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I have never been silent: Anna Hazare before latest innings in Delhi

The anti-corruption crusader will begin an indefinite hunger strike on 23 March, asking for the implementation of Lokpal and raising farmers’ issues.

Modi govt wants good ties with SAARC nations, but won’t pay for employees to vacation there

The proposal was introduced in 2015 to boost tourism and cooperation, and subsequently economic development, in the region.

Revised rehab policy for militants puts PDP, BJP on warpath again

The bone of contention is the Rs 6 lakh grant outlined for militants who surrender.

Modi’s Digital India still takes two years to process his foreign travel bills

Air India is broke, but the Modi government still owes it Rs 325 crore for the PM’s foreign visits between November 2016 and February 2018.Air India is broke, but the Modi government still owes it Rs 325 crore for the PM’s foreign visits between November 2016 and February 2018.

In run-up to 2019, Sharad Pawar wants to be the conductor for opposition harmony

For someone once touted as a PM candidate, this might be the last roll of the dice for 77-year-old Pawar in terms of being politically important in New Delhi.

Pak polio vaccination faces social media protest, Australian woman on cleanliness mission

Pakistan is one of the three countries besides Afghanistan and Nigeria where endemic transmission of wild polio virus still continues.

Now Facebook faces flak in India, from RSS chief and Modi government

The Cambridge Analytica controversy spawned several top trends on Twitter where many users also echoed the viral call to “#deletefacebook”.

All eleven sentenced to life imprisonment in Jharkhand beef-lynching case

The twelfth accused, a juvenile, is yet to face action, but the prosecution has sought his trial as an adult.

Phulpur and Gorakhpur defeats worry UP BJP, efforts on to bring Dalits back for 2019

Yogi govt asks bureaucrats to take stock of whether benefits of central and state schemes have reached Dalits, will plan further outreach.

Does Cambridge Analytica have links with Congress & Rahul Gandhi, asks Ravi Shankar Prasad

The minister for Information Technology also said any attempts to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will not be tolerated. 

On Camera

Anil Kapoor and the rise of angry Dalit-Bahujan hero

Bollywood shows Dalit-Bahujan characters as helpless victims. Recent film ‘Subedaar’ is an act of resistance.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.