen as a step towards resolving the crisis between the CJI and the four senior judges.

Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train construction will begin in 2019: Project chief

Achal Khare, MD of new company set up to build and run bullet train, says rest of this year will go in land acquisitions and awarding contracts.

How Chabad House in Mumbai was restored to its original glory before Moshe came visiting

Chabad House in South Mumbai was badly damaged after the 2008 attacks. This is how it was restored to its former glory while retaining its past character. 

Supreme Court breakthrough? Judges order Loya case to be next heard by ‘appropriate bench’

Order by Justices Mishra and Shantanagoudar signals thaw in SC hostilities. Assigning this case to their bench was among the four judges’ concerns with CJI.

To resolve Supreme Court crisis, four judges wait for CJI Dipak Misra to make first move

Sources say issues raised by the four Supreme Court judges cannot be 'settled'. Meanwhile, Prashant Bhushan's CJAR moves court asking for in-house probe.

‘I like soft power, but hard power is usually better,’ Netanyahu tells India and Modi

Israeli PM lauds Narendra Modi for moving India up the ease of doing business rankings, says the future belongs to nations that innovate.

‘Modi govt has timed announcement of ban on Haj subsidy to polarise people’

The decision was taken in November 2017, but Kamal Faruqui says publicising it at this time is an indication that the government wants to ‘polarise’.

India’s youth still want ‘any’ government job, and continue to struggle with maths

A study of over 28,000 youth across the country reveals what youth aspire for, how connected they are and that girls still face many disadvantages.

Number of children studying until class 8 in India doubles, but skills acquired remain low

A report has found that more youth have access to higher education than the last decade, but the skills they're acquiring from school remain low. 

Who tried to influence Lalu sentencing? Not this Muslim IAS officer from UP, says judge

Newspaper reports claimed Mannan Akhtar, DM of judge Shivpal Singh’s home district, tried to get him to go easy on Lalu. Judge has denied these claims.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.