As Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi bids for an unprecedented third term in office in Gujarat, the thought of his own electoral future seems to hardly cross his mind. And that`s not without a reason. After all, Modi is locked in an une
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government has made up its mind to move a resolution on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha to get nine Samajwadi Party (SP) Rajya Sabha MPs `suspended` for their misbehaviour and disruptions during debate on SC/S
It’s a matter of hours now for the election on December 13, but the major political parties are yet to come to this village in Mahuva. Barring a small community meeting held by Sadbhavna Manch candidate Bharat Thakar and another by Anirudh J
Wary of misinterpretation of his yesterday`s statement, Congress spokesman P C Chacko on Tuesday said the role of Rahul Gandhi in the next Lok Sabha elections will be decided by the Congress general secretary and party chief Sonia Gandhi at an app
With proceedings in Parliament being disrupted, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday discussed ways to resolve the logjam over Walmart lobbying and quota in promotions issues. Soon after Rajya Sa
You traverse the whole 2oth century in reverse when you arrive at Achhala. First you leave Delhi, then Ahmedabad, then Vadodara. As you approach Chhota Udepur, the virtual capital of Gujarat’s tribal belt, you see more and more shades of gre
Reports of WalMart engaging lobbying firms to get entry into India and demand for quota in promotion in government jobs rocked Parliament leading to washout of Question Hour in both Houses. In the Lok Sabha, as soon as Speaker Meira Kumar
A decade after post-Godhra riots polarised voters on communal lines in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term in office largely on the development plank as he battles traditional rival Congress and a rebel BJP heavy
Right to education may have become a reality for some but there are many still out of its ambit. These are children belonging to areas affected by civil strife, who continue to face absence of schools and teachers in their localities. The
“Tonight, we will have a meeting in the village. Mohansinh-bhai (Rathwa, the Congress candidate) is coming,” Suresh Rathwa told me. Suresh, a soft-spoken young farmer, runs a grocery shop, leads the pack of Achhala village’s foll
India and China are moving sensibly in the right direction on the border issue but no immediate result is expected from the talks as they are "very complicated" and "sensitive", External Affair Minister Salman Khurshid said on
It was 8.30 pm and the village was waiting for Anirudh Jadeja from Rajkot. An old associate of Sadbhavna Manch chief Kanubhai Kalsaria, Jadeja had played a vital role in rallying villagers against Nirma, a company that proposed to open a cement fa
The Madras High Court on Monday quashed a non-bailable arrest warrant against Union Minister M K Alagiri`s son Durai Dayanidhi and granted him anticipatory bail in the alleged multi-crore illegal granite quarrying scam. Granting the relief
Campaigning for Gujarat elections has entered the fast lane as Tuesday is the last day for the parties to woo voters for the first phase of state Assembly polls to be held on December 13. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be addressing
New characters, new script Motormouth Navjot Singh Sidhu went one up on Modi during his campaign tour of Gujarat when he termed former chief minister Keshubhai Patel a traitor. The 84-year-old veteran, who 11 years ago had
As BS Yeddyurappa takes baby steps in organising his new political party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha, he could well be looking for the skill sets in a person similar to that of Ananth Kumar, the very man whom he holds, singularly, responsible for
The ‘Human Rights in India – Status Report 2012’ (Updated and Revised) is not something to be read by the weak hearted, for such are the truths it reveals to the reader. The report, put together by the Working Group on Human Righ
Children in various apartments of Rajnagar Extension area of Ghaziabad share at least one thought with the kids in Karera village, which lies bang opposite — that the Hindon river which flows in between them has black water, a very foul smel
On the condition of confidentiality, a sarpanch of Sheragada block in Odisha’s Ganjam district shared some secrets about the MNREGS works. He said over a period of two months ending in June this year he got a pond renovated under the
Government on Friday won the approval of Parliament to its controversial decision of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail with a motion against it being defeated convincingly in Rajya Sabha, as BSP voted in favour of UPA. 123 members voted a
