Renegotiate 123: Advani gives in to pressure from party

Friday 31 August '07

Four days after he told The Indian Express that the BJP will have “no problem with the 123 Agreement” if the UPA government can bring an amendment in the domestic Atomic Energy Act

RSS backs Advani on nuke deal

Wednesday 29 August '07

Leader of the Opposition L K Advani’s efforts to amend his party’s strident posturing on the Indo-US nuclear deal has found some support in the RSS.

Advani’s yes to n-deal forces BJP on mid-course correction

Tuesday 28 August '07

The BJP, thrown into a spin by Leader of Opposition L K Advani’s statement to The Indian Express endorsing the Indo-US 123 agreement...

Race to save deal and Govt goes into last lap from today

Monday 27 August '07

With neither the Congress nor the Left showing signs of any climbdown from their respective positions on the nuclear deal, a last ditch effort to save the deal and the Government will begin from Monday.

The new mind game begins: When to time the next polls?

Monday 20 August '07

Deal or no deal, choosing the timing of the next election is the new mind game the Congress and Left have entered into.

In enriched n-debate, the crude distraction: Bullet in PM’s head, havans for his death

Saturday 18 August '07

If Indian politics had begun to sound too abstruse with talk of fuel reprocessing, Henry Hyde and strategic reserves, it got a dose of mud today — low and dirty like never before.

Can’t do without Modi, says BJP

Saturday 18 August '07

The BJP has ruled out a change of guard in Gujarat, where dissidents have been running a campaign against Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

‘CPM wants to have the cake and eat it too’

Friday 17 August '07

Andhra Pradesh’s Congress Chief Minister Y S Rajshekhar Reddy has been the target of Left ire in recent months. The death of six people in a police firing in Khammam last month widened the rift between the Congress and the Left.

Coming soon on Kerala TVs, Mohanlal vs Mammooty

Wednesday 15 August '07

After fighting them in the streets, in the fields and in print, the Congress in Kerala will now fight the Marxists on air. A Congress-sponsored TV channel will go on air from August 17...

BJP or Democrats, N-deal will operate: US Senator

Monday 13 August '07

The BJP may publicly oppose the nuclear deal with the US, but Leader of the Opposition L K Advani took pride “in the role that the BJP

No disruption, debate is BJP’s House strategy

Thursday 9 August '07

N-deal, Goa lined up as ammo; plans to highlight tension within UPA

Rajnath, Jaitley get down to set Gujarat affairs in order

Wednesday 8 August '07

Troubled by dissidence and a hostile RSS, the BJP is trying to put its house in order in election-bound Gujarat.

BJP wants House panel to test n-deal

Sunday 5 August '07

The BJP has said it's unable to accept the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement since the party considered it “an assault on our nuclear sovereignty and foreign policy options”.

Gujarat: BJP in touch with ‘useful’ rebels

Saturday 4 August '07

BJP National General Secretary and Gujarat in-charge Arun Jaitley is in touch with party rebels in the state who have spurned truce despite the suspension of seven MLAs for indiscipline.

Munde, Gadkari repeat demand to call it quits with Shiv Sena

Friday 3 August '07

General secretary of the BJP Gopinath Munde and chief of its Maharashtra unit Nitin Gadkari have reiterated their known position for parting ways with the Shiv Sena.

Copyright & copy Left: Comrades contest 1857 film credits

Thursday 2 August '07

With the holy war on communalism in apparent recession, comrades have nothing to lose other than a copyright — and that, in the age of intellectual property, is far more precious than chains.

Congress isn’t going to admit it but Karat played hardball, insisted on Ansari, only Ansari

Tuesday 24 July '07

Left and Congress managers are busy spinning stories about how smoothly and effortlessly they zeroed in on former diplomat Hamid Ansari as their Vice Presidential candidate.

Speaker proposes: no work, no pay for MPs who stall House

Saturday 21 July '07

Having failed in his attempts to discipline Members of Parliament who run to the well at the drop of a hat, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee plans to pinch where it hurts most.

Funds paid this year but Speaker says can’t probe, Patil not an MP

Thursday 19 July '07

On the eve of elections to Rashtrapati Bhavan, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has ruled that allegations of MPLAD...

BJP in cold as regional parties refuse to toe line

Wednesday 18 July '07

The BJP, which set out on a warpath with the Congress on presidential elections aiming to break new grounds for the general elections, seems to have reasons to worry.

Congress floats Somnath balloon for V-P, Karat swiftly moves to puncture it

Saturday 14 July '07

Suggestions emanating from Congress quarters to nominate Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee as vice-presidential candidate have put the CPM leadership on the backfoot.

A full airline seat for Mr Ballot Box on Presidential poll duty

Friday 13 July '07

For the July 19 election, boxes will go to state capitals as hand baggage of poll officials, return on the seat next

BJP’s anti-Patil campaign now official

Wednesday 11 July '07

Assessing that its campaign against United Progressive Alliance presidential candidate Pratibha Patil has been a hit in its constituency

Kalyan Singh boycotts UP strategy session

Tuesday 10 July '07

Senior leaders Kalyan Singh and Kesri Nath Tripathi did not attend a BJP meeting called to discuss the reasons behind the Uttar Pradesh election debacle and strategise on future course of action.

Chandra Shekhar, ambition and idealism’s mix, dies at 80

Monday 9 July '07

Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, a socialist who showed political ambition and idealism can cohabit, died today in New Delhi after a prolonged illness.