THE carnage in Begusarai is unprecedented, even in Bihar known as the land of cold-blooded massacres. A posse of armed policemen storm the office of a political party, the CPI(ML)-Liberation.
EXITS Enron, at last, as its Dhabol Power Project landed into the eye of a powerful political storm. Call it whatever you like, a cheap pre-election gimmick by the pro-liberalisation
IF the break-up of BSP-BJP bonhomie did not spring any surprises as the earlier SP-BSP coalition did, then there is no wonder to it. In fact, it was nothing more
THE resumption of hostilities between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE has now developed into a full-scale civil war in the northern peninsula of the country. Reports indicate that
IN disposing of the petition contesting the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi, the highest court in the land has put its judicial imprimatur to liberal Hinduism which has
MUCH has been said about the last five years of misrule of the ruling party at the centre. But the sordid track record of the opposition in the parliament too
Gowda who as the dark horse suddenly emerged the frontrunner for premiership was not in the race at all in the first lap. The only solid reason why he was
Critical turning points in the political development of a country bring out the true colours of its parties. It has taken a hung parliament to expose, beyond doubt, the social
Aheinous act like the Bathani Tola massacre causes waves of revulsion among all civilised sections of society. But it takes a tragedy of this magnitude to remind the bourgeois commentators
The United Front Prime Minister Deve Gowda is in the habit of making himself visible at the door steps of every questionable political character scrounging for support for his hotch-potch
