“Nostalgia is inevitably a yearning for a past that never existed.” ?John Green, American novelist Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have developed an uncanny habit of turning nostalgic o
Like Santa Claus, our PM is ready to give away an astonishing Rs 56,000 crore worth of taxpayers’ money to bail out Athens, Barcelona and Rome. But his government isn’t even on speaking terms with Italy, the principal likely benefi
Nomination papers of Pranab Mukhejee are getting ready. Senior union ministers and members of parliament are being called to the parliament house to put their signatures on them, sources said on Wednesday. By 11 am, rural development minis
Jagan Mohan Reddy has arrived. After defying Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and setting up his own party, YSR Congress, he proved his mettle in the by-election. He decimated the ruling Congress party, winning 15 of the 18 assembly seats and the sole
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam’s last July letter to foreign minister SM Krishna kept under wraps has come into public domain, slamming Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen for forcing him out of his brainchild project of the Nalanda Unive
Pakistan on Tuesday plunged into a fresh spell of political uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified since his conviction for contempt and asked President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint a new
Backed by two former chief election commissioners, N Gopalaswami and TS Krishnamurthy, the National Election Watch, an NGO, has called for mandating background affidavits on criminal cases, assets etc, by the candidates in the ongoing presidential
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesady refused to intervene in the selection crisis that has shaken Indian tennis, leaving it to AITA to take a final call on the men`s doubles combination for the London Olympics. The ministry had sou
A day after he was snubbed by the party high command for criticising TMC leader Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Digvijay Singh maintained that he had not "crossed any boundaries" of party line. "Which boundaries have
Days after his TV show highlighted malpractices in the medical profession, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been invited to address a parliamentary panel to give his views on FDI in the pharmaceutical sector. The 47-year-old actor
Government is working on a plan to end within two years long vehicular traffic at the national highways` toll plazas with the help of electronic collection system, a move that will save Rs 87,000 crore a year. "Within two years
Government on Tuesday said there was a need to establish a system in the country under which people should go for Haj pilgrimage with their own resources. "The government had decided four years back in 2008 after consultations with
Dubbing Andhra Pradesh`s new excise policy as a "big farce", leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday demanded that the government itself take up the retail liquor business to eliminate "liquor mafia" in the state
The CBI has sent a fresh reminder to the Civil Aviation ministry seeking sanction to initiate probe against six senior officials for alleged irregularities in the over Rs 8,000 crore Airbus deal for supply of 43 aircraft to erstwhile Indian Airlin
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Tuesday demanded immediate amendment to the Right to Education Act, Wakf Bill and Direct Taxes Code Bill among others. The Board has launched a campaign throughout the country to spread awa
A meeting of JPC examining 2G scam on Tuesday saw heated exchanges as BJP members demanded summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and top PMO officials which was countered by Congress members with their own list of witnesses that included all
In comments which could spell fresh trouble for BJP-JD(U) alliance, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said NDA`s prime ministerial candidate should be somebody with "secular credentials", apparently giving a thumbs down to his Guja
The Indian government is taking steps to improve inflow of foreign investment and the impact of the initiatives will become visible after some time, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. "In certain areas we have to ta
Asked why he chose Lee-Hesh (Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi) for the London Olympics, the newly-elected president of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), Anil Khanna, told reporters tersely: “national interest”. &
Breaking the lull, the B S Yeddyurappa camp in ruling BJP in Karnataka today set a three-day deadline to Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to convene the legislature party meeting, throwing up a fresh challenge to his leadership. A
