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Barsaat on my mind

Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love!

'Nitish had no option but to join Lalu Prasad'

Upendra Kushwaha, president of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, which is part of the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, admits the Bihar assembly elections will be a close contest and will be fought along the lines of caste.

CBI names Bansal as witness, nephew architect of railway scam

Bansal has been named as the 39th prosecution witness in the case in which Singla, the then Member (Staff) of Railway Board Mahesh Kumar and eight others have been chargesheeted for the offence of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Meet Shehla Rashid, the firebrand JNU leader

'When you come to Delhi, you see that there are many Kashmirs here -- the Dalits, Muslims, women, bonded labourers.'

Bihar's liquor ban is good politics, bad economics

Several states that imposed prohibition in the past lifted it once revenue loss began to pinch

Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill

Holiday takes obscene amounts of time getting to the point, says Raja Sen.

Birla's Art under wraps

He brings the gods back home to India

'There are hundreds of items from Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat in Subhash Kapoor's loot. The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing wants to just prosecute Kapoor for three cases and close it. To me that's myopic.'

The coming battle for Pataliputra

The Bharatiya Janata Party's quest to strengthen its base in north India starts from Bihar, says Bharat Bhushan.

Why JD-U's support base is shrinking in Bihar

Poll arithmetic and ground reports give an edge to Lalu Prasad's RJD over Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Mayank Mishra reports

JD-U, Nitish will face the wrath of anti-incumbency: Sushil Kumar Modi

Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader Sushil Kumar Modi talks to Satyavrat Mishra about the prospects of the party in Bihar. Modi says only the assembly elections or general elections are the true barometers of popularity. Edited excerpts:

Heavyweight Ananth Kumar can't knock out newbie Nilekani easily

One of the many contrasts that Kumar versus Nilekani highlights is that of a traditional career politician as against a highly successful professional entering politics for the first time. Rupa Subramanya reports

The girl who ran

Shibani Gharat loves to run. So this September the 29-year-old decided to test her limits and ran 72 kilometres along the world's highest motorable path. This is her story.