'Sometimes in politics, there is a need to take two steps back to forge ahead'

'There is a need for the Congress to introspect.''Introspection means to find out where we have gone wrong in the last eight-ten years, how we have gone wrong, where we have failed to succeed.'......

India gets a National Security AdviCzar

Ajit Doval is now India's all-powerful security boss.This concentration of power disrupts our layered security system.Will it not weaken whatever remains of the power and authority of the home,......

Rahul set to take over Congress's reins on December 16

Rahul Gandhi is likely to assume the reins of the Congress on December 16, marking a generational shift in the grand old party when his mother and its longest-serving president would formally hand......

Modi@3: Scary security failures

'If you put colour-coded internal security maps of India in May 2014 and now, the picture won't be flattering to Modi.' 'Failures on internal security are piling up and can break Modi's momentum,'......

Govt reconstitutes EGoM on fuel

The government has reconstituted a ministerial panel on fuel pricing, but the grouping headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is unlikely to meet before Assembly elections in five states are......

'FDI in power? India needs to be confident'

Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has stressed on the need for creating confidence among foreign investors to attract foreign direct investment in the power sector. "Despite making provisions for......

Palakkad is India's 1st fully electrified district

Palakkad on Tuesday became the first fully electrified district of the country. Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, the government was working on a target of bringing......

PM names top panel to monitor drought

In view of the severe drought and growing prices of essential commodities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a crisis management group of Ministers (GoM) for monitoring the situation on......