Will Modi 3.0 See NDA Coordination Committee?

The preferred format would be for the top BJP leadership in the government to reach out to the alliance leaders on a case-to-case basis. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, Telugu Desam Party N......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

Prez Poll: What Is Mamata's Game?

Mamata Banerjee's sights are not on the next month's Presidential election. She is focusing on another election that will take place in 2024. IMAGE: Mamata Banerjee with Sharad Pawar, H D Deve......

CPI-M leader Surjeet slips into coma

Veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a hospital with an acute respiratory problem, has slipped into coma. His condition remains critical. "He is in coma and is not......

Cut fuel prices, Left warns

The Left parties on Wednesday asked the government to reduce prices of LPG and diesel and restore 9.5 per cent interest rate on Employees Provident Fund. At the fourth UPA government-Left......

Truckers end strike after pact with govt

The All India Motor Transport Congress on Saturday called off their seven-day old 'indefinite' truckers strike after it reached an agreement with government on the contentious issue of service tax......

Truckers' strike may end soon

An end to the indefinite strike by truck operators, which entered the seventh day, appeared in sight with Finance Minister P Chidambaram agreeing to meet them on the issue of levy of 10 per cent......

Airport privatisation hangs in limbo

Notwithstanding Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel's announcement on FDI cap of 49 per cent for Mumbai and Delhi airport privatisation, the government it seems is planning to "rethink" the......

Does Kher deserve the boot?

Barely a year after he was appointed chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification by the Vajpayee government, Anupam Kher was sacked on Thursday.Kher has now threatened legal action against......

Anupam Kher threatens legal action

Blaming Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet for his unceremonious removal as chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification, Anupam Kher has sent a legal......

'The way I was sacked smacks of goondagardi!'

Like the upright citizen that he played in his debut film Saraansh, Anupam Kher is currently fighting abattle against political forces that he thinks are out to disrupt our society's moral fibre.......