The defence budget for 2011-12 has been hiked by 11 percent, pegging the allocation at Rs 164,415 crore (from Rs 1,47,344 crores last year), to ...
04:59 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Defence Minister A K Antony made some rare interventions in Parliament over the last two days after the Army Chief Gen V K Singh spoke ...
05:36 PM, Mar 28, 2012
A few weeks ago, a former secretary in the Defence Ministry told minister A K Antony to expect embarrassment from General V K Singh. The ...
02:58 PM, Mar 27, 2012
If you think a week is a long time in politics, just forget it. In India, it can take just a few hours for a ...
08:48 AM, Mar 26, 2012
When Rahul Gandhi first appeared on India's political scene, he was projected as the new-age neta, the politician that we never had. There was and ...
09:22 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Two month long exciting phase of elections in India's five states has finally come to an end. These elections have been a nightmare for the ...
10:14 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Yuvraj Singh's treatment for cancer has dominated headlines over the last week or so. In a cricket crazy nation, it is not surprising the kind ...
01:48 PM, Feb 10, 2012
He was a school teacher, with a love for wrestling. He entered politics and became the Chief Minister of UP. That is a brief introduction ...
06:17 PM, Jan 30, 2012
![Aakash Chopra]( "Aakash Chopra")
Now that the series against the West Indies is in the bag, is it worth asking how we should've treated it? Should it have been ...
08:46 AM, Nov 18, 2011
![K Kavitha Rao]( "K Kavitha Rao")
12/11/2011: "Telangana is a complicated issue. Creation of a separate state will not solve the problem. Solving one national issue should not create more problems. ...
11:43 AM, Nov 15, 2011
![Sriram Balasubramanian]( "Sriram Balasubramanian")
The poverty debate in the country reached a fever pitch ever since the Planning Commission accepted Prof Tendulkar's report which kept the poverty line at ...
04:43 PM, Oct 14, 2011
![Tanuj Khosla]( "Tanuj Khosla")
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire The very foundation of ...
06:19 PM, Oct 13, 2011
![Rajen Garabadu]( "Rajen Garabadu")
I was introduced to ghazal early in life. Though I was six years old, I took to Jagjit Singh much more than any of my ...
08:14 PM, Oct 11, 2011
![Pragati Ratti]( "Pragati Ratti")
At peace I feel, when I listen to the melody, 'Tere baare mein jab socha nahi tha' and so many such timeless pieces by ghazal ...
01:38 PM, Oct 10, 2011
![Rajdeep Sardesai]( "Rajdeep Sardesai")
Conventional wisdom has it that there are two power centres in the UPA; in reality, there have been three. As chairperson of the UPA, Sonia ...
12:02 AM, Oct 07, 2011
![Paarull]( "Paarull")
Hamid Karzai's "twin brother" talk hasn't deceived anyone - just like Pakistani denials about sanctuary for and support to the Taliban and associate groups haven't. ...
11:24 AM, Oct 06, 2011
![Rupashree Nanda]( "Rupashree Nanda")
The Planning Commission's affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that Rs 32 in urban areas, and Rs 25 in rural areas is adequate to meet ...
09:32 PM, Sep 30, 2011
![Ashwin Sanghi]( "Ashwin Sanghi")
I pity Manmohan Singh. Everyone decides to gang up on him while Soniaji is away. No wonder he has a splitting headache. ...
12:31 PM, Aug 29, 2011
![Sriram Balasubramanian]( "Sriram Balasubramanian")
The anti-corruption mood has indeed engulfed India for now. Every nook and corner that I go I see people of my age going to various ...
01:28 PM, Aug 25, 2011
![Trupti Rane]( "Trupti Rane")
Anna Hazare is literally rocking the country and how! It is amazing to see how something that started as a small campaign has turned into ...
11:24 AM, Aug 24, 2011
