Will Sonia Gandhi break Indira's record?

As Congress President Sonia Gandhi turns 64 today, journalist Rasheed Kidwai, who wrote Sonia: A Biography, examines her legacy. How does she compare with the original Mrs G? Since it was......

So is all this also 'nonsense', Mr Rahul Gandhi?

Dikshit cites lack of party support for delhi debacle; Pawar prescribes introspection; No party ready to form govt in DelhiThe Congress on Monday bagged two-thirds of the seats in the 40-member......

Was Modi Worried About Shyam Rangeela?

Rangeela's presence in the fray could have been trifle uncomfortable for Modi.He may not have posed an electoral challenge to the prime minister, but Rangeela's public meetings could have seen......

Foreign Policy As A Poll Tool Can Be Harmful

It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government......

India's premier pays lip service to villagers

India's dusty villages or the green ones keep coming back into the conversations of the well-heeled in India. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while giving the inaugural speech at a leadership summit......

Corruption with a human face

There are four policy initiatives of the UPA government whose economic rationale is dubious -- at best.Given the dream team of Messrs Manmohan Singh, P C Chidambaram, and Montek Singh Ahluwalia,......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......