Akhilesh inducts 12 new faces in ministry; ex-Akali leader's entry baffles all

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday inducted 12 new faces in his 43-month-old ministry. But what baffled many was the induction of a Sikh leader from Punjab as a full-fledged......

Punjab polls: Will anti-incumbency work in favour of Cong?

With Punjab going to polls on Monday, the fight is heating up. Though the Congress lost the battle in 2007 to the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance, it hopes to regain power in Punjab this......

'This is a battle of good vs evil, not Hindu vs Muslim'

'There has never been a problem between Hindus and Muslims in Kairana.''We are a people that smoke from the same hookah.'Once the seat of an influential tradition of Indian classical music, Kairana......