For the first time in his political career, he failed to carry his party to even a working majority -- and again, for the first time in his career, he finds himself in a situation where he cannot......
For now, the DMK can be expected to sound the bugle for Opposition unity at the national level, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin being greeted by Congress......
Now, as before, India's vote at the UN was dictated by paramount national interests.Though the Indian vote was 'neutral', its explanation was explicit in its criticism of the Russian actions.India......
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari has earned a reputation as a 'giant slayer' by defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the battle for Nandigram, even though his party lost......
'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.''Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use......
Modi has certainly pulled back, and his political capital -- dependent as it is on an image that he knows best and never retreats -- may have taken a bit of a beating.But, equally, it is hard to......
The expansion in equity market volumes is driven by retail speculators indulging in heavy trading of complex derivatives that are economically unproductive, say Praveen Chakravarthy and T V......
The whole point about this is not who eventually wins or loses but how, in just a few years, technology has so changed our lives, says Subir Roy. How could there be a revival of the entirely......
Image: A pensioner arrives at a National Bank branch to receive part of her pension at the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. Photograph: Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters Greeks greeted news......
The spectre of Singur and now its verdict is looming large on the future of many of Bengal’s projects, especially the state government’s industrial parks that are vacant. As many more......