How best to remember George Fernandes?

'A fierce crusader against communalism, George joined hands with majoritarian forces, never to revisit or re-assess his saffron association.''He was a Union minister in 1998-2004, a time when......

How the 'secularists' defeated Nitish Kumar

The 'secularists'are more adept at the politics of intense and alarmingly exaggerated fear-mongering, as this kind of politics provides easy votes of Muslims without making them answerable for the......

369 MPs, MLAs face charges of crimes against women

There has been a national outcry seeking harsher laws for rapists in India. As the outrage grows against theheinousincident of gangrape in Delhi and Parliamentdiscusses the issue, Vicky Nanjappa......

Man moves SC to stop Orissa from releasing Naxals

Hours before the deadline set by Naxals for release of their jailed members in exchange of an abducted Orissa Member of Legislative Assembly, a retired army officer on Wednesday approached the......

Saradha scam: Orissa MP's home searched by CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out search operations at 30 locations, including house of a sitting Biju Janata Dal member of Parliament and two other politicians from Odisha in......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Govts vying to keep land losers happy

Can any government keep villagers happy even after taking over their land? To be fair, the governments of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgrah and West Bengal are trying, and so are the companies. The......