Party, the way for Akhilesh Yadav’s acceptability as CM is likely to have been smoothed by the thinking that father Mulayam Singh should be left free to operate in Delhi as he could be presented as a

Within the Samajwadi Party, the way for Akhilesh Yadav’s acceptability as CM is likely to have been smoothed by the thinking that father Mulayam Singh should be left free to operate in Delhi as he cou

Other than the states in which national parties have an entrenched local leadership (Manipur for Congress, Goa for BJP), it has been regional formations all the way in the elections whose results were announced on Tuesday.

Other than states in which national parties have an entrenched local leadership (Manipur for Congress, Goa for BJP), it has been regional formations all the way in the elections whose results were ann

Other than the states in which national parties have an entrenched local leadership (Manipur for Congress, Goa for BJP), it has been regional formations all the way in the elections whose results were

Whatever the result, the recent Assembly election in UP will be remembered for the extraordinary energies invested by Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, and the impact they made.

National security adviser Shivshankar Menon, Prime Minister’s special envoy Shyam Saran, former NSA and West Bengal governor M.K. Narayanan, and other leading figures of the establishment are slated to launch on February 28 their vision of the country’s foreign and strategic policy over the next decade, which they are calling Nonalig-nment.2.

In a desperate effort to secure the passage of the Lokpal law in the Lok Sabha, the Congress party changed tack mid-stream and amended its position of the bill.

The just available results to elections to 133 civic bodies elections across Maharashtra should serve as an eye-opener to political parties that have positioned themselves on the Lokpal issue in a certain way only to appease the Anna Hazare campaign, believing this will yield them an electoral dividend.

India and Pakistan have evidently decided to turn their backs on their acrimonious past, with Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yousaf Raza Gilani publicly praising one another after an hour-long one-on-one interaction here, and announcing that in their subsequent dialogue they would be even more forthcoming.