When TN Seshan's name was proposed for the post of chief election commissioner by the Chandra Shekhar government, he was caught in two minds. IMAGE: Former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan.......
'My enduring memory of Lula is personal,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, our former envoy in Brazil.'He was visiting India after retirement to accept an award.''At a private dinner in the Brazilian......
For successive governments the Election Commission remains a ‘holy cow’, where unhealthy precedents are allowed to be nurtured since Independence, says N Sathiya Moorthy. Image:......
Bodies of three more persons kidnapped by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Songbijit militants were recovered from Beki River in Assam's Baksa district on Sunday even as the police......
Four persons, including two boys, were allegedly kidnapped by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit’s faction of insurgents in Assam’s Baksa district, following......
Over the past decade, rapid structural changes in the economy have radically altered what was once a low-profile department. With the private sector playing an expanding role in public service......
'There is no difference between the earlier government and the present government.''They are all following the economic policy based on the Chicago School of thought.''This school of thought says......
'From where prime ministers sit, it makes no difference at all who occupies the governor's post.''Literally anyone with a decent education or work experience can be appointed to the job, which is......
Daund, a taluka in Maharashtra's Pune district, has all the makings of an Indian ruralscape -- green fields, dhoti-clad villagers and grazing livestock. The only blot on the landscape: unlike most......
'Dubbing for Rajiv Gandhi was very challenging.' 'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".' Midway through Rediff.com's interview with Patcy N, Chetan Sashital......