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‘If India has to grow faster, States have to grow faster’

Half the States are growing at less than 6%, says the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM

K.C. Venugopal, AICC general secretary./ File photo

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Delhi rally is start of a movement against BJP, says party general secretary K.C. Venugopal

Varghese K George

Interview | Rathin Roy Interview

Structural policies needed for 7-plus % growth, says Rathin Roy

Puja Mehra The slowdown is an outcome of supply-side constraints, says the economist

Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong. File

Regional disputes should be resolved through dialogue and consultation: Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong

Suhasini Haidar Over the past year, the two sides have actively implemented the important consensus between the two leaders, upgraded and improved the quality of China-India relations, says Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong

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Dialogue for me is recognition of the serious: Rowan Williams

‘The Tamils are coming on board'

‘We need cost-effective, wide-reaching innovations'

For an agreement, respecting Indian concerns

One verdict, many questions

‘It has been a difficult journey'

Best hope for Palestine: a 'legitimacy war'

Richard Falk, the United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-occupied Territories of Palestine, is sceptical whether the negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, guided by the U.S., would produce results, unless the Hamas is taken on board and Israel returns to the pre-1967 position. The best hope for Palestinians is a 'legitimacy war' similar to the campaign that undermined the apartheid government in South Africa, says the Professor Emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University. Excerpts from an interview he gave C. Gouridasan Nair in Thiruvananthapuram, while there for a conference on climate change:

‘India should engage in aggressive oil diplomacy'

Interview with Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister and Rajya Sabha member.

‘Learn non-violence or face non-existence'

Martin Luther King IIIspoke to Meena Menon of racism, non- violence, and his optimism for the future

‘We are going through a profound revolution'

Interview with Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian.

‘Women need to reach out to form partnerships across sectors'

Interview with Alyse Nelson, CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership.

Afghanistan: ‘The state of women's rights is still a concern’

Interview with Dr. Massouda Jalal, former Afghan Minister for Women's Affairs.

‘In the event of a nuclear incident, victims must get prompt compensation'

Interview with Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.

‘U.K., U.S. must share blame for Pakistan's ambivalence on terror'

Interview with Farzana Shaikh, Associate Fellow of Chatham House and author of Making Sense of Pakistan.

“I find the subject fascinating…”

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand on the upcoming simultaneous matches he is to play with mathematicians and his interest in the subject.

Media hype and the reality of “new” India

Poverty in at least eight States — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — was worse than in some of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

I am open to all ideas to end the violence: Omar Abdullah

‘It isn't as if Srinagar has been handed over to the army; we've only asked for it to stand by and demonstrate its presence.'

‘It was not a case, it was a tragedy': Nariman

‘The only thing the government has done correctly — it should have been done 14 or 15 years before — is to increase the compensation, if they genuinely believe that the victims have not got their amount.'

Google's Eric Schmidt believes smart phones will empower the poor

Chief executive of the search giant, Eric Schmidt, has no doubts that Google has been instrumental in a generational shift in democratising

‘Pakistan, India can solve water issues with goodwill'

There is definite water stress in our region so we should work for better water management, conservation and preservation, says Pakistan's top Indus Waters official.

For friendship across the border

Pakistani businessman Aziz Memon on the need to improve India-Pakistan relations.

“Parliament must be persuaded to permit polygraph, brain mapping”

Interview with Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ashwani Kumar

‘I am no friend of any operator’

A. Raja defends his Ministry's actions and wards off charges that 2G spectrum auctions caused losses to the exchequer.

“I don't think corruption is a major threat to the judiciary”

Interview with Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan.

“The world acknowledges our fight against terrorism”

Interview with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Iran and nuclear concerns

Interview with Dr. Ali Bagheri, Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

Blake: LeT is a threat to U.S., to India, and potentially to Pakistan

We will continue to urge our friends in Pakistan to deal with this.

Transcript of interview of Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia

Two questions on economics and trade, firstly, several Indian ministers, including Sachin Pilot and more recently Mallikarjun Kharge, have made

Indian art goes global

There is a strong demand for new art from young and established Indian artists alike, says Peter Sumner, Indian art specialist at Phillips de Pury.

Edited text of 12,262-word response by Azad, Spokesperson, Central Committee, CPI (Maoist)

In an exclusive >interview to The Hindu, Azad, spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), answers in writing questions on his party’s

A ceasefire will create conducive atmosphere for talks: Azad

In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Azad, Spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), answers in writing questions on his party's attitude to dialogue with the Union government.

BJP's focus is on development, socio-economic reform, and nationalism: Nitin Gadkari

‘We feel that we should have Ram Mandir. This is the issue of our asmita. We will not deviate from it.'

‘All Lives Have Equal Value'

Melinda Gates: ‘Bill and I care about keeping all kids alive and that really is our focus.'

‘It was a remarkable experience protecting academic integrity from political attacks'

Professor Krishna Kumar on his five-year tenure as director, NCERT.

‘Writing and writing is my happiness’

Orhan Pamuk speaks to Nirmala Lakshman on ‘The Museum of Innocence’ and his other novels, his Turkishness, and his exploration of the human condition.

‘Writing and writing is my happiness’

Orhan Pamuk speaks to Nirmala Lakshman on The Museum of Innocence and his other novels, his Turkishness, and his exploration of the human condition.

Pitching for composite dialogue

Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani spoke to CNN-IBN ’s deputy foreign affairs editor Suhasini Haidar in Islamabad on Wednesday. Here are edited excerpts. Full text of the interview is linked here.

‘Crime fiction is about social inequality’

Ian Rankin in conversation with Prakash Karat about the Rebus novels, new trends in crime fiction writing, politics in India, and more. Full interview linked here.

A billion acts of green for Earth Day

The Earth Day Network’s campaign is about fast forwarding green economics, green jobs, and industrial infrastructure

‘We have not violated any procedure in the matter of Justice Dinakaran’

"I requested the government to conduct an enquiry and convey the findings to me, says the Chief Justice of India." In a special interview to The Hindu in New Delhi on January 9, he spoke on a wide range of issues relating to the judiciary

Bhopal disaster ‘a civilisational mismatch’

While the Centre intends to uproot naxalism through the controversial Operation Green Hunt, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has a

“We have to save the nation’s wealth from the mining mafia”

The present Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were helpless or powerless before the Reddy brothers, says N. Chandrababu Naidu.

It was a challenge all the way, says Anil Kakodkar

Anil Kakodkar , Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is retiring on November 30 after a 45-year career in the DAE. In this context, he spoke to The Hindu in his office in Mumbai on November 23. Excerpts:

‘I absolutely believe that scientists should be paid more than they are currently’

If Dr. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year with two others for mapping ribosomes at the atomic level, could

‘Iran hopes President Obama can deliver on his promises’

In an exclusive interview to The Hindu during a two-day visit to Delhi, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki talks about the latest western

Tackling the Maoist problem, confidently

The transcript of an interview with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury done by Karan Thapar for the programme Devil's

Migration: supportive policies needed

The reality of public opinion towards migrants is more complex than the rhetoric of public debate would have us believe.

‘U.N. Framework Convention format too traditional’

On his second visit to the country after taking over as President in the Maldives’ first admittedly open and fair elections less than a year ago,

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