What Is Raj Thackeray's Gameplan?

Or, is it the BJP's game plan?And, what is that gameplan? IMAGE: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena founder Raj Thackeray. "Raj Thackeray has been asked to focus only on Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Don't politicise anti-Naxal operations: Chhattisgarh CM

Amid controversy over a recent Naxal encounter in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday urged political parties not to politicise the issue. "The Bijapur encounter was not a planned......

Koodankulam nuclear project: Separating fact from fiction

Uncritical acceptance of any major project is undesirable. So also is unbending opposition to it. Constructive criticism of the project could bring about greater safety in design, construction and......

No Twitter, Flickr in China

Less than two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, China's cyberpolice blocked the micro-blogging service Twitter. Internet experts note that a Chinese tweet can......

Indian hoteliers make it big in America

Sant Singh Chatwal did not exactly bootstrap his way up America's lodging industry by starting at a modest roadside motel, as have so many immigrants. His first fixer-upper hotel was in Manhattan,......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

India's Greatest Win

What happened at the Gabba on January 19, 2021 now sits at the pinnacle of India's most significant Test wins, declares Faisal Shariff. IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the Border-Gavaskar......

Sports Shorts: Hamilton collects F1 trophy and eager for more

IMAGE: Formula One F1 driver Lewis Hamilton arrives to the FIA awards ceremony in St. Petersburg. Photograph: Anton Vaganov/Reuters Lewis Hamilton looked forward to more success with Mercedes......