EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.05.11
HAWKING ON HEAVENS DOOR; RETURN OF THE BRASH POLITICIAN - CHETAN BHAGAT; NATURAL EVOLUTION OF CRICKET; NOT A SPORTING ATTITUDE - AJAY VAISHNAV. HINDUSTAN TIMES. A ROAD RUNS THROUGH IT; IN THE FACE.. That would not have been possible if she had not struck a rapport with the masses ��� I am a commoner, Ms Banerjee said after taking oath as Chief Minister ��� and emerged as the alternative choice for the top job.
Regional race hots up for PMs office
A combo (clockwise) of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (Agencies) .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.09.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. HOLD FAST AND KEEP THE FAITH; HIDE BUT DONT SEEK; READ THE SIGNALS; SINGHS SONG: HES NOT GOING ANYWHERE - PANKAJ VOHRA,. THE INDIAN EXPRESS. THE ILLUSIONISTS; OF, FOR.. Unsurprisingly, therefore, the negotiations for a solution have fallen through after reaching a point where it seemed that an agreement was almost final... CONG MULLS CHANGING PARTNERS AS AMMA TURNS ON HER CHARM.
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But secondly given the questionable choices majorities often make in just about every democracy from time to time, given how people have elected some truly monstrous figures in different places, the idea that a decision must be respected simply... One cant help but roll eyes when a TV channel devotes an hour on how Priyanka tore her slippers and had to walk barefoot for a mile, and how does supposedly shows the commitment of the Gandhis towards Amethi.
Jaya convicted, DMK in tatters; BJP could be the biggest gainer in TN
Immediately after Jayalalithaas conviction, the party leadership remained guarded with state in-charge Muralidhar Rao quipping to HT, ���Its too early to say anything.��� Read: Adored and also despised, halo falls off Jayalalithaa. Tags; DMK · AIADMK .
Vishwaroopam row: Jayalalithaa steps in, Kamal Haasan thanks her
CHENNAI: More than a week after the storm over Vishwaroopam began, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday broke her silence, defending her governments decision to ban it in her state in light of the grave law and order problems that.
Latest Politics News and Updates: After Jaya conviction, TN.
With a vacuum created in Tamil Nadus political scene following the conviction of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa in a graft case, opposition parties are smelling an opportunity to strengthen their ranks ahead of the 2016 Assembly polls.. At a time when she was trying to finish off this movement (DMK), when all our comrades were tensed (about it), she herself walked into the trap, and it is a fact that she unwittingly helped in giving a push to this movement, he said.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 16.04.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. THE FEMININE FAB FOUR. Sheila, Maya, Jaya and Mamata. Sounds like opening lines of a soap ad jingle, the Lalitaji variety, doesnt it? But after last weeks stellar performance by two women leaders in the.. A rapprochement with the AIADMKs Jayalalithaa offers new options, even encouraging a split in the DMK, and smaller parties would be happy not to rock the boat till the next elections, given the return of anti-incumbency among voters.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 17.05.11
It would also be instructive to remember that when the CPI(M) came to power in 1977, the administration was in a shambles after the wasted years of the Congress regime headed by Siddhartha Shankar Ray.. led the Left in a vigorous campaign, creating what pundits now call the VS factor which pushed the Congress and its allies into the defensive where they could not get an upper hand at any point of time during electioneering.. Jayalalithaas case is different.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.06.11
Moreover, political parties formed after Mr Mubaraks resignation are also yet to find their niche, possibly because they have been too busy fighting the imaginary popularity of the Ikhwan... HINDUSTAN TIMES. CROSS-DRESSING KI JAI! What is it about our worthies that make them infuse everything with utter seriousness? Never mind that Congressman Janardan Dwivedi didnt need to make the incident of a man.. This analysis has drawn two main criticisms.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 19.03.11
Given only a few months after the Kargil war the BJP-led NDA Government won re-election, could it have claimed that the Government responsible for the intelligence failure, if any, was the previous Government and answerable to the.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. NOT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. A Wikileaked document claims that a US embassy official was told how the first UPA government intended to buy parliamentary votes to survive a no-confidence��.
