'Certainly if Advani had agreed to Vajpayee in sacking Modi, then we would never have been talking of Modi today.' IMAGE: Then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, left, then deputy prime minister......
'If Rahul Gandhi's authority was absolute, he could have picked his man.'That this did not happen shows there is more inner party democracy in the Congress than otherwise assumed.'Compare this with......
'It will be fascinating to see how Modi, for the first time in his political life without a majority, is able to manage the ambitions and the conflicts,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister......
The spread of Modism is in reality the spread of personality cult and not political ideology, says Vidyut Joshi. Narendra Modi is a unique phenomenon in Indian politics. You cannot compare him with......
Former Union Minister and dissident BJP leader Kashiram Rana, who recently joined Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party, passed away early Friday morning, party sources said. He was 76.Rana......
A 'maha arti and 'maha garba', a spectacular laser show, folk dance forms from several states and a colourful fireworks display would give a magnificent start to the Navratri festival organised by......
The poverty ratio in rural areas dropped to nearly half between 1983 and 1999-2000. The proportion of the rural population living below poverty line, estimated at 45.65 per cent, has come down to......
With SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic taking its toll on China's textile exports, India is all set to grab the opportunity to increase its share of global market, mainly in the US......
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi yesterday reiterated his government's resolve to protect the cooperative banking sector in the state."We cannot allow the system to break because of some vested......
Government on Friday said impact of Iraq war on Indian exports would depend on its duration but the $50 billion target for this year would be more than met."The impact on exports will depend on the......