Already, there is a feeling even within the BJP's AIADMK ally that the BJP is overdoing things on the ED/I-T front, as corruption is not an election issue in the state -- as long as the people are otherwise not excessively unhappy with the governing party, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I am still the girl who grew up in a close family in Madras, in the South of India, and I am deeply connected to the lessons and culture of my youth. I am also the woman who arrived in the US at age twenty-three to study and work and, somehow, rose to lead an iconic company, a journey that I believe is possible only in America. I belong in both worlds,' says the ex-Pepsico chief in her memoir
If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Priyanka's thrilled... Pooja's nostalgic... Vaani's indulging...
Queen Elizabeth II used her banquet speech to subtly remind the visiting US President that the international institutions set up after the World War II were designed to ensure the horrors of conflict were not repeated.
If only the Congress could rebuild on its strengths and develop a modern enough ideology, we could again be moving towards a clearer two-party political landscape, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
A list of guests at the party has also been prepared, the officials added.
The who's who of the political and business world showed up for the state dinner
Kejriwal's announcement is a renewed push to counter the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat and attract Hindu voters, as per political experts.
Shinde will spend the night at Radisson Blu hotel, the same hotel where the then rebel MLAs had stayed in June.
Gehlot told Congress MLAs that they will be asked to come to New Delhi if he decides to file his nomination.
US President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Premier Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, the White House said on Tuesday.
Barack Obama and Michelle showed off their moves at the end of a state dinner in Argentina.
Asserting that Indian democracy is a "global public good", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that its "collapse" will have an impact on the world and is not in America's national interest.
As most victims' bodies were charred beyond recognition, the authorities have decided to conduct DNA testing to identify them before handing them over to the relatives.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who also rubbed elbows with the likes of President Obama, US Vice-President Joe Biden and Indian PM, and triumphantly posted photos of their coup on social networking site 'Facebook', has earned the distinction in a recent Gallup poll.
Thirty six years down the line, the restaurant still continues to serve people and is famous as the place where Sobhraj was arrested.
When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey. He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on board. Prakash Bhandari recalls the maharaja's voyage to attend a British monarch's coronation on a day when Charles III will be crowned king at Westminster Abbey.
An American couple, who gatecrashed into a State dinner President Barack Obama hosted for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the White House, were now trying to peddle their story for hundreds of thousands of dollars to television networks.
Last week's state dinner at the White House for the Indian prime minister had two unexpected guests: Washington, DC socialites and reality television hopefuls Michaele and Tareq Salahi, wine and polo promoters from Virginia. Though their names did not feature on the star-studded guest-list, the couple breezed by security, posed for photos and entered the White House lower hallway, where they mingled with guests.
Sources said India and US do not want to rush in finalising a trade deal and both sides will take a decision on it considering a long-term view.
The ambit of the G-23 grouping increased this time as some more leaders -- Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, former Gujarat chief minister Shankar Singh Vaghela, former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and former Haryana speaker Kuldeep Sharma -- joined them.
When he stood to speak for the princes, he surprised the British when he declared, 'The breeze is blowing from east to west. It will uproot and blow off the British. It is my earnest request to my British friends to now quit India respectfully'.
Prince George became the star of the Kensington Palace party after greeting Michelle and Barack Obama in his dressing gown and slippers.
Addressing a joint press conference after a meeting of 26 opposition parties in Bengaluru, Kharge said, "This was a very important meeting to save democracy and the Constitution in the interest of the people of the country."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Abu Dhabi on July 15.
A rotating chief ministership as a way to appease factions can work only if there is a credible guarantor, explains Aditi Phadnis.
Two influential American Senators have demanded action against the US couple that gatecrashed into the First State Dinner hosted in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an incident that has put a question mark on the security of the White House.
At a brief ceremony, Indonesian President Joko Widodo handed over the G20 presidency to Prime Minister Modi at the conclusion of the two-day G20 Summit in Bali.
On November 24, US President Barack Obama hosted a state dinner at the White House to honour our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. And appropriately enough, the First Lady chose a creation by Indian-born designer Naeem Khan to grace the occasion. A first look.
'We don't know when the BJP tried to induct Sourav Ganguly into the party. Sourav Ganguly is a cricketing legend. Some people are now shedding crocodile tears about the changes in BCCI. Did they have any role when he took over as BCCI president? The TMC should stop politicising every issue.'
'Vote banks will change affiliations and the BJP will come out with good success in Kerala.'
'Heck, the only way Tareeq and Michaele Salahi could have missed being our Persons of the Year was if we'd made them Persons of the Decade instead,' wrote the columnist.
The Congress Legislature Party, which met at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising the party chief to pick its leader.
Dr Singh and Gandhi, along with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had the discussion with Advani on the issue during the State dinner hosted for visiting Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in New Delhi on Monday.
The queen ascended to the throne when the future prime minister was four months old.
Four National Disaster Response Force teams are engaged in rescue work, he added. The village has around 50 houses, of which 17 were buried under the landslide, the official said.
Delhi former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is now lodged in Tihar's jail after Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent him to judicial custody till March 20 in connection with the excise policy case.
'The prime minister is talking to his Chachaji and he is crying in the PM's lap, it was such an emotional scene.'
Shah's visit to Ganguly's home had fuelled speculation that the he would join politics soon.
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