The World’s Grandest Address

Sunday 17 June '07

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is arguably the biggest and most imperial residence of a President anywhere in the world. Our correspondent takes a tour of the House that awaits a new occupant

‘I speak about Vedanta, that bugged the Left’

Saturday 16 June '07

In an utopian republic, perennial presidential candidate Dr Karan Singh should have moved into Rashtrapati Bhavan, as he believes in the wisdom of the philosopher king.

Unconditional support, but let Sonia reveal name: Maya

Wednesday 13 June '07

It’s a sister act that will be hard to follow for a while—Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP president Mayawati was a picture of courtesy

Social Studies Division: Where fate of communities hang in balance

Saturday 9 June '07

The dreariness is typical of state authority—dank corridors gutted by cubby-hole offices, piles of air-coolers and mineral water canisters...

President poll: Maya’s Delhi date tomorrow

Friday 8 June '07

The race for Rashtrapati Bhavan is expected to hot up over the weekend with the expected arrival of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in New Delhi on Saturday.

Gurjjar issue brings Amar back in media focus

Saturday 2 June '07

It was a well-timed return to the spotlight for Samajwadi Party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh

Maya’s Big Cheese

Sunday 27 May '07

Shashank Singh’s dream run continues with his appointment as cabinet secretary of Uttar Pradesh

Maya gives UPA reason to smile

Saturday 26 May '07

It was a tea party, immensely significant, for it would decide who will occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan from July 2007. BSP President and UP Chief Minister Mayawati was here today to address...

SP realises CPM no friend

Friday 18 May '07

As the contest for the Presidential polls begins to heat up, it is a beleaguered SP that finds itself isolated, even dumped by its once close ally the CPI(M).

Promising a new UP, Maya cancels Mulayam decisions, orders probe

Monday 14 May '07

Includes upper castes, Muslims in 48-member rainbow ministry, backs quota for economically backward, irrespective of caste

On Maya agenda: Clean-up, not vendetta

Sunday 13 May '07

Chief Minister-designate BSP President Mayawati’s promise yesterday for an immediate probe into the desperate act of destroying official papers...

Tribute to Dalit icons, thanks to Brahmins, Muslims: first words

Saturday 12 May '07

The first sign that BSP president Mayawati gave her household that it was an exceptional day was when she did not pick up her pad and pen to write...

Maya waits as everybody who’s a somebody comes calling

Friday 11 May '07

It could be called the Bahujan Beltway — the street that stretches from BSP president Mayawati’s sprawling bungalow in the power-jammed Mall Avenue

Amar Singh is down, hopes to spring back with renewed vigour

Thursday 10 May '07

There is an uneasy silence at 27 Lodhi Estate, residence of Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh, the closest confidant of UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Mayawati, the ‘most feared’ ally

Friday 4 May '07

BSP president Mayawati’s potential allies in UP may look forward to joining her government if she makes it on May 11

Maya’s blue bullion

Sunday 29 April '07

It is with hushed admiration and excitement that the pressing crowd watches Bahujan Samaj Party national president and its star campaigner, Mayawati, at her public rallies.

Arif Khan puts weight behind Beni, tilts scales against SP in Bahraich

Wednesday 18 April '07

There are a few truths that emerge out of the historical town of Bahraich, which is the scene of pitched one-upmanship between Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav...

Between Sonia and Maya, barbs are kinder, gentler

Monday 16 April '07

They swooped in and out in their helicopters on an awestruck and ecstatic audience within hours of each other...

Mayawati confirms Mulayam’s jail fear

Sunday 15 April '07

‘He and Amar Singh will flee abroad, I will make them pay.’ Slams BJP for hate-Muslim CD, accuses it of a secret deal with the SP

Around Noida island, no election ripple on surface, waves lie below

Friday 13 April '07

In malls and apartments, common refrain is disdain; elections matter to those beyond the changing skyline

Beni brigade weight behind Congress

Friday 6 April '07

Former SP leader Beni Prasad Verma’s announcement of allegiance to the Congress in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has come as a surprise gift for the party.

The importance of being Beni Prasad Verma

Friday 30 March '07

The end was swift and final. After barely a fortnight of hectic wooing and negotiations

Baby Shopping

Sunday 25 March '07

Gita Kapoor, a single woman on Mission Baby, recounts the transatlantic journey that takes her from gene-pool heartbreaks to donor dads and petri-dish unions. Her story is that of the new Indian woman and her choices.

This Bachchan Habit

Sunday 18 March '07

Sure, he too needs a Personal Academic. But must she write a book about it?

Letter to judge refers to CD Amar Singh had released

Saturday 17 March '07

The “letter” which has outraged Justice A R Lakhsmanan making him recuse himself from the case involving Mulayam Singh Yadav’s alleged assets threatens the judge...