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Sathasivam has lost the plot
8 Sep 2014 9:32 PM GMTWhat signal does appointment of the Chief Justice of India as Governor send? It is an unprecedented move as never before a CJI, after retirement, was...
All the jazz about awards
25 Aug 2014 11:17 PM GMTIt is indeed sad that the country’s highest award – Bharat Ratna – has been politicized and mired in controversies for being used to reward people for...
Natwar hasn’t been fair to Sonia
11 Aug 2014 9:38 PM GMTHaving known Natwar Singh for over three decades and covering the Congress party as a journalist for almost the same period, I can vouch what he has...
Congress dissidents playing havoc
28 July 2014 9:23 PM GMTHistory bears testimony whenever the central leadership of the Congress becomes week, dissidents in the party-ruled come to the fore. After India’s...
Congress faces fresh challenge
30 Jun 2014 7:49 PM GMTThe coming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be first test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his stunning...
Why fire without any smoke
23 Jun 2014 9:53 PM GMTIt is unfortunate but true; the gubernatorial office is used for rehabilitation of political leaders who have been rejected by the people, could not...
MODI EMERGES AS A GREAT ORATOR
16 Jun 2014 7:24 PM GMTAfter long years – more than a decade – both the houses of Parliament heard a prime minister speak extempore, without notes or even talking points;...
Telangana’s chequered history
9 Jun 2014 12:02 AM GMTFew may be knowing that the demand for the new state originated first among employees of Telangana because of the preponderance of Andhra employees....
PM’s close look at governors
1 Jun 2014 4:06 PM GMTThe Congress has shrunk to lowest-ever size of 44 in the 16th Lok Sabha but as many as 18 Congressmen continue to occupy gubernatorial office. Will it...
Bihar politics takes a new turn
25 May 2014 8:14 PM GMT<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; background-position: initial initial;...
No more coalition strains
19 May 2014 6:06 PM GMTTwenty years back President, R Venkataraman, had observed that era of a single-party rule was over and coming two decades would be time for coalitions...
Third front, a strong possibility
4 May 2014 5:21 PM GMTWith 7th round of nine-phase Lok Sabha elections over the political circles are abuzz with speculation of the type of government likely to be formed...