State funding can provide a level playing field, says former PM There is a need to discuss state funding for elections at a time when a single party has access to 90% of the election funds, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday at the birth centenary celebrations of …
Read More »Paradise in peril: Western tourists give a wide berth to Kashmir after Pulwama
Major nations continue to advise their citizens against travelling to the Valley; against 13 lakh tourists in 2016, the first six months of 2019 recorded just 3.54 lakh Even five months after the Pulwama attack, major Western countries continue to advise their citizens against travelling to the Kashmir Valley, affecting …
Read More »Third accident at the same spot leaves residents shocked
Kin of deceased struggle hard to identify bodies Twisted metal parts of the white bus were scattered all over the ground near the drain where it landed upside down after hitting the safety railing between the carriageways on the Yamuna Expressway on Monday. Local residents said that it was the …
Read More »Two world cups, different hopes
Cricket never takes a break from news in Sri Lanka. Invariably, the game retains headline space all through the year — be it the “big matches” played by high school boys, which is an annual carnival here, or international cricket and the many shades of opinion on it. Last week, …
Read More »Rupee weakening not a concern, says Sanyal
Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry Sanjeev Sanyal on Wednesday sought to allay concerns over the falling rupee against the U.S. dollar, saying India should not get too swayed by a single bilateral exchange rate. “If you take any broad based basket, you will see that the rupee is …
Read More »‘He shared Nehru’s vision of India’
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee stood among the tallest leaders of modern India, his successor as Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said in an interview. Dr. Singh said both he and Mr. Vajpayee carried forward each other’s policies on economic liberalisation and ties with the U.S. and Pakistan. Excerpts: …
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