Jyoti Malhotra
The Indian Express
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Three countries, a nuclear deal and a ‘clerical error’
How Israel presentation led to US statement on Iran nuclear programme, and why it was rephrased. → Read More
Three countries, a nuclear deal and a ‘clerical error’
How Israel presentation led to US statement on Iran nuclear programme, and why it was rephrased. → Read More
In Pakistan jail with blood disorder, Madhya Pradesh youth set to return home
A patient of sickle cell anaemia, a blood disorder that requires regular blood transfusion to stay alive, 21-year-old Jetindaera will be taken from Malir jail in Karachi to Wagah border, Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad told The Indian Express. → Read More
Supreme Court collegium decision final, anything else malafide, says Fali Nariman
Fali Nariman indicated that the current impasse over the appointment of a judge may be linked to the government “still smarting” under the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the parliament’s decision to vote in favour of the NJAC which sought to control the appointment of judges. → Read More
The PM’s Trail: Modi skips some questions abroad, finally gives some answers at home
Within hours of landing in Delhi, the PM got his cabinet to clear the death penalty for child rapists. He was demonstrating that he was capable of dealing with criticism, head-on, and would not allow the Opposition an easy walkover. → Read More
Fali Nariman on Opposition move to impeach CJI Dipak Misra: A horribly black day in SC history
Nariman pointed out that the charges brought by the Congress-led Opposition were not in line with what the four most senior judges — Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Kurian Joseph and Madan Lokur —stated in their press conference on January 12. → Read More
Banking sector not in good shape, needs to be overhauled: Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh said that the government must give “firm indication that wrongdoers will not be allowed to get away”. → Read More
Manmohan Singh on Kathua, Unnao rape cases: ‘PM Narendra Modi should follow own advice to me, speak more often’
Manmohan Singh said that Narendra Modi’s failure to speak up earlier had allowed people to think that they could get away without stern action being taken against them. “I do feel that those in authority must speak up in time (so as) to give a lead to their followers,” he said. → Read More
Lump it, wait until CJI Dipak Misra retires: Fali Nariman advice on row in SC
On the next Chief Justice, senior jurist Fali Nariman said: “Of course, it will be Justice (Ranjan) Gogoi. I don’t think the government will be so foolish so as not to appoint him.” → Read More
Kathua, Unnao cases: PM Modi knows he can’t afford what Delhi gangrape did to UPA II
The PM knows the Delhi gangrape in 2012 drove another nail into the coffin of the UPA – he knows he can’t afford to have the same done to him and the party, in this last year before national polls in 2019. → Read More
PM Modi gives BJP karyakartas lessons on how to win elections
The key message from the PM’s 43-minute phone conversation with BJP workers this week was that the party is not responsible for the Parliament washout in which Rs 169.5 crores are said to have been lost. → Read More
If China builds your dams, India won’t buy energy: PM Narendra Modi to tell KP Oli
One particular dam project, the $2.5-billion Budhi Gandaki project, on a river by the same name in central-western Nepal, is increasingly becoming the centrepiece of this tug-of-war between Delhi and Beijing. → Read More
Soft hands and hard bargaining: What to watch in Modi-Oli meeting
Nepal PM in India: On Saturday, after their talks in Hyderabad House, KP Sharma Oli and Narendra Modi will push a button to virtually lay the foundation stone of the 900 MW Arun III hydroelectric project that the Sutlej Jal Vikas Nigam will build at a cost of $ 1.5 billion. → Read More
Winning the neighbourhood
New Delhi seems to have realised its mistakes in dealing with its neighbours. It is willing to sweat behind the scenes to gain ground ceded to China. → Read More
The PM’s Trail: Your Yoga Guru, Narendra Modi, coming to a video near you
The prime minister’s meeting this week with 111-year-old Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji is certainly in line with the deep devotion the BJP’s top leaders also manifest when closely contested elections, like those in Karnataka, are around the corner. → Read More
Why is Lobsang Sangay calling for Dalai Lama to return to Tibet?
The remarks by the Tibetan prime minister-in-exile grist to speculation that the distance between the government in New Delhi and the Dalai Lama’s people is growing. → Read More
Krishna-Rukmini bind Gujarat with North-East
@narendramodi retweets the Madhavpur Mela event in Gujarat, which celebrates the union of Krishna of Gujarat with Rukmini of Arunachal Pradesh, and which earlier this week turned into an occasion to take potshots at China. → Read More
Stepping back from Maldives, India tells China
“The days when India believed that South Asia was its primary sphere of influence and that it could prevent other powers, such as China, from expanding its own clout are long gone,” a senior government official told The Indian Express. → Read More
An expert explains: ‘China’s India anxiety is inseparable from its deep Pakistan ties’
The author of a new book on the covert action arm of the ISI, Steve Coll tells The Indian Express about the Chinese role in Afghanistan-Pakistan, and the American strategy in the region. → Read More
India reaches out, invites Pakistan Minister for WTO talks in Delhi
The invitation to Malik comes in the wake of the late-December secret back-channel negotiations between the two national security advisors, Ajit Doval and Nasser Janjua. → Read More