‘India’ News
RSS head Mohan Bhagwat meets Vajpayee, discusses politics
Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak (supreme head) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has met Atal Bihari Vaypayee, retired leader of the Bharatiya Janata Parry (BJP) and former Prime Minister.
Counting date for 2009 Lok Sabha General elections
... is 16, May 2009! Why do I think this is worth specifically writing a post about? Because a lot of us would go to a search engine and type out the question and expect an answer. I did. I found answers too, but it was not so easy. Not instantneous. Hopefully ...
Ramesh Kumar, J.P Aggarwal are new North-east, South Delhi Congress nominees
The Congress party announced that Ramesh Kumar and J.P Aggarwal will be their candidates for North East Delhi and South Delhi constituencies.
LJP & RJD seat-sharing deal in Bihar, Congress may go alone
RJD and LJP go behind Congress' back; get into seat-sharing deal in Bihar - Congress will likely contest alone now
Who will be the winner of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections?
Nice question. Can anyone predict this? No. But it is a fun topic to explore nevertheless. Right now, there are three major groupings for the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: They are the UPA (United Progressive Alliance), NDA (National Democratic Alliance) and the so-called Third Front. Major parties in the UPA include the ...
No country for free speech: Statesman editor & publisher arrested, granted bail
Offend any religion at your own peril
Mangalore pub attack is a culture clash – time to choose your side
A lot of us have been a bit angry and emotional over what we saw as hooligans man-handling young girls, slapping and beating them at Mangalore's Pub Amnesia. We saw the reaction of the media, the Indian government, the Karnataka government, and the various parties. We have had politicians supporting the ideas ...
India and US talking missile defense shields
India and the United States are said to have made a good amount of progress in their parleys on the providing the US missile defense shield system to India. Not something Pakistan would like, even without the current tensions between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack.
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur: Hit or miss for both Congress and BJP
That's what it all comes down to. BJP, after initial vacillation, decided that the ATS does not have enough proof to hold up its case against Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and declared that it is all politically motivated. What exactly does the Congress think? No one has any idea. Lalu Prasad Yadav has as always gone overboard, and declared Advani the biggest terrorist in India. Wow.