Congress core group to discuss post poll strategy this evening
After facing a difficult election, the Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, are expected to deliberate on Monday evening on the strategy ahead. The Congress core group, headed by Sonia, will hold consultations at a time when exit poll results... read more »
Ahmed appointed Pakistan’s spin bowling coach
Former test leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a two-year contract to be the team’s spin bowling coach. The coach selection committee which also included chief selector and manager Moin Khan had also short-listed former test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq for the post, but ultimately chose... read more »
Protesters march to Thai leader’s compound
Emboldened by the removal of Thailand’s prime minister, anti-government protesters withdrew from the city’s main park Monday and marched to the vacated prime minister’s office compound where the protest leader has pledged to set up his new office. Meanwhile, the country’s new caretaker... read more »
Govt names Dalbir Singh Suhag as next army chief
The Defence Ministry on Monday decided to go ahead with the process of appointing the next Army Chief, recommending the name of Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag for the top post. The Defence Ministry sent its recommendation to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) shortly... read more »
Alliance in trouble, Chandrababu Naidu to speak to Narendra Modi today
Hyderabad – The 11-day-old alliance between the BJP and Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party seems headed for trouble over candidates being fielded by the BJP. Mr Naidu is... read more »
Moderate to brisk polling in Karnataka
Voting began on a moderate to brisk note this morning in the single-phase elections for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka amid tight security. In the initial two hours, the voting percentage... read more »
Today is India’s biggest voting day
Voters lined up at 7:00 am in 121 constituencies across 12 states where more than 16.61 crore voters are eligible to cast ballots. 45 of the 121 seats that will be decided today are... read more »
Why battleground Varanasi is different
Election time is a strange period for working out the relation between the stated and the unstated. The language of realism helps articulate the obvious. Realism claims to be pragmatic,... read more »
Crimea on bumpy road to becoming a Russian province
Natalia Rudenko’s ears were still ringing from being shouted at by a father demanding that the Ukrainian-language school she has run for 17 years in Crimea’s capital now teach in Russian... read more »
