Will Andhra Pradesh Follow Odisha Model?

Will Andhra Pradesh follow the Odisha model, voting differently in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections?Or will Odisha follow Andhra Pradesh, voting in new faces in both? IMAGE: Biju Janata Dal......

'BJP Karyakartas Were Disappointed'

'The karyakartas who wanted to contest were disappointed and it took some time to explain to them why we needed an alliance.' IMAGE: Daggubati Purandeswari, the Bharatiya Janata Party's......

'The BJP Is A Huge Banyan Tree'

'Elections are fought to win.''In our party, the leadership takes the final decision, and our leaders are very clear about it.' IMAGE: Dharmendra Pradhan, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Global firms form 'good rice alliance' for Indian farmers

Four big global companies — Bayer, GenZero (a wholly-owned arm of financial major Temasek), Shell and Mitsubishi — have decided to scale up their carbon credit programme in nine states......

Will legalising MSP reduce the import bill for edible oils and pulses?

The protesting farmers’ main demand to legalise the minimum support price (MSP) regime has divided opinion. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters One school of thought says it would lead to crop......

Aadhaar for every Indian? Or just a select few?

The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and ‘smart’ technologies with something more old-fashioned -- the good old fashioned,......

'Not passing the GST is a grave mistake'

United Progressive Alliance government had piloted the GST bill but Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states like Gujarat had opposed the draft. As Parliament session ended without passing the landmark......

Beautiful Life Lessons from Buddy Hirani

'Buddy knows more about Raju's films because he sits in the editing room.''He has seen Sanju a number of times already!' IMAGE: Manjeet, her son Vir and husband Rajkumar Hirani with Buddy.......