The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.
October 24, 2009 04:32 IST
Last month,as he led the Eid prayers at the Jama Masjid in Malegaon,Imam Mufti Mohammed Ismail Khalique was a bit preoccupied....
Sat, Oct 24, 2009October 22, 2009 00:30 IST
In Haryana,Hooda looks favourite to return as CM,while in Maharashtra its a keen contest among many bigwigs....
Thu, Oct 22, 2009October 20, 2009 03:22 IST
With just two days left for counting of votes polled for the 12th Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra,the NCP is banking on rebels...
Tue, Oct 20, 2009October 17, 2009 01:31 IST
Onions are likely to be dearer with insufficient rainfall in the state and heavy rains in the southern states hurting the production of kharif onions at a time when the stocks of Rabi onions are fast depleting.
Sat, Oct 17, 2009October 16, 2009 04:33 IST
With the Congress expecting to emerge as the single-largest party in Maharashtra,and even the NCP acknowledging the same,Industries Minister Narayan Rane has made the first move....
Fri, Oct 16, 2009October 13, 2009 00:31 IST
As Maharashtra goes to the polls on Tuesday with the ruling Congress-NCP alliance hoping for a third straight term despite failing to deliver on several fronts....
Tue, Oct 13, 2009October 12, 2009 03:05 IST
Deputy Chief Minister and NCPs OBC poster boy Chhagan Bhujbals son Pankaj has followed his father and cousin Sameer from Mumbai to Nashik....
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
October 03, 2009 05:20 IST
Wary after the tragedy that struck Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy whose helicopter crashed but could be traced only 24 hours later...
Sat, Oct 03, 2009
October 01, 2009 03:34 IST
While launching the poll campaign at Shetfal in Solapur district on Sunday,Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...
Thu, Oct 01, 2009September 28, 2009 03:47 IST
Resentment is brewing among Muslim leaders against the Congress and the NCP over being slighted while allotting tickets for the Assembly elections.....
Mon, Sep 28, 2009September 26, 2009 04:18 IST
While admitting that there were too many rebels in the fray in the Maharashtra Assembly elections because the ruling Congress-NCP....
Sat, Sep 26, 2009
September 26, 2009 01:31 IST
A mix of political ambition,the urge to promote dynasties,delimitation of constituencies and new players in the fray has resulted in a major headache for all key players in next months Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Sat, Sep 26, 2009September 21, 2009 23:52 IST
The Thackeray cousins Shiv Senas working president Uddhav and Maharashtra Navnirman Senas chief Raj are competing...
Mon, Sep 21, 2009September 19, 2009 05:01 IST
With Ramdas Athawale firm on granting entry to Ramvilas Paswans Lok Janshakti Party into the Third Front...
Sat, Sep 19, 2009September 05, 2009 01:34 IST
Even as the Ashok Chavan government sought financial aid of Rs 15,000 crore from the Central government to tide over the present scarcity situation...
Sat, Sep 05, 2009August 30, 2009 01:45 IST
Prakash Ambedkars Bharatiya Republican Paksha Bahujan Mahasangh is likely to join the Third Front -under the banner of Republican Left Democratic Front as a constituent in a week.
Sun, Aug 30, 2009August 08, 2009 04:05 IST
A day after former MP Ramdas Athawale and other leaders of over a dozen factions of Republican Party of India...
Sat, Aug 08, 2009August 05, 2009 06:30 IST
CITING the sharp rise in atrocities against Dalits in the state and discontent in the large,politically crucial community....
Wed, Aug 05, 2009August 02, 2009 05:06 IST
To ensure that the benefits of reservation reach all the deprived communities who have to compete with the better off within themselves...
Sun, Aug 02, 2009August 01, 2009 01:44 IST
To ensure that the benefits of reservation reach all the deprived communities who have to compete with the better off within themselves...
Sat, Aug 01, 2009July 27, 2009 23:06 IST
After his revolt in the Shiv Sena on the ground that his God (Bal Thackeray) was surrounded by a coterie of priests,Raj Thackeray formed...
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
July 17, 2009 02:46 IST
It was not the Congress that had defeated the BJP in the 1998 Assembly elections in four states,it was the onion. The vegetable remains as politically potent.
Fri, Jul 17, 2009July 11, 2009 02:50 IST
NCP chief Sharad Pawars suggestion to name the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai after Rajiv Gandhi...
Sat, Jul 11, 2009July 02, 2009 02:44 IST
NCP chief Sharad Pawars suggestion that the Bandra-Worli Sea Link be named after Rajiv Gandhi has created ripples both within and outside his party,for different reasons.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009July 01, 2009 00:46 IST
NCP Chief Sharad Pawars suggestion to name the Bandra-Worli Sea Link after Rajiv Gandhi has not gone down...
Wed, Jul 01, 2009




