Tributes paid to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev

Bhagat Singh, who is considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, was hanged by British rulers of colonial India along with Rajguru and Sukhdev on March 23, 1931..

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Murali Kartik supports People's Manifesto initiative

Addressing the youth of the country, Kartik said, "I request the youth to come out and vote in large numbers because it is us who need to decide and choose our leaders. It is also our birth right.".

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EC should play fair game

Bharatiya Janata Party has hit the jackpot of publicity after the Varun Gandhi's hate speech. The Election Commission's objection on his candidature on BJP's ticket has brought nothing but publicity to the major opposition party of the nation.

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AP Congress candidates' list has YSR mark

For the first time in the history of Andhra Pradesh Congress, the total candidates list has been announced well before election notification.The nominations for the first phase will start from March 23 and elections will take place in two phases..

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Rift in UPA on seat sharing

United Progressive Alliance allies, Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal are in open confrontation with the Congress over the seat-sharing formula for 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. It may turn out to be a boon in disguise for the Congress. .

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Chidambaram's bid to maintain Lok Sabha record

Chidambaram is the only former Union finance minister who was won the elections consecutively. Manmohan Singh, Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha and Madhu Dandavate failed to get elected to the Lok Sabha after their tenure as finance ministers.

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Citizens, act! the time has come to vote again

The voters seem like mute victims of terror and helplessness, because Indian political landscape is more a terror platform than one of true participation. No change is going to take place overnight.

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SIMC organises seminar on Indian politics

The Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication and Foundation for Liberation and Management Education recently organised a seminar on the political scenario in India. The event saw the presence of several actors, politicians and academists.

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Varun replies to Election Commission, gets bail

He was given a bail after he furnished a personal bond of Rs 50,000. The Election Commission, meanwhile, has made it clear that the onus of proving that the tapes of his speeches were tampered remained with Varun Gandhi..

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Meghalaya clamped under President's Rule

The Union Cabinet has decided to impose President’s Rule in Meghalaya citing ‘Constitutional breakdown’, as senior NCP leader Purno Sangma termed it as ‘unconstitutional and unprecedented’. 18 years ago, a similar situation was witnessed in the state.

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Who is your candidate for PM?

What would the future look like with one of the nine hopefuls? Advani would try to push through his pet idea of the Ram Janmabhoomi. Mayawati?s ascendency will come as a boon to pachyderms. There will be an increase in the counts of white elephants.

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Congress should pray for a miracle in UP

You cannot win a race by sitting on the back of a lame horse. The position of the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh has been like that of a lame horse. It needs immediate treatment. The Congress old guard has outlived its utility..

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AIADMK to face defeat in polls

Jayalalithaa, will definitely not be able to bring any financial improvements to the business sector of Tirupur. We have to reconsider and vote the DMK back to power once again to let them finish what they have started.

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First time in J&K, Braille-enabled EVMs for voters

Chief Election Commissioner today revealed that for the first time Jammu and Kashmir is going to have Braille enabled Electronic Voting machine that will allow visually impaired voters to exercise their voting rights in the next General Elections.

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Indian polity at crossroad

A full-day seminar was recently organised by Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication to give an in-depth knowledge to its students about the forthcoming General Elections. The seminar was addressed by several actors and politicians.

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Lok Sabha election: SUCI leaves Mamata?s company

After SUCI filed their candidates individually in these nine seats, there are100 per cent chances of dividing of votes among the anti-Left votebank, which would be lucrative for the Left Front government in West Bengal.

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BJP announces Assembly candidates for Andhra

Bharatiya Jananta Party finalised the names of Legislative Assembly candidates for the state of Andhra in a meeting held under the presidentship of BJP chief Rajnath Singh. Here's the list of the names....

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What will our future prime minister be like?

Do you want an honest person with leadership qualities to be our future prime minister or a person who is only concerned with his own well being and his own community? We still are in the dark and waiting to see who our future Prime Minister will be.
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Meghalaya political crisis ends ahead of LS poll

The beleaguered Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) survived the floor test and has managed to save its one-year-old government from being toppled by the Congress. Five legislators, who were suspended by the Speaker, were not allowed to vote.
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Virus in PMO's e-mail exposes babudom's lapses

At a time when there are talks of paperless e-governance, failure of e-mail system at the country?s Prime Minister?s Office (PMO) going unnoticed for three long months is a serious lapse on part of persons handling computer operations at PMO.

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Uma Bharti supports Advani as PM

Uma Bharti, the firebrand leader of BJS, said her party will not contest the general election in support of Advani. He has the capabilities of solving the grim crisis India is passing through by becoming its PM: Breaking News..

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Chautala's call to root out Congress govt

"A large number of Special Economic Zones that were sanctioned by the Congress Government are a part of a bigger scam and farmers of the state will only end up as slaves with no source of livelihood", Chautala charged.

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Can the youth bail us out?

The utterances of Varun Gandhi in Philbit was shocking ? is this what the future of the country holds for us? People should pull up their socks and come in hordes to the polling booths to seal the fates of unwanted candidates.

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Life-time ambition to be Prime Minister

Our politicians are always having ‘Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne’ with their life-time ambition to become Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy. Best remedy is to elect Prime Minister is by secret and compulsory vote of all Lok Sabha members..

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Will Prime Minister contest Lok Sabha polls?

To become the Prime Minister of India one needs to be a Member of Parliament. The present Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh is an MP in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha), and not the Lok Sabha. Would he contest elections this time?.

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15th Lok Sabha polls: Young voters, old politicians

Dates for Lok Sabha elections have been announced. World would watch the election of the largest democracy in five phases, from April 16 to May 23. The elections would decide the fate of six national and 224 regional parties, with 740 million voters.

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SSH will contest on 100 Lok Sabha seats

J&K SSH chief Dimply Kohli while addressing a press conference said that SSH will contest on one hundred Lok Sabha seats in the ensuing parliament elections in the country. It will also fight on two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir .

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Mallya brings home Gandhi memorabilia

Mallya’s latest achievement is a successful bid for the belongings of the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi's belongings are a symbol of our nation’s cult figure and thus a symbol of our nation itself..

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Relevance of exit polls

There is some disappointment in the media over banning of exit polls leading to a debate on this issue. We must therefore examine the relevance of exit polls specifically in relation to the psephological show that is presented on the electronic media.

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Government schemes: Where is the common man?

Does the common man benefit from the government's schemes? The government issued 51000 crore rupees under various schemes to different governmental and non governmental agencies. But it has no track of where and how the money has been spent.

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Another election, same politics

The liquor sector is going to perform well during the elections despite economic downturn. This is the fate of our democracy after six decades and 14 general elections. About the use of black money to finance campaigns the less said the better..

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Chawla set to become Chief Election Commissioner

The decision made by President Patil was based on the recommendation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and will now allow Chawla to become the CEC after Gopalaswami retires from the top post..
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Politics gains momentum after poll announcement

With the announcement of election schedule, a series of permutations and combinations are in order and the Great Indian Election Fair is likely to gain momentum in the coming days. It will be interesting to see what mandate the voters have in store.

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Pre poll photo ads should be banned

Dr Manmohan Singh, on assuming charge as Prime Minister, had set an illustrious example by not allowing his photos in government-advertisements. But it seems that his instructions in this regard are no longer being followed..

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Himachal CM announces new development initiatives

Prem Kumar Dhumal announced a plethora of initiatives during the inauguration of the International Shivatri Mahotsav in Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. The CM said the government was working above political considerations for development..

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