
'A Free Man' by Aman Sethi is smallish and compact, much like its protagonist Mohammed Ashraf. The book comes encased in an elegant white dust jacket that to me cried out to be picked up. And once I turned a few pages, I found I couldn't put it down easily, for 'A Free Man' is big, both on form and substance, and is easily among 2011's more rewarding reads. Mohammed...

08:11 PM, Dec 22, 2011

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was released on personal bond late on Wednesday night, a couple of hours after being arrested by Uttar Pradesh police. He reached Delhi late on Wednesday night. The Congress General Secretary is now back in Delhi. He was held at the Kasna jail along with Digvijaya Singh, Rita Bahuguna, Raj Babbar, Parvez Hashmi and other Congress leaders. Rahul was released on a bond...

11:13 PM, May 11, 2011
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H R Venkatesh recorded impressions during a night out at the agitation in Jantar Mantar. "Is there even one person here who ...

07:44 AM, Apr 09, 2011

One of the chief demands of Bangaloreans is all-inclusive growth. ...

03:18 AM, May 27, 2008
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H R Venkatesh sent updates from his phone, till 5 pm in the evening on Counting Day, Karnataka. Here are excerpts. 4:30 ...

02:14 PM, May 25, 2008

The BIAL opened to public after months of delays and anticipation. ...

02:23 AM, May 24, 2008

Mangalore's vote could be influenced by the communal riots of 2006. ...

05:39 PM, May 14, 2008

It seems that Bangalore people will have parched throats this time in elections. ...

10:16 PM, May 09, 2008

People aren't sure a new government will solve infrastructure woes. ...

11:39 PM, May 08, 2008

Governor Rameshwar Thakur doesn’t favour revoking President's rule in the state. ...

10:09 AM, Nov 01, 2007