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Winged guests have quietly arrived
28 Nov 2013 4:10 AM ISTIn the midst of the allegations and counter-allegations between the political rivals, with upstarts in the fray abusing those questioning their...
Cost of making ordinary curry could cook Cong’s goose
22 Nov 2013 6:24 AM ISTIf somebody has managed to be in power for 15 years it’s to the credit of the person to have retained people’s faith for so long. Not to forget that...
Chastity as tool of politics
21 Nov 2013 4:17 AM ISTAccording to Oxford English dictionary chastity means the state or practice of refraining from extramarital sexual intercourse. In Indian politics...
Princes from Modi’s stable
14 Nov 2013 4:04 AM ISTAbout a fortnight back in these very columns we discussed the reasons for political dialogue turning curt in the ongoing campaign for the upcoming...
Lanka’s refusal to uphold Rajiv-Jayawardene accord stopped PM in his tracks
11 Nov 2013 6:13 AM ISTThe stringent stand taken by the Congress core group, which was articulated by finance minister P Chidamabaram, clearly stated that during the PM’s...
It’s right time to party
7 Nov 2013 4:44 AM ISTLast week a very significant political development took place. Under the aegis of Convention Against Communalism, at least 14 political parties,...
Wild in the White
4 Nov 2013 1:30 AM ISTThe unique spiritual wealth of the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand has been attracting pilgrims since time immemorial for the famous yatra to the...
When dialogue turns curt
31 Oct 2013 12:50 AM ISTCongress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi last week took umbrage to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi repeatedly addressing Congress...
Manna’s voice gave strength to character
28 Oct 2013 4:53 AM ISTThe obituaries on the death of Manna Dey without exception claimed that he was the part of the quartet, Mukesh, Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar being...
To change the game, BJP pits Harshvardhan against Sheila
24 Oct 2013 6:33 AM ISTAround the same time five years back, in 2008, Harshvardhan, then the party’s state unit president, was denied nomination as it was bitterly opposed...
Opinion poll as campaign tool
24 Oct 2013 3:57 AM ISTSoon after his resounding defeat in 2005 assembly polls in Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav blamed the media houses for orchestrating the departure of his...
Facing image crisis, Kapil Sibal tells voters he is a poet
23 Oct 2013 5:45 AM ISTMobile phone subscribers were surprised to receive pre-recorded calls from Sibal soon after announcing to them that he was their MP from Chandni Chowk...