The proposals that the Group of Ministers outlined for the CBI amount to taking half a step forward, but they don't insulate the CBI from political coercion or powerful enticements to which CBI officials have in the past proved susceptible.
When people who go on a pilgrimage suffer grievous tragedy, it seems fair to ask: what is faith worth if it cannot buy insurance from heartbreaks?
The tug-of-war between the Congress and the TDP in Dehra Dun shows that for provincial-minded politicians, even a Himalayan tragedy is a mere backstory for the macabre promotion of their parties and their own political careers.
When it comes to scoring political points, nothing - not even the death of over 1,000 people and a tragedy of this scale - is sacred. That may well be the bigger tragedy in Uttarakhand.
Tattoos are not just for bad boys anymore. Girls are starting to outnumber boys in the get-inked department. And it's not just wild chicks — unless that includes British PM David Cameron's wife.
It's only in the kitchen that the full impact of life after Masterchef will be felt.
Because Silk Smitha's story is not a story of deprivation and desperation but one of raw ambition.
The talks in Doha will hand Pakistan and its jihadist proxies the keys to Afghanistan’s future—a decision that could impose enormous costs on India.
The lesson to learn from him is: Flamboyance does not always pay in the tricky game of intelligence; perseverance and a level head alone are the main keys to success.
The UPA has lost the will to govern and is merely marking time until the next elections. But between now and then, if it doesn't ratchet up its administrative efficiency, it will have made the nation pay a tragic price.
Any further dithering in naming Narendra Modi as the BJP's candidate will only mean that its loss of JD(U) as an alliance partner - and the likely loss of its foothold in Bihar - will have been in vain.
Politics is a numbers game. And if the BJP manages to get within striking distance of forming a government, the JD(U) could once again be back in the NDA fold.
That a politically astute politician like Nitish Kumar should risk near-certain political defeat in Bihar by walking out of an alliance with the BJP unless it rules out Modi as its candidate is astonishing. But posturing is a habit that's hard to break.
Even as the UPA government is trying to enact the National Food Security Bill one last time through the Parliament, two significant global initiatives on nutrition took place last week that must be noted by India.
Modi's elevation within the BJP and the proximity of the elections have galvanised other political parties to reflect on where they stand in the political spectrum and how best they can leverage their political clout.
Advani's resignation drama was entirely pointless. It is the arithmetic of elections that will determine who will be the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.
it's a good thing that Advani has revealed his now. If a showdown was inevitable within the party, it is better to get it over with, rather than have it drag on until the election season is near at hand.
It was never so much a battle between Modi and Advani as it was a battle between the Right and the Centre-Right within the BJP.
Given the heavy-duty build-up by the pr-Modi faction in the party, leaving Goa without clarity on his nomination would be an anti-climax, and could end up signalling that the party is hostage to its past
Modi's ascension in the BJP leadership has triggered a revolution of rising expectations from party cadres and supporters, which border on the hyperbolic.
For the BJP, which is in the throes of a divisive leadership tussle, the next week could prove an eternity.
The sangh parivar has to realise that ideology takes a back seat when it comes to winning elections.
The CIC order is welcome, but its effectiveness will be severely tested by the political parties' reluctance to submit themselves to scrutiny.
LK Advani's efforts to belittle Narendra Modi show that he is willing to risk further blood-letting in the BJP that only recently rediscovered some of its mojo.
Observing that the BJP is in favour of passing the Food Security Bill with some amendments, party President Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asked the government to advance the monsoon session of Parliament for the purpose.
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You’d think the government and analysts would have a better idea—not the least because both human lives and expensive economic decisions are at stake.
For those who understand how the Maoist mind works, this tactical counter offensive campaign was just waiting to happen.
For years, India’s élite has been complicit in Maoist savagery because of misplaced guilt and misguided apathy. The war against the Maoists will begin to be won when Indians decide that the democracy we have is worth killing for.
This IPL series has shown up the carnival to be a can of worms and India's cricket administration to be rotten at its core. As a first step towards fixing it over the long haul, Srinivasan should be made to resign, and the Chennai Super Kings team disqualified.