SP warming up to Congress with 2014 in mind?
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow – Is the support to Congress leader Pramod Tiwari for a Rajya Sabha seat by the Samajwadi Party a personal gesture or part of a larger p! olitical game plan? Two days after the Samajwadi Party surprised many by foregoing one of its two Rajya Sabha seats for Tiwari,... read more »
Exhibiting 25 years of audio-visual journey
New Delhi – Celebrating its silver jubilee, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) has mounted an exhibition of all the audio-visual equipment it has been using and the multi-disciplinary documentation it has done using this equipment in the last 25 years. The exhibition was... read more »
AAP surge proves people want third option: CPI-M
New Delhi – The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) spectacular wins in Delhi proves that people are looking for “a viable alternative” to both the Congress and the BJP, the CPI-M said Thursday. “What the Delhi result shows is that where there is a viable alternative to the... read more »
Big B ponders over gay rights ruling
Mumbai – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is left wondering ab! out the consequences of the recent Supreme Court ruling that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is an offence. The 71-year-old took to his blog Wednesday night to share his thoughts on the ruling. “The Supreme Court has... read more »
Nelson Mandela redefined courage: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi – Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday paid tribute to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and said that he redefined the meaning of courage and sacrifice. “Nelson... read more »
I take my opponents very seriously: PM
New Delhi – The Congress cannot underestimate the powe! r of the opposition and there is no room for complacencey, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. “As an organised... read more »
WTO: Long day ahead for negotiators to prevent talks collapse
With the WTO giving time to the U.S. and India to bridge their differences over the contentious food security issue, the last day of the trade talks here is expected to be longer than usual... read more »
Growth rate has more than doubled: PM
New Delhi – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday that the country’s growth rate had more than doubled to an annual average of over seven percent and the economy was on an... read more »
Gandhian Nelson Mandela: a hero who battled apartheid
Pretoria – South Africa’s first black p! resident Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday, was an icon for ending the much-reviled apartheid system, a colossus who strode over world politics... read more »
