Tuesday's dastardly ambush of Naxals at Dantewada, which claimed the lives of 75 CRPF jawaans and policemen who were on their return path from an overnight search operation, raises many unanswered questions. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt speaks to local journalists, politicians as she tries to bring forth the flipside of the massacre.
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
Dilip Pandey, Atishi and Raghav Chadha, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also contest the assembly elections to be held on February 8.
Former Uttar Pradesh director general of police Brijlal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of party state in-charge Om Mathur and senior party officials. This comes close on the heels of former IPS officer Kiran Bedi joining the party.
'She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'
Though there was no official word from both the parties, the sources claimed that two Uttar Pradesh-based political outfits will contest 37 Lok Sabha seats each.
One priority for Delhi (for the new foreign secretary in particular) is to have an in-depth discussion with Dharamsala as soon as possible, suggests Claude Arpi.
Bedi is the fourth woman Lt Governor of the UnionTerritory, a post which was under the additional charge of Lt Governor of Andaman and NicobarIsland for nearly two years.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav are all set to put up a show of strength by holding rallies in Agra and Bareilly respectively on Thursday.
The EC had found no merit in the plea.
Official is accused of taking a bribe of Rs 2 cr to issue order in an appeal favouring Balaji Trust
The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released its first list of 22 candidates fielding former ministers Somnath Bharti, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Satyendra Jain and Girish Soni in the Delhi Assembly elections, the dates of which are yet to be announced.
'The Mallahs may remain divided between the two competing coalitions in Bihar,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
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 situation is worse in the Gandhi family pocket borough -- Amethi and Raebareli.
Mayawati was outmanoeuvred by the BJP in the race for the Rajya Sabha in Uttar Pradesh just days after she helped the Samajwadi Party snatch two Lok Sbaha seats from the saffron party in bypolls.
