A President and a promisePURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiA.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the country's eleventh President.
A new PresidentPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiAlthough the numbers were on A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's side, the presence of Lakshmi Sahgal in the presidential race served to bring crucial issues centres
Visions of powerPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiAt the All India Congress Committee's one-day special session in New Delhi, where it was Sonia Gandhi all the way, the general mood indicates that the
A surprise SpeakerPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe election of the Shiv Sena's Manohar Joshi as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha seems to indicate that irrespective of its allies' reservations, the BJP
Poverty of strategyPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe Congress(I) Chief Ministers' conference in Guwahati fails to come up with a political strategy to rejuvenate the party in crucial States such as U
Visions of powerPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiA string of election victories and a party president emboldened by these, give the Congress(I) visions of a return to power at the Centre.
The Uttar Pradesh tanglePURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe waiting game continues in Uttar Pradesh as the Bharatiya Janata Party is in no mood to prop up a government headed by Bahujan Samaj Party leader M
Rajya Sabha election pointersPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha are expected to expose again the lack of cohesion in the National Democratic Alliance.
Talks and obstaclesPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe Ayodhya-related negotiations enter another delicate phase.
Dealing with FernandesPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiGeorge Fernandes' reinduction into the Union Cabinet turns out to be a major embarrassment for the government as the Opposition effectively boycotts h
A controversial banPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiThe Centre bans the Students Islamic Movement of India for "anti-national activities" but fails to justify the action with credible evidence against t
Joining forcesPURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New DelhiRam Vilas Paswan and Sharad Yadav join hands to increase their bargaining power within the National Democratic Alliance.
The rediscovery of Ekakini, an iconic Hindi work Hindi literary circles are all agog as the first lesbian novel, from 1948, is republished.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
