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Politics of unsustainability
7 Nov 2013 4:45 AM ISTTherefore, efforts last week of forming anti-Congress and anti-BJP front to fight communalism appeared to be a futile exercise.Now that the idea of...
Congress sees systemic change from Indira to Rahul
30 Oct 2013 3:35 AM ISTSystematic stifling of young leaders in the Congress party has, in the course of time, made the party leaderless at the district and state levels. The...
Sons rising in assembly elections
21 Oct 2013 5:56 AM ISTThe dynasties are no longer confined to the Gandhi family or Abdullahs in Kashmir, the Chautalas in Harnaya, the Patnaiks in Odisha, Karunanidhi in...
State assembly elections gear up for gladiatorial fights
16 Oct 2013 4:52 AM ISTVijitha Rohana Wijemuni of the Sri Lanka navy, who tried to hit Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 by his rifle butt during a guard of honour, has turned an...
Congress feathers ruffled in Andhra
9 Oct 2013 12:42 AM ISTThe Congress leadership has, at last, committed the blooper; it cleared the creation of separate state of Telangana by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh....
Manmohan's credibility at stake
30 Sept 2013 6:18 AM ISTThe UPA-2 Government has no option but to withdraw the controversial ordinance on convicted law makers after Rahul Gandhi dubbed the measure as...
Will Modi have national impact?
22 Sept 2013 11:48 PM ISTOne wonders if anointment of Narendra Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate will have any impact on coming election to five assemblies? Another...
Anointment of Narendra Modi
15 Sept 2013 11:56 PM ISTNo one can question L K Advani’s contribution to the growth of the BJP from two seats in 1984 to 182 seats in 1999. He should, therefore, had been...
Supreme court holds its fort
12 Sept 2013 10:42 PM ISTMPs fight to keep criminals in power, screamed a newspaper headline. The Supreme Court has ruled that politicians convicted of serious crimes must...
Politics & economics of Food Bill
1 Sept 2013 10:49 PM ISTThe story of passage of the landmark Food Security bill in Lok Sabha was interesting: marked by moments of suspense. The opposition, particularly the...
DIGVIJAYA, SUSHMA FACE-OFF
26 Aug 2013 12:17 AM ISTThe Lok Sabha elections are still far off but a disclosure by AICC General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh, that he was prepared to contest against Leader...
Secure the nation's belly
22 Aug 2013 4:46 AM ISTCongress party’s election slogan is bhookh-mukt Bharat (hunger-free India); the BJP’s battle cry is Congress-mukt Bharat (Congress-free India). It is...