Manoj C G is Chief of National Political Bureau. He has been covering or writing on politics for nearly two decades. He has worked with the PTI before joining The Indian Express in 2008. He tweets @manojcg4u
May 08, 2009 22:49 IST
The CPI(M) may have an ideological aversion for the rich,but with no serious Left candidates in the fray in six out of the seven Delhi seats...
Fri, May 08, 2009May 05, 2009 02:09 IST
As the Lok Sabha elections enter the last lap,there is a growing realisation in the CPI(M) that it will have to do business....
Tue, May 05, 2009April 22, 2009 02:30 IST
It is not everyday that a bureaucrat gets public recognition for his work and that too from the Prime Minister....
Wed, Apr 22, 2009April 17, 2009 00:01 IST
Perpetrators of Thursday's bloody opening to voting for India's new Lok Sabha had given advance notice of their intentions.
Fri, Apr 17, 2009April 16, 2009 14:24 IST
If prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Wednesday trying to keep the Congresss options open for a post-poll tie-up with the Left parties...
Thu, Apr 16, 2009April 11, 2009 01:10 IST
A number of parties who were either with the NDA or the UPA have joined us in trying to form an alternative,a non-Congress,non-BJP alternative.
Sat, Apr 11, 2009April 06, 2009 23:48 IST
With 10 days left for elections to begin,prominent Muslim outfits have firmed up their poll strategy. Unlike the past....
Mon, Apr 06, 2009April 05, 2009 23:33 IST
As hundreds of Indians working abroad head back home after having lost their jobs to the economic slowdown....
Sun, Apr 05, 2009April 01, 2009 17:16 IST
The lead editorial in the latest issue of CPM organ Peoples Democracy says that the churning being witnessed in both.....
Wed, Apr 01, 2009April 01, 2009 02:08 IST
An observation by a Supreme Court judge that he does not want to have Talibans in the country while turning down a Muslim students plea to sport a beard in school......
Wed, Apr 01, 2009March 28, 2009 01:14 IST
With its electoral association with the PDP becoming an embarrassment and a target for attack from allies...
Sat, Mar 28, 2009March 26, 2009 00:53 IST
Priyatama Naik has been living in a relief camp set up by the Government for seven months now and her sole wish is to go back to her home....
Thu, Mar 26, 2009March 21, 2009 00:50 IST
The Left-sponsored Third Front might not have a name or a prime ministerial candidate to boast of as of now,but the loose entity of non-Congress.....
Sat, Mar 21, 2009
March 19, 2009 09:48 IST
The idea was to attract tech-savvy voters,but hackers came calling even before CPM got a chance to launch its maiden poll campaign website.
Thu, Mar 19, 2009February 18, 2009 00:09 IST
After objections from the National SC Commission and some Dalit MPs to certain provisions in the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...
Wed, Feb 18, 2009February 15, 2009 03:49 IST
The CPI(M) Politburo on Saturday forced the warring V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan factions to arrive at a temporary truce on the SNC Lavalin issue.
Sun, Feb 15, 2009February 13, 2009 01:14 IST
A delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board is planning to meet HRD Minister Arjun Singh...
Fri, Feb 13, 2009February 12, 2009 11:23 IST
The Left asserted that the Govt's decision to liberalise the guidelines for foreign direct investment was in violation of the FDI ceiling norms.
Thu, Feb 12, 2009February 11, 2009 23:27 IST
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singhs ties with former BJP chief minister Kalyan Singh has resulted in the split of the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee....
Wed, Feb 11, 2009February 11, 2009 03:12 IST
In the light of the Chief Election Commissioners recommendation for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla...
Wed, Feb 11, 2009February 10, 2009 23:48 IST
Bajrang Dal and the Sri Ram Sene will not be alone in opposing Valentines Day this year. The Hindu groups have got company from the other end of the spectrum - the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind....
Tue, Feb 10, 2009
February 05, 2009 03:45 IST
Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singhs bid to mend fences with the Left has hit the Prakash Karat road block. The CPM general secretary is learnt to have turned down a request from the SP leader for a meeting....
Thu, Feb 05, 2009February 03, 2009 23:36 IST
With the SP-Congress seat-sharing talks in limbo,Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh...
Tue, Feb 03, 2009
February 02, 2009 03:55 IST
With the SP-Congress seat-sharing talks in limbo,Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday sought to revive his friendship with the Left parties by meeting CPI general secretary A B Bardhan.
Mon, Feb 02, 2009February 02, 2009 01:04 IST
Perfume baron and chief of the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) Badruddin Ajmal has decided to launch a national political party.....
Mon, Feb 02, 2009





