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In 1995, Barkha Dutt joined NDTV straight out of college, and now, after 21 wonderful years together, Barkha has requested that she would like to explore some new opportunities, pursue other interests and work on her own ventures.

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.

A relaxed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav drew laughter often from his audience today as he made multiple digs at "Uncle" Amar Singh and more than a few at "Bua (Aunt)" Mayawati, asserting that his Samajwadi Party is set to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh where elections will be held in a few months from now. But he said, "I can't say ...

"Despotic and authoritarian" is how Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen describes the decision to abruptly ban 500- and 1000-rupee notes.

Arvind Kejriwal, among the most voluble critics of the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, has said "it is anti-national to support demonetisation in (its) current form."

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".

Cyrus Mistry's removal was based on a combination of "economic, moral, propriety" factors, said Ratan Tata's lawyer, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, to NDTV after he spent two hours with his client, who has controversially returned as the Chairman of the Tata 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...

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Raghuram Rajan, whose possible reappointment as head of the RBI is driving international headlines, said that he "welcomes genuine criticism of our policy but will not address ad hominem attacks" or allegations against him as individual rather than the policies and position he holds.

A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.

Amid reports that she may be the BJP's presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, union minister Smriti Irani was in Amethi today, where she told NDTV that her party will decide whether it will remain her constituency in 2019. In the last general election, she jolted the Congress with a tough fight to its Vice President Rahul Gandhi, in what has...

Governments need to act on extremism, which is now a global problem, Shahbaz Taseer, son of a murdered Pakistani governor, who had been captured and tortured by terrorists for nearly four and a half years, told NDTV.

Italy will out a private conversation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he allegedly asked for information against Sonia Gandhi if Delhi does not release an Italian marine arrested for murder, claims Christian Michel, who allegedly served as a middleman for a corrupt helicopter deal struck when Mrs Gandhi's party, the Congress, was last in powe...

An alleged middleman who India is desperate to question for the corrupt AgustaWestland deal has confirmed to NDTV that in 2008, he did describe Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a letter as "the driving force" of the decision to acquire new helicopters for use by top politicians when her party was last in power.

Tearing a large hole into what the Congress has offered in its defense, a judge in Italy has told NDTV that a note from an AgustaWestland middleman listing "AP" as the intended recipient of a bribe is authentic. The government has alleged that "AP" refers to Ahmed Patel, the chief advisor to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Mr Patel and his party h...

In 1995, Barkha Dutt joined NDTV straight out of college, and now, after 21 wonderful years together, Barkha has requested that she would like to explore some new opportunities, pursue other interests and work on her own ventures.

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.

A relaxed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav drew laughter often from his audience today as he made multiple digs at "Uncle" Amar Singh and more than a few at "Bua (Aunt)" Mayawati, asserting that his Samajwadi Party is set to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh where elections will be held in a few months from now. But he said, "I can't say ...

"Despotic and authoritarian" is how Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen describes the decision to abruptly ban 500- and 1000-rupee notes.

Arvind Kejriwal, among the most voluble critics of the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, has said "it is anti-national to support demonetisation in (its) current form."

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".

Cyrus Mistry's removal was based on a combination of "economic, moral, propriety" factors, said Ratan Tata's lawyer, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, to NDTV after he spent two hours with his client, who has controversially returned as the Chairman of the Tata 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...

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Raghuram Rajan, whose possible reappointment as head of the RBI is driving international headlines, said that he "welcomes genuine criticism of our policy but will not address ad hominem attacks" or allegations against him as individual rather than the policies and position he holds.

A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.

Amid reports that she may be the BJP's presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, union minister Smriti Irani was in Amethi today, where she told NDTV that her party will decide whether it will remain her constituency in 2019. In the last general election, she jolted the Congress with a tough fight to its Vice President Rahul Gandhi, in what has...

Governments need to act on extremism, which is now a global problem, Shahbaz Taseer, son of a murdered Pakistani governor, who had been captured and tortured by terrorists for nearly four and a half years, told NDTV.

Italy will out a private conversation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he allegedly asked for information against Sonia Gandhi if Delhi does not release an Italian marine arrested for murder, claims Christian Michel, who allegedly served as a middleman for a corrupt helicopter deal struck when Mrs Gandhi's party, the Congress, was last in powe...

An alleged middleman who India is desperate to question for the corrupt AgustaWestland deal has confirmed to NDTV that in 2008, he did describe Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a letter as "the driving force" of the decision to acquire new helicopters for use by top politicians when her party was last in power.

Tearing a large hole into what the Congress has offered in its defense, a judge in Italy has told NDTV that a note from an AgustaWestland middleman listing "AP" as the intended recipient of a bribe is authentic. The government has alleged that "AP" refers to Ahmed Patel, the chief advisor to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Mr Patel and his party h...