'Akhilesh will surely get 150 seats'

'...if elections were to be held today.''The problem is Akhilesh is not very aggressive.''Had he started his campaign aggressively six months ago, the picture in UP would have been very different.'......

The Illusion of Opposition Unity

There was near unanimity among the guests at the Sibal dinner that the country is ready for a change, that the ruling party has lost popularity.However in the same breath speaker after speaker......

Did Rajasthan tussle scuttle Rahul's return?

'Play safe and persist with an ailing Sonia Gandhi as interim chief and wait for an opportune moment to foist the crown prince yet again,' predicts Virendra Kapoor. Illustration: Uttam......

Herald case: HC scraps Sonia, Rahul's pleas against tax reassessment

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi on Monday failed to get any relief from the Delhi high court which dismissed their challenge on reopening of their tax assessments for......

SPG allocation up by 28%

With the Special Protection Group (SPG) planning to have its own aircraft, the government has increased the elite force's budgetary allocation by 28 per cent for the next fiscal. The budgetary......

Godrej eyes TV market

After making a mark in refrigerators and washing machines, with the heritage Godrej brand, Godrej & Boyce is now looking at the television segment.Jamshyd Godrej, chairman and managing director,......

VIP eyes UK retail chain Steads

VIP Industries is looking at acquiring Steads Baggage Company, a luggage and leather retail chain in the UK. Steads has a network of 20 outlets in and around London, and is believed to be scouting......

Sports Shorts: Shetty-Rankireddy pull out of BWF Worlds

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, left, and Chirag Shetty. Photograph: Badminton Association of India/Twitter India's new doubles......