Sukhbahar - Instablogs
May 14 2009
Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha seats have in the past decade swung either completely in favour of the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) or its rival the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The political war between DMK supremo and Tamil...
May 14 2009
Violent incidents were reported in Baramulla, which along with Ladakh went to the polls in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, even as the Kashmir Valley observed a shutdown in response to a call given by separatists. Chief...
May 12 2009
Whom should President Pratibha Patil call on May 17, after the final results of the elections to the 15th Lok Sabha are out: the single largest party? Or the single largest alliance? Also Read News Now Paper Specials - Sensex rebounds after...
May 12 2009
Indian PM Manmohan Singh was ready to let the Left take credit for a final version of the controversial US nuclear deal, his ex-media adviser says. Sajaya Baru told the BBC the prime minister agreed “in the interests of the nation” to allow...
May 12 2009
Washington: In a frank admission, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said America’s intelligence agency CIA and his country’s ISI together created the “monster” called Taliban. Taliban was “part of our past and your past, and the...
May 11 2009
As you look at the economy days before you might actually be in a position of having to handle it, do you see green shoots of recovery or do you see an unmitigated, continuing crisis? I think the government has underestimated the adverse impact of the...
May 9 2009
Delhi voters beat the ‘Pappu’ factor and came out to vote, recording a decent turnout of 53 per cent Thursday - higher than in the previous two parliamentary elections. The percentage in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections was 43.54, while in 2004...
May 7 2009
US President Barack Obama has said after meeting his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts that they are united in the goal of defeating al-Qaeda. Speaking “extraordinarily constructive” talks, Mr Obama said the goal was to “defeat...
May 5 2009
Key allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have made it clear that only LK Advani and not Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is acceptable to them as the prime ministerial candidate. Leaders of the Janata...
May 4 2009
The desirability of holding general elections over such a long period is being debated in many quarters. One question being raised is, why should the country fall in the hands of bureaucrats for nearly two months. A lot of mischief can be perpetrated by...