You Can Become Chief Minister Only if You Have The MLAs

The two main factions in Karnataka's Congress party -- one led by Siddaramaiah and the other by D K Shivakumar -- are both contenders for the chief ministership.Both groups have fought hard to get......

What the Raksha Mantri needs to do

'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the armed forces are absolutely ready to face the adversary -- well equipped, well trained and in high spirits,' says......

One of Mother India's finest servants

Naresh Chandra was most certainly among the greatest patriots two generations of Indian strategists have seen, through the tenure of nine PMs, says Shekhar Gupta. The description we use most......

This Winter Session, it's been all shouting and hardly any work

With only one day left, the Winter session of Parliament is on the verge of a washout as it failed to transact any business again on Thursday due to the standoff between the government and......

State of economy spooks BJP allies, but no one's listening

Its governing allies are not happy on the economy and complain of ignored concerns but find themselves unable to be assertive.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address to company......

Not so united? GST launch divides Opposition

The Opposition stood as a divided house as the Janata Dal-United, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Biju Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal-Secular participated in the midnight......

Crash-land after the barnstorm

Last Friday Anil Baijal, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Airlines, which represents private airlines and state-owned Air India, surprised everyone by announcing that private airlines......

Bureaucrats as 'policemen'

Once in almost every five years, all senior bureaucrats at the Centre face this dilemma: what should they do when, after the general elections have been ordered, their ministers ask them to push......

Swing to Chandni Chowk To China's music

Clever alliterations and Akshay Kumar in a 'spoofy-autobiographical self merged with a Jackie Chan'esque avatar-- Chandni Chowk To China might just mark the beginning of a rocking January. Add to......

AR Rahman and Kailasa?

After stamping their mark in the music industry with two successful albums, the composer trio of popular band Kailasa are now expanding their domain into Bollywood and are in talks with the Mozart......

Parthiban, Sandhu enter main draw

India's Parthiban Ayappan and Harinder Pal Sandhu endured strong challenges before making it to the main draw, in the PSA Otters Open Squash Tournament 2006, at the Otters Club, Bandra on......

Ritwik, Saurav to clash in final

Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya of Delhi and defending champion Saurav Ghosal of Tamil Nadu posted fluent semi-finals victories to set up a title clash in the 53rd Senior National and 30th Bombay......

Shivangi shocks Anwesha Reddy

Unseeded Shivangi Paranjpe of Maharashtra fashioned the biggest win of her career when she rallied to shock third seed Anwesha Reddy of Tamil Nadu 3-1 to make a surprise entry into the women's......

Malhotra extends Ritwik

Top junior Vikram Malhotra of Maharashtra was the cynosure of all eyes when he extendedtop seed Ritwik Bhattacharya of Delhi in an exciting men's pre-quarter-final, in the 53rd Senior National and......

Easy first round for Bhattacharya

Men's top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya outclassed Chandan Jadhav in straight games to enter the second round in the Rs 600,000 Herald Maritime All India Open Squash Championships in Mumbai on......