The Resurrection of Congressby Shashi Tharoor*

As Parliament stares at a stalemate or a complete washout over the stand-off between Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, their respective parties-the BJP and the Congress-traded charges against each other. While ...

It's palpably clear that virtually every limb of the political system ? such as they exist in India ? is fractured for now others would say it is beyond repair. The decline in governance levels has given rise to widespread popular frustration, ...

India News: Madhya Pradesh industries minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Known for his controversial statements, targetted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying that nobody in Madhya Pradesh would watch the "movie" which was a flop in Uttar ...

Is a fifth Kerala Congress on the anvil? Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 (IANS) The news of S. Sreesanth's arrest for alleged spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has come as a shocker to his family, cricket administrators, politicians and the ...

New Delhi (IANS) Within hours of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday evening, the UPA government asked two tainted cabinet members - Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar - to go, ...

Indian ministers, parliamentarians,businessmen to attend meet Abu Dhabi: Senior Indian officials, prominent community leaders and businessmen will share their thoughts on challenges faced by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and their role in the ...

, a proposal emanating from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) caused consternation among half a dozen secretaries to the government of India who were asked for comments on it. The suggestion was that from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister ...

AFP Thiruvananthapuram: Sreesanth's father Shanthakumaran Nair has accused Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh of conspiring to end his son's career, according to a report in the Hindustan Times. The news of S. Sreesanth's arrest for alleged ...

It's 3 p.m. on a Monday. The regular crowd is shuffling into a large hall at 11, Ashoka Road, where the BJP holds its daily media briefings. There is the hustle of camera persons, the bustle of journalists greeting their beat mates, and there are ...