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SubscriberWrites: Looking into the disconnect between real issues & political discourse in India

It is hard to govern such a diverse country if there is constant tension between State & Centre, writes Dhawal Malot.

After row with Centre, AAP govt presents its 9th Budget, dedicates it to ‘clean and modern’ capital

Before the Budget was presented in Assembly, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the work started by jailed ex-minister Manish Sisodia would be carried out with double speed.

‘Uneducated people from top to bottom,’ Kejriwal takes dig at Centre for ‘stopping’ Budget

Speaking at the Delhi Assembly, where the Budget was to be presented Tuesday, Kejriwal said Centre’s move was unconstitutional.

Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Modi requesting him to ‘not stop Delhi’s budget’

Delhi govt's Budget for 2023-24, scheduled for Tuesday, has been put on hold with Kejriwal dispensation and Centre trading charges over allocations under various heads.

Congress chief Kharge slams Centre over inflation, unemployment

Addressing a Bharat Jodo Yatra rally, Kharge said there is rising inflation and unemployment in the country but the government, led by the BJP does not seem to be bothered.

SC directs Centre & RBI to show 2016 demonetisation records, calls decision ‘deeply flawed’

P. Chidambaram had argued that the Union cannot on its own initiate any proposal relating to legal tender which can only be done on the recommendation of the RBI's central board.

Sedition law stays on hold, as SC gives Centre time to review & take ‘appropriate steps’

In May, SC had put the law on hold till the Centre completed its review of the colonial relic & had asked the Union and state governments not to register any fresh case against it.

7.22 lakh out of 22.05 crore applicants got govt jobs since 2014, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said 'employment generation coupled with improving employability' was the priority of the government.

Read full text of historic Supreme Court order putting sedition law on hold

Three-judge bench led by CJI Ramana also asked the Centre and state governments to refrain from filing any FIR under Section 124A (sedition) until its provisions were re-examined.

CAA, CDS, OBCs – Modi govt has perfected the art of creating big bang headlines & dithering

Narendra Modi is arguably the most popular leader. And yet, most of the government’s big bang reforms are seeing no progress.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.