

Friday 23 October '09
If the ruling Congress in Haryana has suffered a drop of 7.3 per cent in vote share as compared to the Lok Sabha elections barely six months ago....Friday 23 October '09
In May, the Congress swept. How October’s result changes its politics....Thursday
22 October '09With their fate sealed in the EVMs which would open today, most candidates and their close associates in Haryana have been spending sleepless nights....Tuesday
13 October '09While aisa pehli baar hua hai, the Congress punchline for its Haryana Assembly campaign referring to the state’s development on all fronts under its rule, may be open to debate, it is indeed an election of many firsts....Monday
5 October '09Parties in Haryana are going all out to promise voters the moon ahead of polls. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) led by former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala...Wednesday
30 September '09In Haryana’s crowded fray, the Congress faces little opposition....Monday
28 September '09Only those relatives of leaders who have been active in electoral politics in the past will be given Congress tickets....Friday
18 September '09The build up for the Vichar Baithak of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) at Shimla last week had led to high expectations....Friday
14 August '09Searching for a consensus after the demand for a Haryana chapter....Monday
10 August '09After the Congress romped home with nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, there was little doubt that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda....Wednesday
24 June '09Even as the BJP is battling its crisis at the top level, its Punjab unit had been saber-rattling its coalition partner....Friday
5 June '09Till about a month ago, only a few outside Punjab and not many even within the state, barring its followers, were aware....Wednesday
27 May '09Deras mushroom in Punjab because of entrenched discriminationTuesday
26 May '09The rapidity with which protests spread is a pointer to the growing clout of deras that have mushroomed across the state and their potential to spark off conflict.Tuesday
26 May '09VIPIN PUBBY takes a look at the history of deras in general, and Dera Sachkhand Ballan in particular, in PunjabWednesday
13 May '09The Congress in Punjab can afford to wait for the outcome of the elections on Saturday with hopes high as nine of the 13 constituencies in Punjab....Thursday
7 May '09Seeking to match the Congress’s impressive tally of nine out of the 10 Haryana seats last time...Thursday
7 May '09The outcome of the polling in four out of the 13 constituencies in Punjab on Thursday involves high stakes...Tuesday
5 May '09Huge banners carrying portraits of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and former defence minister Bansi Lal dominate the re-demarcated....Friday
1 May '09It couldn't have been bigger. The two main opponents for the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat have much more at stake than just winning....Saturday
11 April '09For close to a quarter of a century the Congress has been in a state of denial.Friday
10 April '09Politics, more than justice, seems to be the trigger behind the Congress response to get Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar to withdraw from the Lok Sabha fray.Thursday
26 March '09Long in the doghouse after his party’s defeat in the 2007 Assembly elections, Captain Amarinder Singh is firmly on the path of rehabilitation with a majority of Congress tickets.....Saturday
17 May '08They seemed to make the perfect political fit. So what happened? In the aftermath of the contentious panchayat polls in Punjab, Vipin Pubby tracks the SAD-BJP rift.Sunday
6 January '08A steep decline in moral values and increasing corruption in public life, particularly in the police forces, are responsible for the violence in various parts of the country, including Naxalite-affected areas, says K.P.S. Gill, former Director General of Police, Punjab, and President of the Indian Hockey Federation, during an interaction with Express staff at our Chandigarh office. The discussion was moderated by Chandigarh Resident Editor Vipin Pubby