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.
February 28, 2010 02:02 IST
The staff in the PMO who had been using Airtel mobile phones have been ordered to switch to the state-owned MTNL.....
Sun, Feb 28, 2010February 21, 2010 02:35 IST
Key Congress functionaries are aligned with different camps. There are Sonia loyalists,Manmohan Singh loyalists and Rahul Gandhi loyalists.
Sun, Feb 21, 2010February 20, 2010 01:24 IST
Can the BJP huddle produce a clear direction?
Sat, Feb 20, 2010February 15, 2010 15:38 IST
The Congress party has a history of doublespeak. To run with the hare and hunt with the hound may be justifiable to some degree in a national party which has to pitch an appeal which cuts across caste,creed and regional divides.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010February 14, 2010 03:02 IST
The fact that Bollywoods big two,Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan,are on opposite ends of the Shiv Senas approval rating meter is not mere happenstance.....
Sun, Feb 14, 2010February 07, 2010 01:22 IST
The Suresh Kalmadi-led Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games sought approval for a budget of Rs 400 crore...
Sun, Feb 07, 2010February 04, 2010 16:23 IST
Mumbai is not the only Indian city which has been a magnet for outsiders in search of economic opportunities.
Thu, Feb 04, 2010February 02, 2010 01:55 IST
Accounting for the RSS and BJPs attack on the Shiv Sena
Tue, Feb 02, 2010January 31, 2010 01:55 IST
The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) has privately denied it was responsible for carrying a photograph of former Pakistani Air Force Chief in a Ministry of Women and Child Welfare advertisement against female foeticide....
Sun, Jan 31, 2010January 29, 2010 17:54 IST
IF YOU trace the history of many great business empires you will discover that the origins of their wealth are murky.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010January 24, 2010 02:11 IST
The US Defence Department press note on US Defence Secretary Robert M Gatess itinerary in India said he would be...
Sun, Jan 24, 2010January 20, 2010 21:09 IST
The bad blood between an Indian Prime Minister and a US president was never more apparent than in the case of Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi.
Wed, Jan 20, 2010January 17, 2010 02:01 IST
That Richard Nixon disliked Indira Gandhi intensely comes out very clearly in the declassified top secret Nixon era papers which have been sourced by senior journalist Kalyani Shankar in her just released book Nixon....
Sun, Jan 17, 2010January 14, 2010 02:45 IST
Gowda-style insults wont help your case with voters...
Thu, Jan 14, 2010January 10, 2010 03:12 IST
He may be the RSS nominee but the new BJP president seems to have the freedom to act on his own....
Sun, Jan 10, 2010December 27, 2009 03:01 IST
Pranab Mukherjee had to apologise to Opposition MPs for Minister for Rural Welfare C P Joshis behaviour....
Sun, Dec 27, 2009December 21, 2009 02:22 IST
Just who is Nitin Gadkari was a common query when his name first cropped up as next the party president of the BJP.
Mon, Dec 21, 2009December 20, 2009 02:49 IST
Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has not given up his dream of becoming chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and is yet to vacate the CMs camp office at Begumpet in Hyderabad....
Sun, Dec 20, 2009December 19, 2009 16:28 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been absent for nearly half the month-long winter session of Parliament.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009December 13, 2009 01:08 IST
The blood for mapping the Human Genome sequence in India for the first time was taken from an unknown 52-year-old man from Jharkhand.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009December 06, 2009 03:34 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has perhaps spent more time out of the country when Parliament is in session than any previous prime minister....
Sun, Dec 06, 2009December 03, 2009 17:03 IST
Perhaps the most memorable line in Justice Liberhan's very forgettable report is where he coins the phrase 'pseudo moderate'.
Thu, Dec 03, 2009November 29, 2009 02:17 IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar,an electronic engineer by training,wants the state government to be at the forefront in the application of technology in matters concerning governance....
Sun, Nov 29, 2009November 25, 2009 15:20 IST
A year down the line no individual has been held accountable for the monumental blunders of 26/11.
Wed, Nov 25, 2009November 22, 2009 02:16 IST
The UN designated November 19 as World Toilet Day some 20 years ago but nobody in India appeared to have paid much notice to it until a toilet-cleaning powder started advertising it on radio this year....
Sun, Nov 22, 2009