The rise of India's most non-political President

APJ Abdul Kalam was passionate about everything he did. He was perfect, says Aditi Phadnis APJ Abdul Kalam's elevation as president was the brainchild of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Photograph: PTI Avul......

Gossip from the Delhi Durbar: New chief ministers for Maharashtra, Haryana?

Why is Kamal Nath eyeing Chidambaram's chair? What's special about Room 24 at the BJP headquarters? Why is a Cabinet minister praising Narendra Modi? All this, and more, in this week's Dilli......

Speculation rife over Rane becoming next Maharashtra CM

Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane on Friday triggered speculation about a change of guard in the state following his meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Government......

Mukul Roy, Jaya, Deshmukh file papers for RS polls

Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Mukul Roy, actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan and Bharatiya Janata party leader Vinay Katiyar were among eight candidates who filed their nomination papers......

Slowdown to hit R&D spending: Govt

Citing the global economic slowdown, government today said it would be difficult to double the spending on scientific research and development to two per cent of the GDP by next year. "We spend......

Biotech Bill: Sweeping powers, glaring omissions

The biotech regulatory Bill gags dissent and takes away the power of states without providing any safeguards to farmers and consumers, says Latha Jishnu. Shortcuts always lead to problems, and......

The Bt brinjal saga: When emotions ran high

India's controversial Bt brinjal saga has been a prickly issue confronting its agriculture when emotions ran high before the government put the brakes on Tuesday. And never since the days of the......

Chavan's 6 priorities for better quality of life

Addressing participants at the Tenth Editors' Conference on Social Sector Issues-2010 in New Delhi on Tuesday, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan said his......