Coomi Kapoor has been a journalist for the last four decades. Her forte has been political reporting. She has witnessed the shifting power equations in the capital -- from Indira Gandhi’s regime to the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party. She is presently contributing editor to The Indian Express. Earlier, she worked for the newspaper as chief reporter, special correspondent and editor, Delhi. Coomi has worked in several publications in different capacities. She was principal correspondent, India Today, editor news, Sunday Mail, bureau chief, Indian Post and political editor, Illustrated Weekly. She has been writing a political diary in a lighter vein since 1985 and her syndicated column was carried by many newspapers. She was also stringer for The Times, London, and columnist for The Star, Malaysia.
July 11, 2010 03:22 IST
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the RSS are on the same side of the fence....
Sun, Jul 11, 2010July 08, 2010 03:16 IST
A bandh is an outmoded tool of protest in our TV-saturated times...
Thu, Jul 08, 2010July 04, 2010 03:22 IST
The Ministry of Textiles has waived the rulebook to accommodate the new head of Delhis Crafts Museum,Dr Ruchira Ghosh...
Sun, Jul 04, 2010June 27, 2010 02:58 IST
Some 100 Indian journalists applied for Pakistani visas to cover the foreign secretary talks in Islamabad...
Sun, Jun 27, 2010June 20, 2010 02:51 IST
Former cricket captain and Lok Sabha member Mohammad Azharuddin has no connection with badminton,except for the fact that his gym in Hyderabad is frequented by some badminton players....
Sun, Jun 20, 2010June 16, 2010 23:19 IST
The BJP-Nitish standoff reflects the different political signals each is trying to send...
Wed, Jun 16, 2010June 13, 2010 01:51 IST
Rich businesspersons and top ranking lawyers have an advantage when it comes to snagging nominations to the Rajya Sabha.
Sun, Jun 13, 2010June 06, 2010 02:15 IST
Mamata Banerjee describes Congress leaders of Bengal as watermelons,green on the outside and red inside....
Sun, Jun 06, 2010May 30, 2010 01:49 IST
As part of the exercise to reduce the trust deficit between India and Pakistan,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently sent 20 kilos of alphonso mangoes to his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani....
Sun, May 30, 2010May 23, 2010 02:22 IST
Even after a year of UPA II,Congresspersons have no clue when Rahul Gandhi will agree to join the government....
Sun, May 23, 2010May 17, 2010 03:23 IST
UPA-II is struggling to regain a sense of cohesion...
Mon, May 17, 2010May 16, 2010 02:43 IST
As long as he was the National Security Adviser (NSA),MK Narayanan,who has been IB chief under four prime ministers,made sure that our internal security agency was kept on its toes....
Sun, May 16, 2010May 09, 2010 21:18 IST
The Sports Ministrys directive curbing the tenure of elected administrators of sports bodies and imposing an age limit is Sports Minister...
Sun, May 09, 2010May 05, 2010 02:51 IST
Another reminder of how ill-served Jharkhand is by its politicians....
Wed, May 05, 2010May 02, 2010 02:25 IST
The owner of the Chennai Super Kings team,N Srinivasan,was missing from the VIP box when his team played in the IPL final and also during the prize-giving ceremony....
Sun, May 02, 2010April 25, 2010 01:54 IST
Sunanda Pushkar left Delhi after IPLgate broke,leading to rumours that the political fallout had snuffed out the romance....
Sun, Apr 25, 2010April 22, 2010 01:52 IST
But can Tharoors fall be blamed on the medium?
Thu, Apr 22, 2010April 18, 2010 02:18 IST
Over the past 12 months,Narendra Modis government has launched many programmes to celebrate Gujarats golden jubilee year....
Sun, Apr 18, 2010April 11, 2010 02:13 IST
The Special Protection Group celebrated its silver anniversary with a series of functions. Although the Prime Minister,Sonia Gandhi...
Sun, Apr 11, 2010April 09, 2010 03:11 IST
Food security needs us to plug leakages first
Fri, Apr 09, 2010March 28, 2010 02:25 IST
The abbreviation RAW evokes the same feelings in Pakistan as the term ISI does in India....
Sun, Mar 28, 2010March 18, 2010 01:39 IST
The womens bill will further disempower MPs and parliamentary debate....
Thu, Mar 18, 2010March 14, 2010 02:24 IST
The photograph of Sushma Swaraj and Brinda Karat hugging each other in celebration is a defining snapshot of the passage of the Womens Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha....
Sun, Mar 14, 2010March 08, 2010 01:50 IST
It is ironic that the Samajwadi Party,the Janata Dal (United) and the RSP,which were at the forefront of the campaign for quotas for...
Mon, Mar 08, 2010March 07, 2010 02:33 IST
The Delhi Municipal Corporation has not bothered to conform with its own stipulations on height and Floor Space Index (FSI) for the 112-metre and 28-storey-high new civic centre in Delhi....
Sun, Mar 07, 2010