October 21, 2009 02:44 IST
The papers of once all-powerful bureaucrat,P N Haksar,a key architect of many policies that Indira Gandhi implemented...
Wed, Oct 21, 2009October 17, 2009 00:53 IST
<B><font color="#cc000">Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India</font></B> <B>William Dalrymple</B> <B>Bloomsbury</B> <B>Pages: 304</B> <B>Rs 499</B>
Sat, Oct 17, 2009October 14, 2009 05:01 IST
In UP and Bihar the effort is on to create new social coalitions
Wed, Oct 14, 2009October 09, 2009 02:11 IST
There has been much apprehension about the proposed Central Madrasa Board (meant to introduce a touch of modernism in these institutions for religious education).
Fri, Oct 09, 2009October 04, 2009 04:27 IST
IMAMS,intellectuals and activists working with Muslims will meet here on Sunday to discuss how the khutba,or the small sermon that the Imam delivers after Friday afternoon prayers,can be used to carry social messages.
Sun, Oct 04, 2009
October 03, 2009 04:55 IST
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah is returning to the Valley on a new assignment in which he is expected to bring the formidable weight of his experience to a range of issues of governance.
Sat, Oct 03, 2009September 28, 2009 03:22 IST
Family and politics are becoming too intertwined. But separating them is tricky....
Mon, Sep 28, 2009September 25, 2009 04:06 IST
Jamaat-e-Islamis Daawat,in its editorial on September 19,writes: Highlighting the need for austerity is nothing new.
Fri, Sep 25, 2009September 17, 2009 04:58 IST
Marie Antoinettes exhortation to hungry French peasants to eat cake as there was no bread is too trite to be brought up again.
Thu, Sep 17, 2009September 14, 2009 03:33 IST
The new vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia may have his share of critics who resent bureaucrats taking over academic positions....
Mon, Sep 14, 2009September 11, 2009 04:01 IST
Few state-level leaders can aspire to enjoy the admiration and adoration expressed by editors of Urdu newspapers for the...
Fri, Sep 11, 2009September 10, 2009 02:17 IST
While the untimely loss of Andhra CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy,probably the most successful Congress chief minister of his time....
Thu, Sep 10, 2009September 04, 2009 04:28 IST
In a political climate where everything was seemingly hurtling towards an SMS your vote discourse and snappy in-30-seconds politics...
Fri, Sep 04, 2009
August 29, 2009 23:45 IST
How the capital was moulded to the imperial design and what it could have been...
Sat, Aug 29, 2009August 29, 2009 09:34 IST
RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat tackled all questions with variations of just one answer: BJP has to sort out its mess,we are here to advise,not interfere.
Sat, Aug 29, 2009August 28, 2009 02:42 IST
The sequel to the release of BJP leader Jaswant Singhs book,Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence,has given rise to sharp reactions in the Urdu Press.
Fri, Aug 28, 2009August 24, 2009 23:16 IST
Shelleys Ozymandias speaks of the pointlessness of kings using stones and granite to try and immortalise themselves.
Mon, Aug 24, 2009August 20, 2009 03:41 IST
More than praising Jinnah,its Jaswant Singhs criticism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel thats touched many a raw and politically strained BJP nerve....
Thu, Aug 20, 2009August 05, 2009 06:24 IST
PROF Mridula Mukherjee is all set to continue as director of the prestigious Nehru Memorial Museum and Library....
Wed, Aug 05, 2009August 04, 2009 13:03 IST
For,six years ago,the govt and legislature were trying to restrict information about their assets and it was the SC that pushed for transparency and struck down that bid.
Tue, Aug 04, 2009August 01, 2009 11:48 IST
This is an essential primer on the making of Chiranjeevi the superstar,but to know why his political production failed we have to wait for a sequel
Sat, Aug 01, 2009July 30, 2009 01:08 IST
The Congress-BSP spat was the first thud in UPs post-election lull,it promises to get noisier...
Thu, Jul 30, 2009July 21, 2009 03:04 IST
In the 60s,a certain lawyer,one Manmohan Singh in Chandigarh,was advised by a judge to use his sub-caste as his surname...
Tue, Jul 21, 2009July 17, 2009 03:49 IST
Most Urdu papers have expressed great anxiety at what they view as religious and ethnic violence against Chinese Uighur Muslims at Urumqi with the alleged complicity of the Chinese government...
Fri, Jul 17, 2009July 15, 2009 02:03 IST
As assembly polls come up,a reminder how small parties inflict damage on bigger ones
Wed, Jul 15, 2009





