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VIZHINJAM PORT PROJECT: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOP0MENT

GOVT. IN A FIX OVER ADANI   By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government is on the horns of a…

JANATA PARIVAR LOSES THE SEMI FINAL IN BIHAR

NITISH’S ELECTORAL TASKS BECOME TOUGHER   By Arun Srivastava   The symbol of good governance (shushan), the chief minister of Bihar,…

CHINESE HANDLING OF MARKET CRASH RAISES QUESTIONS

RENMINBI WILL TAKE MORE TIME AS RESERVE CURRENCY   By Anjan Roy   Whoever might have lost out in the weird…

AMIT SHAH WORRIED AT BIHAR POLL PROSPECTS

“MISSION BIHAR” FACES MANY HURDLES   By Arun Srivastava   BJP chief Amit Shah’s “Mission Bihar” primarily focused on demolish Bihar…

PUNJAB’S BIGGEST CASH-FOR-JOBS SCAM

RAVI SIDHU WAS THE MAIN CULPRIT   By B.K. Chum   Over the past nearly three decades, some of India’s Constitutional…

KALYAN SINGH IS WRONG ON “ADHINAYAKA”

TAGORE CLARIFIED THE SONG MANY TIMES   By Sugato Hazra   When Swami Vivekananda was touring North India, a group of…

CONGRESS IS NOW UPBEAT TO FIGHT BJP OVER SCAMS

INFIGHTING IN SAFFRON CAMP CONTRIBUTES TO CRISIS   By Kalyani Shankar   The Congress Party is in a belligerent mood trying…

INDIA STEADY AMID FRESH BOUTS OF MARKET TURMOILS

MID-YEAR OUTLOOK SHOWS GLOBAL GROWTH SLOWING   By S. Sethuraman   Global financial markets turned turbulent in the first week of…

SMRITI IRANI RANKED AS PERFORMER IN LOWEST CATEGORY

By Nora Chopra The HRD Minister Smriti Irani is the only minister who has got the lowest grade in the report…

RJD SUPREMO’S SOCIALIST SHAM EXPOSED

LALU FOREGOES LOHIA FOR PROGENY POLITICS   By Arun Srivastava   Lalu Prasad might have been swearing by the socialist legacy…

CENTRE’S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY FLAWED

BIAS TOWARDS HINDI SHOWS ARTIFICIAL HIKE   By Garga Chatterjee   Hindi in Devanagari script is the official language of the…

STAGE SET FOR RENEGOTIATING GREECE BAIL-OUT PACKAGE

TROIKA HAS TO GIVE UP ITS RIGID STANCE ON AUSTERITY   By Nitya Chakraborty   The Greek people have given their…

Iran super tankers eye western waters

|TAP Staff| Iran’s oil biggest shipping company has amassed the world’s largest fleet of super tankers and is in talks to…

SPECTRE OF HIGH CORRUPTION RETURNS TO HAUNT BJP

MODI IS STILL SILENT ON CHOUHAN, SWARAJ & RAJE   By Harihar Swarup   The BJP’s problems are getting worse day…

INDIAN MARKET IS MOST ATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGNERS

MODI GOVERNMENT’S BUSINESS POLICIES PAYING DIVIDENDS   By K.R. Sudhaman   It is no surprise that India is now ranked at…

SEVENTH BRICS SUMMIT: RUSSIA, CHINA TO CHALLENGE US DOMINATION

NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK TO HELP EMERGING ECONOMIES   By S. Sethuraman   Russia hosts a landmark summit of the five-nation BRICS…

MONSOON SESSION COULD BE A WASHOUT

OPPOSITION LIKELY TO STONEWALL HOUSE   By Kalyani Shankar   The combined Opposition proposes to target the Modi government in the…

Aruvikkara By-Election Result

A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR CONGRESS AND UDF   MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR CPI(M) AND LDF   By P. Sreekumaran…

MODI NEEDS TO GET TO GRIPS WITH REALITY

OBDURACY TO WRECK HIS REFORM AGENDA   By S. Sethuraman   The Modi Government heading into its second year, sees some…

AGNI-V ADDS A STING TO INDIA’S DETERRENCE

COUNTRY’S STRATEGIC CAPABILITY GETS A BIG BOOST   By Prakash Chandra   The recent launch of India’s first intercontinental ballistic missile…

REIGN OF CRIMINAL TERROR PLAGUES WEST BENGAL

MAMATA BANERJEE AT HELM OF GOONDA RAJ   By Ashis Biswas   In West Bengal, the law and order situation has…

Dubai World closer to debt deal

State-owned conglomerate Dubai World edged closer to a second major restructuring in four years on Monday after announcing it had reached…

Dubai Investments in AED400m acquisitions

Dubai Investments is close to finalising two acquisitions worth a combined 400 million dirhams ($109 million), it said in a statement…

Oil’s next price target $45

DEFEATED CONGRESS IN DEPRESSION AND DISARRAY

By Nantoo Banerjee War is not all about attack. History has shown that tactical retreat as a war strategy had succeeded…

CPI, CPI(M) MUST AVOID WAR OF WORDS

By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An unfortunate upshot of the ongoing bar bribery scam battering the ruling United Democratic Front Government…

SUBRAMANIAN PANEL SUGGESTS OVERHAUL OF GREEN LAWS

NEW DELHI: The T S R Subramanian committee, constituted about three months ago to review laws related to environment and forest…