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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Sonia's group to vet oil price hike tomorrow
THE Congress leadership on Thursday directed the finance and petroleum ministers to place its proposals for fuel price hike before a ministerial group on Friday. The informal group comprising Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Mr AK Antony, Mr P Chidambaram and Mr Murli Deora will work out a politically tenable package for dealing with the issue. There are clear indications that the package will be a combination of duty cuts and a moderate hike in the prices.
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Trinamul promises damages
NANDIGRAM: After suffering prolonged violence for nearly one-and-half years, victims in the strife-torn areas of Nandigram finally heard some good news from Trinamul Congress leaders today. The Trinamul leaders today announced that they would compensate villagers whose houses were vandalised during the violence. The party also pledged to provide employment to at least one member from each family who lost a member either in police firing or in the clashes.
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Yeddyurappa's rise from grassroots to gaddi
Reaping a golden harvest for the BJP in Karnataka, B S Yeddyurappa gave wings to a long cherished dream
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CPM suffers jolt: Should wake up on nuke deal
The Left Front has suffered a big jolt in panchayat elections in West Bengal. CPM's defeat in Nandigram and Singur at the hands of Trinamool Congress has proved that the people will not tolerate oppressive policies. Trinamool Congress has won all the four seats of district council of Nandigram. The party has also occupied the three seats of Singur in Hoogli district. Earlier, these seats were under CPM. Nandigram comes under Madinipur district. Though CPM had spent a lot of money in campaigning and used all the methods to win the election but all went in vain.
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Maoists win, India uncomfortable
maoists won in the recent Nepal elections. With 220 seats in the 601-member constituent assembly, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) came out as the single largest party and the party leader,
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Book review: "A quick travel through the countryside"
<i><b>Book>></b> <font color="#FF0000">Red Sun; Travels in Naxal Country</font>
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Do water related issues really matter in Parliament?
Parliament, the highest legislative body in India, plays a significant role in formulating national policies. It is, therefore, pertinent to find the
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On the Desecration of Nehru's Temples': Bhilai and Rourkela Compared
The major steel towns built in the wake of the Second Five-Year Plan were to be "temples' to India's industrial future and secular "modernity'; but soon they were desecrated by ethnic and communal violence. Focusing on two of them, this article shows that the extent of the violence was markedly different, and asks "why?'.
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Scheme flops after two months
It has only been two months since the inauguration of the Jiban Jyoti Scheme, prepared for the benefit of the distressed Lodha-Sabars of Belpahari, but it has already flopped.
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Time running out for N-deal, govt tells Left
Failing to make much headway in its talks on the India-US nuclear deal, the UPA-Left committee on the pact has decided to undertake another round of negotiations on May 28 even as it becomes increasingly clear that time is running out as the tenure of the Bush administration comes to an end. The government indicated to the the Left parties that the nuclear deal was being squeezed for time and foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee told them during the eighth meeting of the committee that problems were only going to grow in the coming days.