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How the Left was lost

In this book, published posthumously, author pulls no punches in detailing the reasons for the "terminal decline" of the Left movement in India

Lunch with BS: Andrew Small

The writer of The China Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics'' talks to Archis Mohan about China's engagement with Taliban and why huge Chinese investment in Pakistan is good news for India

India & Pakistan to revive composite dialogue

Modi to visit Islamabad in 2016

NITI Aayog nod to India-Japan bullet train agreement

The Rs 90,000 crore project is expected to be finalised during Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's three-day visit to India

Hopes for GST rise as Rajya Sabha to debate bill for 4 hrs

Govt agrees to Congress demand for discussion on price rise in both the Houses

Blips aside, govt, Cong confident of sealing GST deal next week

Congress expected to accommodate argument that GST rate cannot be stipulated within constitution amendment itself

PM tracks Chennai floods situation on hourly basis

MPs set aside differences to discuss natural disaster in both Houses of Parliament

BJP asks MPs to show pacifist side

Congress demands discussions on price rise and other issues

GST hopes high at BJP meet

Government likely to offer sweeteners to Congress to make Bill passage easy in the Rajya Sabha

Modi's tea diplomacy stirs hopes on GST

Meets Sonia, Manmohan to end stalemate; both sides to meet again, says Jaitley

Is 'secularism' really being misused?

Tathagata Satpathy, the maverick MP from Odisha, thinks people who want to know the meaning should look up a dictionary

Govt's bargain to Opposition: PM will speak on intolerance, but support reformist Bills

Earlier in the day, Venkaiah Naidu hosted an all party meeting that the PM also attended briefly

Winter session: The ice is unlikely to break

The opposition, while not directly stalling Parliament, will insist all legislation goes to standing committees, delaying implementation

If needed PM will talk to Sonia or Rahul: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Interview with Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs

Ashok Singhal: The man who led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement

The 89-year old VHP leader died at a hospital in Gurgaon; he had been ailing for several months

In coming Parliament session, govt might be less rigid

Indicates willingness to discuss opposition-sponsored motions on 'intolerance'; Jaitley shows willingness to accommodate concerns on GST

Modi's foreign policy push trips in the neighbourhood

The management of relationship with the neighbours cannot be episodic and event-based. India needs to have and promote intensive and sustained engagement of a political kind

BJP fights for minority educational rights in Ireland

Holds a protest march from Dublin's Leinster House to Department of Education to demand 'equality in education'

How Dadri and debate around beef ban is taking a toll on European expats

European expats and diplomats worried about their safety as the political heat over beef consumption rises

Think tank to BJP's rescue on issues of 'beef' and identity politics

The India Foundation will discuss contentious issues plaguing the party at a three-day conclave in Goa