'I have to take better care of myself.''I was lucky that the cancer was diagnosed at a very early stage.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Six years ago, I lost my wife. It began as......
Running a government is often like playing a cricket match (or whichever team game you love) -- you win or go down as a team. As Narendra Modi completes a year at the helm of the government, we ask......
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Hyderabad had the usual Congress-bashing rhetoric, but also had elements of reaching out to allies in his own and other......
'In any ministry headed by Rahul, we will see a lot of talk of accountability, meritocracy and efficiency. But all these things will impact Indian politics in a positive way if they are a means to......
Rahul Gandhi has signalled the willingness to make the transition from the Congress' political strategy consultant to its chief-decision maker. Aarthi Ramachandran analyses whether he has it in him......
Under pressure from the Left, the government has offered to put in indefinite "abeyance", the Cabinet's decision to divest a 10 per cent stake in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and freeze all......
Left parties are determined to prove that the United Progressive Alliance is part of a global conspiracy to strip Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd of its intellectual assets.The Left charges that by......
The government was set to expand the scope of the National Employment Guarantee Scheme based on recommendations made by the parliamentary standing committee on the Bill, sources in the rural......
It is the evening of October 12, 2004 and Baramati's narrow market square, Bhegon Chowk, is overflowing with farm hands who have come to hear their hero, Sharad Pawar, speak.He will address his......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will find an unlikely ally in the Left, if he does not want extra spectrum given free of cost to unified telecom licence holders. The Left believe that a scarce......
The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou officially opens on Saturday, September 23. While some events like football, rowing and volleyball have already begun, the other big-ticket sports start over the......