At 84, Parkash Singh Badal towers over all
byChandigarh : After Mandela, Badal. Did you know that Parkash Singh Badal, who could be Punjab chief minister for the fifth time, is the…
Politics
Gangotri myth to be tested as Cong, BJP vie to form govt in Uttarakhand
byDehradun : Even before this small mountain state was carved out in 2000 and was part of Uttar Pradesh, the party which won the…
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal set to lose its identity
byDehradun : While regional parties have flourished in many states, just by taking up the cause of the masses and delivering the goods, the…
Thumbs up for SP and Akali, Congress wounded
byNew Delhi : It was a day of grand wins and bruising defeats. As counting ended Tuesday for elections in five states, the Samajwadi…
Uttarakhand throws up a hung assembly
byDehradun : The election results of the viddhan sabha elections held in Uttarakhand on Jan 30 have given a hung mandate, which was initially…
Khanduri improves party position but fails to win
byDehradun : He may have been the poster boy for the BJP during the recently held vidhan sabha elections in Uttarakhand and his face…
UP lesson: Party workers more important than leaders
byWhy did the Congress do badly in Uttar Pradesh? The answer is simple: it had a weak organisation. A similar answer explains the BJP’s…
Akhilesh Yadav steals show in contest of young campaigners
byNew Delhi : Three young leaders put their heart and soul in the campaign in Uttar Pradesh, but it was Akhilesh Yadav who walked…
Rahul takes blame for UP debacle
byNew Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday accepted responsibility for the party’s disastrous showing in Uttar Pradesh where he aggressively led the…
Congress fundamentals in UP weak: Rahul
byNew Delhi : Accepting responsibility for the party’s poor showing in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said the party’s “fundamentals” were weak…