Nothing would suit the BJP better than to let Rajinikanth be the chief minister and pretend to abide by his spiritual path while quietly consolidating its vote bank, observes Amulya Ganguli.
'The Hindu quest for political power in terms of a Hindu identity can pose a problem for tolerance, as the alignment of religion with power often does.'
The Gandhis and senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes have challenged the Delhi high court's September 10 verdict by which their plea against the re-opening of their tax assessments for 2011-12 was dismissed.
Congress MLA Ajay Rai was on Tuesday arrested along with 50 others in connection with violence and arson in Varanasi on Monday as the administration cracked down on miscreants in the holy city where the situation was peaceful amid continued police patrolling.
RBI's current Deputy Governor Urjit Patel got 3-year extension in January.
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Ahir said there is a process for putting such issues in perspective which was duly followed by the Army as well as the government.
'There are too many things that haven't gone out of you. So even though the years may have gone by, you are still close to the films in terms of the making.'
Rajan said RBI should pay as much dividend as possible to the government, which over the past two years has run into billions of dollars
Tharoor was earlier summoned as an accused by a magisterial court for the alleged offences of abetment of suicide and committing cruelty towards Pushkar.
He said it will be 'foolhardy' to diminish institutions for short-term political gains.
Decorated lights decked up buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali.
Traditionally, Prime Minister picks the RBI Governor after consultation with the finance minister.
The verdict was reserved on August 13 last year after bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant heard the matter spread over a month.
The device supports a host of India-specific apps and the more you use it, the better it gets.
'The uneducated think of their rights as a gift. This is deeply troubling.' 'If they were educated they could claim what is rightfully theirs.'
Modi said Jethmalani was 'witty, courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject'.
The income tax probe against the Congress leaders has arisen from the investigation into the private criminal complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy before a trial court in connection with the National Herald case, in which the trio are out on bail.
The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections will go to polls on April 29. The voting will be held for 71 seats spread across 9 states.
The people of the southern part of the country could see a greater part of the partial solar eclipse because of the geometry of the eclipse path.
The sacked water minister said that when he asked the Delhi CM about the cash, he was told 'said few things in politics cannot be explained'.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
The bench also said it would examine the Fundamental Right to life and sexual freedom.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
The government's critics say that the Prime Minister failed to rein in vicious and unprecedented personal attacks on the central bank chief by the likes of Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy.
From note ban result to Delhi's next L-G, a few things to look forward to.
Six people have been detained in various raids.
A teenage Dalit girl was raped and her body was later found hanging from a tree.
'Only when they are in a group or in mobs, then they attack.'
'You can never say never in politics.' 'We may still see the return of AAP, but hopefully not of the same abusive politics again,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The SC stayed a circular by Delhi government on filing defamation cases against media organisations for any news that causes damage to its reputation.
Despite being exempted from appearing in court, Rahul made showed up for the defamation case.
Mumbai fans celebrate the release of Rajinikanth's latest film, Kabali.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's hot saffronite swami is yoga teacher Ramdev.
Relations between an elected government of Delhi and the LG can never be cordial: It is just the way the relationship is structured.
Candle light vigils, prayer meetings, street plays and a series of other events on Tuesday marked two years of the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the city that had triggered widespread nation-wide outrage forcing the government to enact stricter laws against sexual assault.
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