2012-02-29 15:45:13

Of the political families that dot the landscape of India, providing dynastic continuity to the country's democracy, the Nehru-Gandhi family is unquestionably pre-eminent. Having produced three prime
2012-02-29 11:21:18

New Delhi: Old shibboleths and half truths take a long time to wither away. Pakistan still likes to believe or, at least its leadership does, that India is determined to undo the partition and grab
2012-02-29 03:33:52

It is a sweaty problem. Scheduled power cuts of longer duration are a certainty in the coming months in Chennai and elsewhere in the state. Smaller industries will likely be hit harder thanks to the
2012-02-28 03:15:24

The high voting trend in Uttar Pradesh has brightened the electoral prospects of the opposition parties. Although all the main parties like the ruling BSP, and its rivals, the Samajwadi Party, BJP
2012-02-27 16:42:28
India was born of bloodshed. Rioting between Hindus and Muslims after Independence in 1947 cumulatively led to the loss of millions of lives on both sides of the border. That’s huge. But India and
2012-02-27 01:30:00

Ten years ago today, a train was set on fire at Godhra in Gujarat and a relatively obscure politician was thrust into the limelight. He has remained there ever since, not necessarily for all the right
2012-02-23 11:07:31

"You use a BlackBerry, right? I’m writing a piece about the whole monitoring thing, so I thought I’d ask if you feel your privacy is invaded.""No, I think, contrary to personal belief, the
2012-02-21 20:29:55

Weird as it may seem, the AIADMK is more keen than the DMK even to see Karunanidhi's son and arch rival M K Stalin take over the mantle of Opposition Leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.The AIADMK
2012-02-21 19:12:04

Uma Bharti, BJP's chief ministerial candidate, has surely added a new dimension to the political scenario in Bundelkhand. She may be contesting from Uttar Pradesh for the first time, but her
2012-02-18 12:20:00

Even at this early stage of the UP elections, a few predictions can still be made with reasonable certainty. One is the results will produce a hung assembly with neither of the two major parties -