India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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Unlucky 13 for Manmohan
With aam admi in injury time, UPA could opt for extra time, avoid sudden death on N-deal So, what will happen to nuclear deal now? TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: UPA crisis managers on Friday scrambled for fresh measures to resolve the government-threatening standoff with the Left after CPM declared that it would not flinch from voting against the ruling coalition alongside BJP.
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Lalu mangoes' a big hit in Patna
Railway minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has been in news of late for nonpolitical reasons. First, it was his love for blog and then his desire to act in movies. Now,
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N-deal should go ahead even without Left, PM tells Sonia
PM Manmohan Singh sought to give another push to the India-US nuclear deal by telling Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that efforts to operationalize the pact should not be called off even in the face of Left opposition. The PM expressed his views when Sonia met him on Wednesday morning. Singh also told Sonia the party needed to take a view soon because no purpose was served in holding talks with the Left when no progress was being made.
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Atoms for peace
R. K. Pachauri Why is a progressive nuclear initiative bringing out the worst in Indian politics?
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Rain, flash floods wreak havoc in eastern India
The West Bengal Government on Wednesday called in the Army and the Air Force as continuous rainfall caused flash floods in West Midnapur district. The incessant rainfall was triggered by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal and the southwest monsoon since Monday. At least five persons were killed and 1.6 million people affected.
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Pranab to visit Australia with hopes of rebuilding nuclear ties
Even as the Indo-US nuclear deal is stuck in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls "domestic politics', External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is headed for uranium-rich Australia for a three-day visit beginning this Saturday. The visit, between June 21 and 24, will be important from India's nuclear point of view since Australia is a key member of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG). The fact that the UPA-Left committee on the nuclear deal will meet on June 25, immediately after Mukherjee's return, makes its timing even more significant.
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Is it end-deal?
Countdown Begins: You can't go to Vienna, says Left, leaving UPA with only two options: either go for broke or give in, last a full term; next meeting June 25 What the Congress kept delaying finally happened today: its moment of reckoning has come, after the Left made it clear it would not let the Government go to Vienna to confirm the safeguards agreement, the key first piece in the operationalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal. Related Stories
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Left ignores NSA plea to let govt approach IAEA
Russia has come out in support of the Indo-US nuclear deal. But it has said that a draft agreement with Moscow could not be signed in view of international laws that Russia recognized. Senior government sources said that the Russians were always aware that fresh projects not covered under past agreements could not be initiated without an exception from the Nuclear Suppliers Group, but some expression of intent that would have indicated the two sides were engaged could have been possible.
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For N-deal, a make or break' moment
The meeting of the UPA-Left panel on the India-US nuclear deal on Wednesday could well be the final opportunity for the controversial pact to go through before both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US president George Bush reach the end of their tenures in office.
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This MLA picks up garbage, cleans drains
Puducherry: N Anand, fondly called "Bussy' Anand, is a busy man. A firsttime MLA, he was elected from the Bussy assembly constituency in the Union territory in 2006 and hence the prefix. And when the 44-year-old legislator of Puducherry Munnetra Congress is not pushing for schemes, meeting voters or discussing local politics over a cuppa, he's clearing garbage, cleaning clogged drains and spraying mosquito repellent across the town. And he does this with his own money, spending Rs 75,000 to Rs 85,000 every month from his earnings.