'The Dancing Girl is only one of the many symbols they threaten today.' 'Our country is changing.' 'Elements that ought to have remained on the fringes have been handed power and control of a state on a platter.' 'With this, the party that persistently wooed us with its development agenda has arrogantly taken its mask off,' says Veenu Sandhu.
The National Democratic Alliance won 64 seats.
Banerjee, 58, was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister vows to curb corruption and bring in transparency in governance.
He also assured people of J&K that they will get opportunity to elect their representatives in a transparent way.
The ruling AAP is going into the Delhi election with the hope to repeat its stellar performance of the last assembly polls, while the BJP, which bagged all seven seats here in the Lok Sabha election, will be aiming at expanding its vote share in the
Bihar's former deputy chief minister and senior party leader Sushil Kumar Modi explains the party's poll strategy.
India is one of the founding members of the Executive Board of the UN Women, and is presently serving on the UN Women's Executive Board.
The 10th ministerial conference, will be held at Nairobi, Kenya.
Singh, who was accused by the Akhilesh camp of trying to destroy the party, thanked SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, and his brother Shivpal Yadav, the state party chief, for standing by him and described Mulayam as the 'core' and 'father' of the Samajwadi Party.
Shatrughan Sinha, MP and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, on Saturday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who he described as "guardian of the state", generating speculation in political circles which he downplayed.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday denounced China's 'expansionist attitude' over the neighbour's claim on Arunachal Pradesh and said that the security of the border state, surrounded by foreign countries on three sides, should be of prime concern to the central government.
The World Bank agreed to a greater say for member countries in dealing with governance and corruption after India, Britain and others questioned the 'overemphasis' on these matters at the cost of its core development agenda.
Lack of organisational network and a strong disconnect with the rural population led to the Congress president's defeat in what until now had been described as a party stronghold.
The Afghan deputy foreign minister explains how his nation's President became disillusioned with Pakistan. Ajai Shukla listens in.
The AAP won in 62 with a total vote share of 53.58 per cent. The BJP recorded victory in eight seats, receiving 38.49 per cent of the total votes. The Congress could not even manage a single seat and ended with 4.27 per cent vote share.
Take part in the growth story, Amit A Shah tells Corporate India.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the land of tourism like Kerala has turned into "nursery of terrorism", as he accused the Congress-led government of ignoring the state's development agenda.
There has been a significant increase of 50 per cent in global wealth between 1990 and 2010, but it rose by only an "anaemic" 6 per cent during this period if measured in terms of sustainable development.
'The world needs India because it needs a voice that speaks of peace, non-violence and peaceful coexistence.' 'This vision and voice, this attitude and belief are what India has stood for over the last twenty millennia,' Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tells trainee diplomats.
United States development aid to countries are now inspired by military doctrine and patterned on the Nine Principles of War, found in every American soldier's manuel, according to the USAID administrator.
Projecting a dip in world trade growth in 2005, WTO has asserted on creation of more opportunities.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance looked set to return to power in Maharashtra while Haryana could be a cliffhanger with no clear majority for the BJP or the Congress, Election Commission trends indicated.
'The deepening of China-Nepal relations need not cause heartburn in India,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A Cabinet note of the much-awaited legislation is ready and is likely to be put before the state Cabinet in the next 15 days.
The powerful cyclone, strongest to hit India in 20 years, made landfall at around 8 am in India's eastern state of Odisha, killing at least 12 people.
In the midst of the ongoing stand-off between the Delhi Lt Governor and the Aam Aadmi Party government, the Centre on Friday said it has no intention to run the city government through anyone but is conscious of its constitutional responsibility and committed to uphold it.
Services have now become an offensive area for many developing countries like India and that is good news.
If the challenge of the government is to regain the confidence of the minorities, it has to first overpower its own unruly gangs and their heroic masters, says Sunil Varghese.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon who said he "counted on India's leadership" in South Asia, at the Sustainable Development Goals summit in New York marking the world body's landmark 70th anniversary session.
The contentious issue of market access, in World Trade Organisation negotiations, will figure prominently in the discussions between Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley and visiting European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.
Industry sources said the meeting could be preceded by a business-to-business meeting among the industry leaders from these countries.
The Congress president also hit out at Modi's Gujarat model of development, describing it as "good propaganda" and marketing, but "hollow from within".
Gandhi accused the prime minister of not talking about his future plans for the state and keeping mum on the issue of "corruption."
Underlining the need to step up regional co-operation and trade particularly in energy and telecom sectors, India and Australia agreed on Wednesday to work together for the implementation of the Doha Development Agenda.
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