JD(U) out of BJP’s shadow

Wednesday 12 April '06

The results of the bitterly fought JD (U) presidential elections in Patna today spells not just a humiliating defeat for incumbent George Fernandes

Come May, Left and allies to turn on heat, make Congress sweat

Saturday 8 April '06

For the UPA government, yesterday’s announcement of a “non-Congress, non-BJP front’’ is not as serious as the simmering ferment within, reliable sources indicated today.

Advani, Rajnath raths roll out today, but no hurrahs in the party

Wednesday 5 April '06

On the eve of their “National Security Yatras”, Leader of the Opposition L K Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh held a joint press conference

Maya move: Befriend Cong, target BJP, SP

Saturday 1 April '06

In a shrewd move with the twin aims of securing personal goodwill and sharpening her battle against the Samajwadi Party and the BJP...

Upper House, upper hand

Saturday 1 April '06

Lok Sabha was once the prestige route to politics. Rajya Sabha has the cache now

Uma takes saffron lead on Sonia home turf

Tuesday 28 March '06

In a move aimed at wresting the anti-Congress space from the BJP, expelled sanyasin Uma Bharati has decided to field a candidate against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli byelection

All standing exposed, parties now hope: President and EC should play the filter

Saturday 25 March '06

The UPA Government scrambling to handle the fallout of its chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s resignation and the flood of allegations against legislators holding...

Sonia sees profit in quitting office

Friday 24 March '06

An ordinance ready to shield hers and others’ offices of profit, Parliament adjourned sine die to make way for it, Sonia Gandhi fired her tried and tested sacrifice weapon a second time.

Govt’s ham-handedness gives Oppn a stick

Thursday 23 March '06

Egg on face, the Government today forced both Houses of Parliament to adjourn sine die, raising not just a question mark on whether Parliament would meet again as scheduled from May 10 but also providing fresh ammunition to the Opposition to slam the UPA’s alleged “Sonia-centric”’ outlook to the “detriment of parliamentary propriety and conventions”.

Cong ready to play second fiddle, leaves door open for Mamata

Tuesday 21 March '06

The Congress is willing to play second fiddle to the Trinamool Congress and project Mamata Banerjee as their chief ministerial...

Advani yatra steers clear of polls, blasts

Thursday 16 March '06

Rattled by the criticism from within and outside against the proposed ‘‘Rashtriya Ekta Yatras’’ announced by him last week, LK Advani is belatedly trying to delink the yatras from both the upcoming elections in five states as well as the Varanasi blasts.

All that’s not Left is Right

Friday 17 March '06

The Organiser’s editorial written much after the “din and dazzle” of US President George W. Bush’s visit slams the Left’s...

Advani yatra steers clear of elections, blasts

Wednesday 15 March '06

Rattled by the criticism from within and outside against the proposed ‘‘Rashtriya Ekta Yatras’’ announced by him last week...

Lot to learn, but Rahul ‘educates’ House first

Friday 10 March '06

Rahul Gandhi, whose future is inextricably linked to family tradition, today spelled out his dream of an India ‘‘where a son does not remain tied to his father’s past, where a daughter has the opportunity to do something her mother could only dream of’’ and stressed the key to this — education.