Rahul Gandhi not running for any post: Sachin Pilot
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lead the party in the 2014 general elections but he is not running…
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President to visit northeastern states
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the northeastern states in April and May, an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhawan said…
Can Rahul reform his party – and system? (Comment)
byThe recent reaffirmation by the Congress of its governing model of dual centres of power, notwithstanding party general secretary Digvijaya Singh’s caveat, was further…
Land leases haunt Hooda government (Haryana Newsletter)
byChandigarh, April 6 (IANS) The controversial lease of over five acres of prime land near Delhi suburb Gurgaon for a super-specialty eye hospital to…
A hectic week in Kerala politics (Kerala Newsletter)
byThiruvananthapuram, April 6 (IANS) It was a hectic week for all those who matter in Kerala politics. Film-star-turned-politician K.B. Ganesh Kumar was Monday forced…
Obama says sorry to ‘best-looking attorney general’
byWashington, April 6 (IANS) A day after causing a stir by calling Indian-American Kamala Harris as “by far the best-looking attorney general”, President Barack…
Chechens fighting in Syria are mercenaries, says Kadyrov
byDubai, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed Chechens fighting in Syria as merely mercenaries “fighting for money and not an…
Putin to take up literature, sports after quitting politics
byMoscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Literature, sports, jurisprudence and public projects will top the list of Vladimir Putin’s interests when he decides to quit…
Syria needs negotiations to stop ‘massacre’: Putin
byMoscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is not looking to oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and wants the conflicting parties to negotiate and stop…
Paswan rules out Third Front
byPatna, April 5 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party chief Ramvilas Paswan Friday ruled out any possibility of a third front ahead or after the next…