

Saturday 4 April '09
The 1977 poster of 47-year-old George Fernandes holding up his handcuffed hands from behind the prison bars still remains the most indelible image of the firebrand socialist.....Monday 23 March '09
For the second day in a row, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav attacked the Congress, claiming it had a policy to “finish regional parties”....Sunday
22 March '09On Wednesday, a day after he tied up with LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that when it came to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.....Friday
20 March '09For the first time in over 20 years, 79-year-old veteran socialist George Fernandes has been refused a Lok Sabha ticket by his party...Wednesday
18 March '09The lead editorial in the latest issue of CPM mouthpiece, People’s Democracy attacks L. K. Advani for his opinion that the Indian polity can only be bipolar.....Tuesday
17 March '09While it castigates the “Manmohan Singh government” for undermining India’s independent foreign policy by forging a strategic alliance.....Sunday
15 March '09Before the Left and other Third Front partners attend a dinner hosted by BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday....Saturday
14 March '09For UPA allies, Jharkhand is going to be as troublesome as Bihar, since the RJD has rejected the reported seat...Wednesday
11 March '09The lead editorial in CPM mouthpiece People’s Democracy titled “Vote for People’s Alternative” once again extends a call for an alternative government at the centre while stressing that it was very much possible, post poll.....Tuesday
10 March '09Two Left parties — the CPI(M) and CPI — on Sunday rushed to the support of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after he snapped ties with the BJP and termed him a secular leader.....Sunday
8 March '09The deadlock over seat-sharing talks among UPA allies — RJD, LJP and Congress — in Bihar does not appear to be ending anytime too soon with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav....Friday
27 February '09Filmmaker Prakash Jha, currently shooting his film Rajniti, is all set to contest the Lok Sabha polls on a Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) ticket from West Champaran constituency in Bihar.....Saturday
21 February '09Amidst tough posturing by the LJP over seat sharing in Bihar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav paid a surprise visit to LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s residence at 12 Janpath...Thursday
19 February '09The BJP’s election punch line — ‘Advani for PM’ — will not find a place in the poll campaign of its crucial ally...Wednesday
18 February '09The BJP's crucial ally Janata Dal (United) has decided not to project L K Advani as prime ministerial candidate. The decision is in keeping with the view that Advani will not find favour with a majority of the Muslim population in Bihar despite all the benefits extended to the minority community by the state Government.Friday
13 February '09RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s status as a UPA heavyweight is being challenged not only by LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan but even the Congress...Tuesday
3 February '09The LJP chief felt cheated when Lalu cornered the Railway Ministry for himself, resolved to avenge the ‘humiliation’Tuesday
27 January '09The JD(U) has put the BJP in a quandary by laying its claim to Lok Sabha seats with significant Muslim populations in Bihar arguing that the JD(U) was in a better position to win them....Monday
26 January '09If Ajit Singh was one of the factors in Kalyan Singh’s decision to leave the BJP, he was also a morale booster for the saffron party...Sunday
25 January '09Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s Vikas Yatra ahead of the Lok Sabha polls has set the alarm bells ringing in the opposition RJD...Tuesday
20 January '09Initial investigation by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has revealed that the members of the disgraced Satyam promoter Ramalinga Raju’s familySaturday
17 January '09Nepal’s Ambassador to India Durgesh Man Singh on Friday held talks with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde...Wednesday
7 January '09When chief ministers converged in the Capital on Tuesday to take part in a meeting to discuss ways to tackle terrorism...Tuesday
6 January '09While terror is tipped to be the biggest political issue in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls...Friday
2 January '09THE Indian Railways proposal to increase the number of berths in long-distance trains by adding an extra one in the passage of AC-3 tier and sleeper classes...