SP gets into gear for 2012 UP polls

With the 2012 state assembly elections not very far, the Samajwadi Party hasgot into the election gear. And to top it all, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pushed his son Akhilesh Yadav to take......

At last, Akhilesh Yadav has become his own man

Whether he succeeds in becoming chief minister again or not, Akhilesh is finally out of the shadow cast by his family, but without losing a sense of balance, notes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Samajwadi......

Munde: Trigger-happy home minister, Marathi music buff

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com recalls his encounters with the late Gopinath Munde many years ago, when he was Maharashtra's home minister. Getting to travel in the same car as Gopinath Munde --......