UPA-II anniversary: No honest appraisal (Comment)
byThe celebration of the fourth anniversary of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on May 22 was preceded by predictions in various opinion polls…
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UP’s power crisis spells trouble for SP (Uttar Pradesh Newsletter)
byLucknow, May 25 (IANS) With mercury soaring in Uttar Pradesh and the grim power situation disrupting life, protests have become the order of the…
Hooda’s love (lost) for Gujarat, Modi! (Haryana Newsletter)
byChandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his government may not have much to do with Gujarat and its Chief…
Guatemala extradites ex-president to US
byGuatemala City, May 25 (IANS) Guatemala has extradited its former president Alfonso Portillo to the US where he will face charges of money laundering,…
Friction in Congress as Chandy, Chennithala camps spar (Kerala Newsletter)
byThiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) Is Kerala politics all about camps? The polarisation between V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan loyalists in the opposition CPI-M is…
Jairam points out irregularities in jobs scheme in Odisha
byBhubaneswar, May 25 (IANS) Pointing out several irregularities in the implementation of rural jobs scheme in Odisha, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has…
Political storm in Himachal averted
byShimla: Ahead of the Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh, a political crisis sparked by the purported resignation of a Congress minister who was miffed…
Whose cat is beautiful: Chechen leader vs TV celebrity
byMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov entered into a bizarre public row with a Russian socialite over whose cat was the…
Italy to scrap public funding of political parties
byRome, May 25 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government has agreed to abolish public funding of political parties, Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced. “In the cabinet,…
Himachal courts quashes appointment of 480 teachers
byShimla: In a setback to the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today quashed appointments of…