When farmers cultivate crops — or more often when they can’t — politicians cultivate farmers. Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal (Secular) is doing this with a dash... Read more
The government announces MSPs for most crops, but state agencies mainly buy limited quantities of staples at those prices, restricting benefits of higher prices to only around 7 percent of f... Read more
I do not hold any brief for Indira Gandhi as far her decision to impose emergency is concerned. There is no doubt that emergency period will be recorded as a black chapter in the democratic... Read more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has one again stressed that his country may leave the 2015 nuclear deal if the remaining parties to the agreement fail to secure Tehran’s rights. Rouha... Read more
Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday claimed that the bureacrats in the state have refused to follow its orders despite the Supreme Court’s judgement the previous day on the scope... Read more
Congress chief and local MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday held a ‘janta darbar’ during which he listened to the problems of the people of his constituency. Rahul, who is on a two-day... Read more
Amid the pressure to stay true to JD(S)’ poll promise, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday — in his maiden budget — announced farm loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore, while... Read more
On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the imposition of Governor’s rule, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that peace and stability could be brought to the state thr... Read more
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is finding it difficult to keep her flock together with three MLAs openly revolting and five more expressing interest in an alternate coalition. The criticism trigge... Read more
Most state leaders would avoid saying “no” to President Donald Trump in a room full of reporters. But Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte isn’t like most leaders. Rutte, a libe... Read more
