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Sheila Dikshit, the 78-year-old picked as the Congress' presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today that Akhilesh Yadav, as "a young person" would be more suitable to head the government if her party allies with him, a prospect seen as work-in-progress in the changing political landscape of India's most populous state.

The biggest tax reform in decades - the national Goods and Services Tax or GST - has been thoroughly jeopardized by the centre's abrupt demonetization drive, said Amit Mitra today. As the Finance Minister of West Bengal, Mr Mitra is on the GST Council, which is drafting the rate and scope of the tax.

India has a "new normal" in dealing with Pakistan, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to NDTV today, declaring that Delhi's changed policy makes it clear that if Pakistan kills Indians, it will "pay a cost for it".

If she's elected president, Hillary Clinton may need to do some plain-speaking with Pakistan much sooner than she had bargained for.

Cyrus Mistry's surprise removal as Chairman of the Tata Group was rooted in a mismatch of values between him and Ratan Tata, his 78-year-old predecessor, according to Harish Salve, a long-time legal adviser to the $100 billion group.

The special op forces who crossed the Line of Control for surgical strikes on Wednesday night returned "with not one scratch," top army forces have told NDTV, denying Pakstani media reports that eight soldiers were killed in the raids in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and one was captured alive. Only one soldier has "minor injuries" from stepping on a m...

Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu has lashed out at pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, saying he has "violated the tenets of Kashmiri culture" by slamming his doors in the face of visiting lawmakers from Delhi who tried to meet him on Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has invited separatist group the Hurriyat Conference for talks as an all-party delegation heads to the state for a two-day visit today. The letter however has been sent not in her capacity as the chief minister but as party president of the ruling PDP.

The centre is forming a new team to start a dialogue in Kashmir through informal channels and help resolve the crisis that has crippled the state for 50 days now, sources have told NDTV.

Tamil author Perumal Murugan, who was hounded and threatened into silence for over a year for his book "One Part Woman" or Madhorubhagan, is back with a collection of 200 poems - A Coward's Song.

The Congress is ready to talk to Navjot Singh Sidhu and, sources said, is willing to offer the star-cricketer-turned-politician somewhat more as joining bonus than the Aam Aadmi Party.

Mr Kishor has said that unlike the politicians he is surrounded by, Uttar Pradesh will not define his role in 2019. "If I lose Uttar Pradesh, as everyone says I will, the game is over for me. And if I win...what could be a bigger result than that? Even a general election will not be the same as winning UP," he has reportedly concluded.

For a spell when the sky darkened, it appeared the rain would play party pooper, but then the clouds loosened their hold on the sky and Sonia Gandhi, standing through the sunroof in a white Mercedes SUV, kept waving to crowds as her convoy pulled through the streets of Varanasi.

What should concern all of us much more is that one of the leading names of Indian media believes in censorship, wants to gag free expression, kill nuance, distort the truth and send journalists to jail. Like I said - and I stand by it - thank you, Mr Goswami for disparaging my journalism. Because a compliment from you would be a deep insult.

As a strong woman who could have been a trailblazer for equality, you, sadly, more than let down the side.

Sheila Dikshit, the 78-year-old picked as the Congress' presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today that Akhilesh Yadav, as "a young person" would be more suitable to head the government if her party allies with him, a prospect seen as work-in-progress in the changing political landscape of India's most populous state.

The biggest tax reform in decades - the national Goods and Services Tax or GST - has been thoroughly jeopardized by the centre's abrupt demonetization drive, said Amit Mitra today. As the Finance Minister of West Bengal, Mr Mitra is on the GST Council, which is drafting the rate and scope of the tax.

India has a "new normal" in dealing with Pakistan, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to NDTV today, declaring that Delhi's changed policy makes it clear that if Pakistan kills Indians, it will "pay a cost for it".

If she's elected president, Hillary Clinton may need to do some plain-speaking with Pakistan much sooner than she had bargained for.

Cyrus Mistry's surprise removal as Chairman of the Tata Group was rooted in a mismatch of values between him and Ratan Tata, his 78-year-old predecessor, according to Harish Salve, a long-time legal adviser to the $100 billion group.

The special op forces who crossed the Line of Control for surgical strikes on Wednesday night returned "with not one scratch," top army forces have told NDTV, denying Pakstani media reports that eight soldiers were killed in the raids in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and one was captured alive. Only one soldier has "minor injuries" from stepping on a m...

Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu has lashed out at pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, saying he has "violated the tenets of Kashmiri culture" by slamming his doors in the face of visiting lawmakers from Delhi who tried to meet him on Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has invited separatist group the Hurriyat Conference for talks as an all-party delegation heads to the state for a two-day visit today. The letter however has been sent not in her capacity as the chief minister but as party president of the ruling PDP.

The centre is forming a new team to start a dialogue in Kashmir through informal channels and help resolve the crisis that has crippled the state for 50 days now, sources have told NDTV.

Tamil author Perumal Murugan, who was hounded and threatened into silence for over a year for his book "One Part Woman" or Madhorubhagan, is back with a collection of 200 poems - A Coward's Song.

The Congress is ready to talk to Navjot Singh Sidhu and, sources said, is willing to offer the star-cricketer-turned-politician somewhat more as joining bonus than the Aam Aadmi Party.

Mr Kishor has said that unlike the politicians he is surrounded by, Uttar Pradesh will not define his role in 2019. "If I lose Uttar Pradesh, as everyone says I will, the game is over for me. And if I win...what could be a bigger result than that? Even a general election will not be the same as winning UP," he has reportedly concluded.

For a spell when the sky darkened, it appeared the rain would play party pooper, but then the clouds loosened their hold on the sky and Sonia Gandhi, standing through the sunroof in a white Mercedes SUV, kept waving to crowds as her convoy pulled through the streets of Varanasi.

What should concern all of us much more is that one of the leading names of Indian media believes in censorship, wants to gag free expression, kill nuance, distort the truth and send journalists to jail. Like I said - and I stand by it - thank you, Mr Goswami for disparaging my journalism. Because a compliment from you would be a deep insult.

As a strong woman who could have been a trailblazer for equality, you, sadly, more than let down the side.