Cong to project Venod Sharma as non-Jat face of party

Pawan Kumar Bansal's mild manners hide a steely resolve to outdo rivals, most notable being Venod Sharma His smiling demeanor and persuasive ways had all along helped Pawan Kumar Bansal survive the rough and tumble of politics for the past three ...

With the Chandigarh unit of Congress going through a crisis after the allegations of corruption against the nephew of the local MP, a split seems to be emerging between its leaders. While the Congress leaders are adopting a wait-and-watch policy, ...

Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat is up for grabs. And there are quite a few in the reckoning. Anita Katyal reports A few days after Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was forced to resign from the Cabinet following bribery allegations against him, his detractors in the Congress have started eyeing his Lok Sabha constituency Chandigarh on the assumption that it will be difficult for him to face the electorate in the 2014 general election. ...

New Delhi: Unlike the taint associated with run-of-the-mill politicians, had a certain image of "Mr Clean" and was known for being meticulous in work. But when his nephew was arrested last week on bribery charges, the Railway Minister's reputation ...

Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's unceremonious exit from the Union cabinet is not merely the biggest blow to his three-decade-long political career, but it has also put him on a sticky wicket in his home constituency, Chandigarh. Now that the ...

I have written earlier about the Dhritarashtra syndrome in politics. Like the blind king Dhritarashtra who stayed silent when Draupadi was disrobed in public and failed to uphold his moral duty to act against his own offspring, Karunandhi's dark ...

Haryana Chief Minister is still open to the idea of setting up of an (IMT) at Ambala which had been put in limbo in the aftermath of opposition from opposition parties. Official sources told here today that the CM made his government's stand clear ...