Women politicians bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked. IMAGE: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi prior to attending......
Mother and son refuse to go away despite indications blowing in the wind that their leadership is ringing the death knell of the party, observes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: As Congress interim President......
Then prime minister Indira Gandhi valued her grandson Rahul Gandhi's 'grit and determination' and often considered him mature enough to be taken into confidence on subjects she avoided discussing......
A Uttar Pradesh seer, who allegedly delivered a hate speech against a community and made a rape threat, has been booked, police in Sitapur said on Saturday. Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of the......
The rebel (they may prefer 'reformist') G-23 group in the Congress party convened on Wednesday, March 16, evening at G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's Delhi bungalow. Interestingly, the G-23 group......
In order to end use of kerosene -- which often does not reach the intended beneficiaries -- the Delhi government on Tuesday launched an ambitious scheme, where about 3.5 lakh BPL and poor families......
It's not just the high street across India that will feel the pinch of the weakening rupee against the dollar.The ongoing fall is likely to impact, both directly and indirectly, the purse-strings......
Slum dwellers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in the city will be eligible to get flats costing little over Rs 300,000 virtually free with Delhi government as well as Centre......
How does one turn the energy and commitment of citizens reacting to the Mumbai terror strikes, in ways that are constructive? The first step would be to understand that the system's failures when......
The sign on the verandah of the building, on the outskirts of Delhi, announced it as a new air-conditioned office for registering property transfers-- inaugurated by the chief minister, no less.......