Upa 2

Note ban: Manmohan Singh made polemical points, but his criticism won't carry weight

While former PM Manmohan Singh is right to say that such restrictions do not happen except at times of crises or bank failures, surely temporary restrictions at a time of policy change can be justified?

Sheila Dikshit as UP CM candidate? Why it makes sense and what it says about Cong

A mountain of convincing arguments, swanky presentations from the strategist or the most complex caste equations wouldn't have mattered had Dikshit been a charismatic yet problematic leader like Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Bharat Mata Ki Jai: Here’s why ‘secular’ parties are suddenly jittery about AIMIM leader Owaisi

Theoretically, Owaisi has the potential to damage the prospects of SP, BSP and Congress — the so-called secular parties — in 2017 UP Assembly polls

Farewell, Anthony: PA Sangma's grace and class in Parliament is a lesson for all netas

Perhaps few know that former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma was once very close to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. In 1999, he was seen as one of the closest to Sonia, who was then still coming of age vis-à-vis politics after a long period of hibernation following the 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

How Congress has patented the ‘zero’: No loss in 2G, no loss in coal scam, no loss in Vadra deals, no loss in National Herald!

Though some scholars also give credit to ancient Babylonians and Mayans for the concept of zero, it is not known if the Indian National Congress party is among the claimants.

NDA not quite 'Congress with a cow'; but it still looks like UPA-3, minus a few scams

Arun Shourie's criticism of the NDA is a bit uncharitable, but his broad points are valid.

Frail UPA pulled down by corruption, bad economy: survey

Nearly three-fourth respondents in totality in a survey said that the corruption levels increased in the last one year.

UPA-2 is up the creek without a political paddle: PM's ex-advisor

Every economic crisis is preceded by inept political management. The economic crisis of UPA-2 is following the same script.

By March 2012, UPA's options, electoral fortunes will shrink

Between now and early 2012, the UPA will have to make hard economic choices to get its economic policies right. If it misses the chance, the economic slide will continue all the way to 2014.

CBI chief Ranjit Sinha to file perjury case against Prashant Bhushan

The CBI chief said he would be filing the case week next week as all the allegations levelled by Bhushan against him had "fallen flat" the Income Tax probe.