Rahul Gandhi's political apprenticeship is apparently still incomplete. Otherwise, the young Congress MP wouldn't have embarrassed the party on more than one occasion with his off-the-cuff remarks. The first time he caused a stir was when he... More

The DMK is all set to celebrate 50 years in electoral politics of one of India's most veteran politicians: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. One of the few who have never personally lost an election, the DMK wants to pay fulsome tribute... More

The US House of Representatives narrowly passed a $124 billion spending bill for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan that creates a September 2008 deadline for withdrawing US troops from Iraq. The 218-212 vote mostly along partisan lines poses... More

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has identified one of its two legislators who allegedly voted in favour of an independent candidate in the state legislative council polls. M. Sudarshan Rao, the second candidate fielded by the TRS for the council... More

Indian politicians are no longer fashion agnostics. Most don't stick stubbornly to boring white kurta-pyjamas, staid bandhgalas and light-coloured saris anymore. Parliamentary decorum does hold them back from being too flamboyant or sporting... More

There will be no political interference following the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, and a new chief executive for the yet-to-be named entity will be announced by April 5, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said. And even though... More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), struck by the sudden sickness of its star campaigner and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has broad-based Sunday's campaign launch for the Uttar Pradesh polls. The BJP had announced that on March 25... More

A Bihar government official reported missing for four days is feared to have been kidnapped, police said Saturday. Ravindra Kumar, an officer in the Debit Recovery Tribunal, has been missing since March 19. "There has been no information... More

Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has said his caretaker government does not intend to stay in power "a day longer than necessary", but added that it would complete electoral reforms before conducting polls. He has denied that the... More

The crisis facing Jammu and Kashmir's coalition government seems to have been averted for now with People's Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Thursday stating that discussions on reduction of troops from civilian areas and repeal... More