Date Line

Rebel fears grow for BJP, Congress

With the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress are facing intense pressure from aspirants for party tickets, leading to speculation about the possibility of both parties facing rebellion from within.

Realty-filmdom nexus and the ‘sickle’ brand of movies

Acouple of months ago, when his ultra-violent Kannada movie Madesha was set to face cuts on the censor table, 33-year-old film producer...

With ‘envious’ neighbours, state fears for its sops

The special tax holiday for Himachal Pradesh - sanctioned by the Centre in 2003 to boost investments in the industrially backward state - will end by 2010.

Despite Pak protest, trek to Siachen begins

Barely a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani premier Asif Zardari agreed on cross-LoC trade...

Land acquisition: a govt on solid ground

At a time when land acquisition by state governments for industrial projects is generating controversies...

Ahead of polls, Maya back to basics

Expanding the BSP’s appeal to ‘Sarvajan Samaj’ may have won her one election, but with the Lok Sabha polls round...

CM Hooda doles out sops for MLAs, ministers

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda knows how to keep his legislators happy.

Buddha besieged: Singur, Gorkhaland

Even as he was beleaguered by the Singur deadlock, there was a spot of relief for Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on the Gorkhaland issue.

Raising the bar in memory of Anna

There is no bar on populism in Tamil Nadu. Beyond the poignant tales of convicts coming out of prisons...

Women pack a punch in panchayat polls

Uttarakhand has just been through the biggest exercise in democracy at the grassroots - the panchayat elections.

A festival of elephantine proportions

Widely believed to be among the most visited shrines in India, the Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirupati receives some 50,000 devotees on an average day.

Bio-fuel drive loses steam

Diesel nahi ab khaadi se; diesel milega badi se (no more diesel from the Gulf; get diesel from our own field)”...

Why early polls is the last thing parties want

Too much of politicking could recoil on a political party. And in Jammu and Kashmir, the erstwhile coalition partners...

Valley turmoil takes its toll on students

As Kashmir returned to temporary peace after strict curfew was imposed on the first day of Ramzan, people heaved a sigh of relief.

State on the boil & Naveen in his labyrinth

Not long ago, comparing Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik as an individual to his predecessor Giridhar Gamang would have been...