Former CBI Director R C Sharma tells Aditi Phadnis that friends in the IAS and the IPS give the agency's directors and officers more trouble than politicians
The Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies must be in place before January 15, 2013.
The Congress may finish last in UP despite the non-controversial image of its new chief, notes Aditi Phadnis.
The events and the political line-up are eerily reminiscent of 1987 when the then finance minister, V P Singh, quit the Rajiv Gandhi government, launched a movement against corruption that was supported by both the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party and eventually went on to become the prime minister in 1989.
Pakistan's board asks to play its series with Australia at Mohali; also wants to take on lease another Indian venue.
There's a method in the Samajwadi Party supremo's serial flip-flops.
Two years ago, Myanmar was to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) what Bihar was to India: Dogged in its isolation, a region with low development indices and one the West loved to hate -- a state perpetually on the defensive. However, Myanmar's growth has also been as rapid as that seen by Bihar.
With Manohar Parrikar's methodical approach to governance Goa may see better days ahead, says Aditi Phadnis
Pakistan former foreign secretary Salman Bashir is coming to Delhi as the next envoy, which is a prized posting. Wondering why he was appointed?
Despite the intense internal questioning, for Karat and CPI-M politics is still in command, writes Aditi Phadnis
In the past decade, about Rs 45,000 crore has been returned, either because it was unused or since the government needed the money to balance its books.
They can't win elections, but they can represent the difference between comprehensive victory and resounding defeat, says Aditi Phadnis.
A senior retired bureaucrat met Ranjan Mathai, then deputy high commissioner in London, and asked him casually where he was going to settle down after retirement. Mathai was frank. He didn't have a house. So he would have to do something, he didn't know what...
Overall, Union Budget 2011-12 maintained status quo for the Chemical Industry.
Rather unusually, for it was a party forum, China cropped up several times during the discussions at the All-India Congress Committee plenary session at Burari in Delhi. And references to the country were not in socialist solidarity, either.
Musharraf will have to strain every nerve to gain political traction in Pakistan
In addition to the financial and governance challenge in the state, Andhra Pradesh Governor K K Reddy has to contend with one other -- Jaganmohan reddy
Take a look at the pictures of Barack Obama's visit to India. You can see Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar and National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon. Can you spot Foreign Minister S M Krishna anywhere?
Sukhbir was having none of that. He saw Manpreet taking the V P Singh route to oust him (in the interests of austerity, Manpreet drives his car himself, has minimal security and refuses to touch cashew nuts offered to ministers at public functions, according to newspaper reports from Punjab).
There are many factors, many actors to blame for the current situation. But I must admit that actors and the government have spent too much time being involved in situations that were not that important, says Kashmir Congress chief Saifuddin Soz in an interview.
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