Analysis: Brand Amma to get a push after Jayalalithaas return as AIADMK.
Analysis: Brand Amma to get a push after Jayalalithaas return as AIADMK eyes assembly polls. But a few hours after Jayalalithaa was sworn in on Saturday, AIADMK sources exuded confidence that things would be back to normal in no time at all.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 26.05.11
Many may prefer a provider who asks no questions than one who requires women to undergo counselling or to think over the decision and return to the facility if abortion is desired, clearly a burdensome procedure in time and money for... someone should have to clean up after me. It is now a habit, as easy as brushing my teeth or eating. If you cant clean your toilet, maybe it is time you learned. Then follow Kumar and show India how. samar@hindustantimes.com.
Jayalalithaa: Amma is a mystery wrapped in an enigma
In any other country, it would have been considered astounding, even comical. When the AIADMK chose finance minister O Panneerselvam to take over as chief minister after J Jayalalithaa was thrown in the clink by a fearless judge, the dear man and the .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.01.10
In Tamil Nadu, actor-turned-politician J Jayalalitha built her first election campaign on the grave of her mentor and AIADMK founder, MG Ramachandran. The sympathy wave was so strong that it helped Amma even two years after MGRs passing. There are little instances. The Trinamool Congress, ever vigilant against the CPI (M)s antics, must have got wind of the new game because barely 48 hours after the funeral the state had the first fracas over the posters.
Mamata wave sweeps West Bengal, Jayalalithaa ousts DMK.
Breaking the Red citadel, Mamata Banerjees Trinamool Congress ended the 34-year hegemony of the Left Front in West Bengal, while Jayalalithaas AIADMK scored a landslide victory to oust DMK from power in Tamil Nadu as results of the assembly. Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday met West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan to stake her claim to form the next government in the state after her party-led alliance swept the assembly polls.
Latest Politics News and Updates: J Jayalalithaa finally gets.
Jayalalithaa would want to use all her time and resources to find a way out of the case. After news of the bail broke, the atmosphere turned electric outside the AIADMK office in Chennai. Fireworks were burst and sweets��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.11.10
After a quarter century in the US, and having watched American media coverage of Indian affairs and Indian events fairly closely, I would not hesitate to say that there has been a noticeable increase in the coverage of matters India and Indian... The Congress will have to take a call pretty soon: is this a strategy that they wish to allow to take root? Or is it time to push Raja out?It is no longer the case that the only politically risky course is to take action against Raja.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 26.03.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. VOTE HERE FOR FREE GOODIES THE EYES HAVE IT - GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI INTERVENTION IS MORE THAN POPPING A PILL - PRATIK KANJILAL THE INDIAN EXPRESS. ENGAGING AGAIN STYLING THE... After ceasfire, some parts of southern Lebanon were uninhabitable due to the Israeli unexploded cluster bomblets. I recall these instances from recent history to build up a case against the United Nations selective morality.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 20.06.11
While the American intention to do so has been known for some time and secret talks are believed to have started many months ago, this is a formal declaration of what the US is up to as it prepares to begin pulling out... After all, Pakistani individuals and the Pakistani Navy had helped secure the return of Indian sailors when the Government of India, on the face of it, didnt... Lula and Erdo��an provided critical value-added to the countries rising brand names.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 14.05.11
Both parties need to pay attention to what voters want, not simply assume that cynical political fixers have all the answers on how to win elections. ***************************************. THE TIMES OF INDIA. GLOBAL EYE. ASIAN POWER PLAY... AIADMKS J Jayalalithaa denounced the DMK with the vicious poise that is her trademark manner and told us that her political life was spent repairing the ruin that was the natural consequence of every DMK term in office.