Holes in water project

As chief minister Siddaramaiah laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Yettinahole drinking water project on March 4, he didn't have an idea .....

Is AIUDF B-Team Of Congress ?

The ongoing parliamentary election being held in three phases in Assam from April 7 to April 24. The ruling Congress party is fighting in thirteen constituencies out of 14....

Pune's pre-poll Jitters

Political parties in Pune district have a reason to worry. The main problem is not just how to tackle their political opponents, but how to deal with their own rank and files who are sulking.....

Wheel within Wheels

Even as the larger battle for General Elections draws nearer, the wheels within wheels are in churning. Whereas victory in the Lok Sabha is the most obvious aim for all political parties.....

Finally, Party time in Odisha

The 2014 general elections may witness the participation of a record number of regional political parties and political outfits based in Odisha. Apart from the old existing....

Modi emerges trumps

In a General Election where battles lines are sharply drawn up over each Lok Sabha seat, the 25 odd Lok Sabha constituencies from North....

'The Smell Factor'

Rambhau Chorgade has a beautiful daughter of marriageable age, reasonably educated and blessed with all attributes to attract a prospective ....

Dumping Ground

Since the days when Manmohan Singh was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member from Assam, the charge that the state has become ....

Sticking Point

The Army Court of Inquiry's dismissal of the infamous Pathribal extrajudicial execution case against five of its soldiers seems to....

Fear factor

If history repeats itself, in ethnic-striven Assam it does so oftener than most other states

Indo-China ties in a multi polar world

On a recent interaction with Chinese think tanks, one interlocutor suggested that the Asian dynamic

Not Enough to Die For

In the winter session of the Parliament, minister of state for home RPN Singh had some startling figures to disclose. He told the house that more than 9,000 personnel from India’s elite paramilitary forces had quit their jobs even in the uncertainity of severe....

PIL, Film Screening Part of Effort to Counter "Witch Hunting" in Assam

Assam, West Bengal lobby for top Tea Board post

An interesting game of one-upmanship seems to be on the anvil between neighbours Assam and West Bengal in the high stakes game of leading the Tea Board of India, with incumbent chairman M G V K Bhanu being recalled to Assam.

ULFA Leader's Repatriation Caught in Bangaldesh Political Turbulence

The repatriation to India of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia, incarcerated in Bangladesh since the late 1990s, has run into complications with the ongoing political uncertainty in that country.