Can Rita Bahuguna succeed where her father failed?

Sudhir Bisht recalls the battle of 1984 in which UP strongman Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was felled by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party national President Amit......

BJP first list out; Modi fielded from Varanasi, Shah replaces Advani

Smriti Irani will reprise her electoral battle with Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.Advani has been representing Gandhinagar in the Lok Sabha since 1998. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by......

What Rahul and Priyanka are planning next

Will Priyanka contest against Modi in Varanasi?Will Rahul also contest from Karnataka?Rasheed Kidwai -- Sonia Gandhi and the Congress party's biographer -- reveals what is churning in the Congress.......

When the nation stood as one: Pages from a Indo-Pak war journal

Artillery guns in action in Uri, Poonch sector. All photographs: Sainik Samachar Fifty years ago, India and Pakistan fought a short but bloody war. The author finds out how Sainik Samachar, the......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

FM gives final touches to the Budget

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other finance ministry officials have reached the last leg of pre-Budget consultations. After meeting representatives from various stakeholders, including the......

Sports fraternity condoles Dutt's death

The sports fraternity across the country on Wednesday condoled the demise of Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt, who had worked hard towards promoting sports culture among the youth of the......

'Such an active sports minister'

Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya condoled Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt's death, describing him as a pleasant personality who was keen about the development of all sporting disciplines in......

ICC seeks clarity on tax issue

The International Cricket Council's Executive Boardon Thursdaybegan a two-day meeting, which could decide India's future as a venue for high-profile international tournaments.The ICC had already......

ICC tells India to sort out tax issues

The International Cricket Council has warned India that it will have to sort out the issue of tax exemption immediately if it wants to host next year's Champions Trophy.ICC president Ehsan Mani......

Lifters glad to be rid of coach Sandhu

Weightlifters, both men and women, are happy to see the back of Pal Singh Sandhu, erstwhile national coach of the Indian team.Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt sacked Sandhu and the team's foreign......