JULY 2015

JULY 2015

JULY 2015

Cover Story and Featured Stories

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will change the region: Andrew Small

In an interview with Hardnews, Small explains Beijing's changing relationship with Islamabad
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi 

Khalistan: Sikh diaspora supports local action

The rise in militancy among Sikhs is more than a national issue; recent eruptions are testaments to resentment that has brewed since 1984, and may be strongest among those abroad
Hardnews Bureau Chandigarh 

Greece: Stalling for time

Greece’s rejection of stringent ECB-IMF conditions puts the EU’s economic future into question
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

Lalit Modi Row: Tweeting trouble

As details of the extent of Lalit Modi’s network continue to arise, few seem safe from being found followers or friends
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi 

MH 17: Conflicted air space

International relations hang in the balance of recent probes into culpability for the MH 17 travesty
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

Lalit Modi Row: These are no cricketing nerves

There is understandable trepidation in ruling party circles after fugitive tycoon and former IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi, began to tweet against the corrupt nexus that rules cricket
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi 

India: No country for true journalists

The increasingly hostile environment for journalists, sanctioned by official inaction, means muscle may win out over truth
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

Make in India: Cues from the patent box

Hardnews spoke with Julian Christmas, a Taxation expert from UK, to find out why the country is an attractive investment destination and whether cases like Vodafone can happen there 

Bihar: The shifting narrative

Bihar politicians have dropped their effective policy approach to pander for votes among Backward classes. Will their bid to shake the BJP pay off?
Abishek Jha Patna

Make in India: Luxury is here to Stay

Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW group India, spoke with Hardnews about the ‘Make in India’ programme and the company’s future plans in India
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

Upma: Justice for Cereal Killers

For an answer to the packaged food crisis, we need look no further than our own cuisine
Ratna Raman Delhi 

Make in India: No Turbulence for Lockheed Martin

Phil Shaw is the chief executive of Lockheed Martin India, a US-based defence and aeronautics company that has had a presence here for more than 20 years. Edited excerpts
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

More Stories from this Issue

Shattering the Ladder

When The Indian Express reported that National Investigating Agency (NIA) officials told the Special Public Prosecutor in the Malegaon bomb blast case, Rohini Sailan, to quietly withdraw from the case, not many were really surprised. The report suggested that the agency official told Sailan that, after the new government took over in Delhi in 2014, there was little reason to pursue the case vigorously, as the political environment had changed.

Street smarts

For Alok Singh, it is possible to considerably curb crimes on streets with little more than a smart card.

POPCORN, PLEASE

I have giggled a lot this month, thanks to the NDA government. Here’s why:

Asanas for Asses:

Corruption charges that recently hit senior ministers of the BJP government have had most of us rolling on the floor with mirth. Particularly when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj claimed that she helped Lalit Modi on humanitarian grounds. Hello, the BJP is not known to be remotely sympathetic to human beings—they’re more cowitarian than humanitarian. And Lalit Modi is not a holy cow, is he?

MAKE IN INDIA

One of the programmes dear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “Make in India”.