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Sugar, chai prices fall as countless BJP meetings over tea to build consensus...
With BJP President Rajnath Singh finally announcing Narendra Modi as the BJP’s PM candidate, there is good news on the inflation front: prices of sugar and tea are expected to decline steeply given...
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Facebook Wall: Reactions to Narendra Modi’s elevation as BJP’s PM candidate
So after countless BJP leaders’ meetings over copious amounts of chai and pakoras to build consensus and innumerable visits to patriarch LK Advani’s house to seek his endorsement, the BJP Parliamentary...
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Unreal Report: The final 24 hours leading to Narendra Modi’s coronation as...
The demand to anoint Narendra Modi by the party cadre had reached a crescendo. It was a question of when, not if. However, one major obstacle remained: BJP leaders yet again hit the roads, visiting...
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Jairam Ramesh: “Idea to credit Rahul Gandhi for the Land Acquisition bill was...
After giving full credit to Shri Rahul Gandhi for formulating, scoping, advocating, canvassing support and finally suggesting the title – the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land...
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Congress hoping relapse to Hindu rate of growth will endear it to Hindu...
With the economy slowing down – quarterly output in the second quarter of 2013 expanded by only 4.40 percent over the same quarter in the previous fiscal, the lowest in four years – Congress...
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UnReal Match Report: 7th Ind vs Aus ODI: Rohit Sharma bids goodbye to Maggi...
Years later, after the memory of Saturday’s events has faded from the minds of cricket lovers, when an Indian cricket fan comes across the scorecard of the 7th ODI between India and Australia, he or...
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Congress requests Election Commission to also ban all opinion on its...
With social media abuzz with a flurry of jokes directed at the Congress for its suggestion to ban opinion polls, the party high command has made a follow on request to also ban all opinion about its...
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Narendra Modi attempts to win over Anglicized, well heeled liberals by...
Narendra Modi has raised the hackles of his detractors once again, this time by speaking in a clipped Westernized accent, while addressing a gathering of the Association of Westernized Liberals in...
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Facebook Wall: Reactions to India’s innings win over Windies in Sachin’s...
Indians reacted with mixed feelings as the West Indies slumped to an innings defeat in under three days, robbing Sachin of a chance to bat for a second time in his penultimate Test. Earlier, belying...
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Woefully in-form Shami dropped, makes way for Ishant Sharma for Sachin’s...
India goes into the final and deciding Test in Mumbai’s Wankhede of what has been a highly intriguing Sachin farewell Test series with just one change: the woefully in-form Mohammed Shami has been...
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Facebook Wall: Buoyed by Krrish 3’s success, Krrish takes on Hollywood...
Krrish 3 has smashed all box office records, becoming the fastest film to cross the 200 crore mark in India. It was only a matter of time before Krrish’s exploits came to the notice of American...
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Derek O’Brien tests general knowledge of Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Nitish...
As sound grasp of history and general awareness becomes the touchstone by which a PM candidate will be judged, the time has come for all PM candidates to not debate each other but to compete with each...
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Public clamor to reinstate Ashwani Kumar as Ranjit Sinha’s boss to proofread...
The government is mulling re-induction of Ashwani Kumar into the cabinet as the Law Minister so that he can proofread the CBI director’s speeches, reports and even Tweets and Facebook updates. Ashwani...
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UnReal Match Report: The Master’s last innings
“Honey, it’s getting late! Did you even see the time?” She nagged.He ignored her.“Don’t you have to get to work?” She persisted.He groaned.“Will you get off the couch?” She demanded with her hands on...
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Facebook Wall: Sachin Tendulkar bids adieu
An era, nay an epoch, came to and end today as Sachin took the field for the last time. Within hours, a grateful government bestowed the nation’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, on its...
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When God showed Dhoni the true path
India required another 5 runs from 11 balls to be crowned world champions. Dhoni took strike as Nuwan Kulasekara, with the look of a deer caught in the headlights, began his run up. A nation held its...
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Jairam Ramesh apologizes for asking Rahul Gandhi to apologize
After receiving flak from many sections of the party for his controversial remarks that Rahul Gandhi ought to apologize to the Muslim community for his equally controversial ‘ISI in touch with...
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Attending Rahul Gandhi rallies to be counted as work under MNREGA
In the wake of dwindling attendance at Rahul Gandhi rallies, the Ministry of Rural Development is considering tweaking the guidelines of the MNREGA scheme so that squatting for hours and suffering...
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Party cadre’s demand to anoint Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate grows louder
“We want Rahul, we want Rahul” party workers shouted at the party conclave. It was a chant the leadership had gotten used to hearing. Wherever they went, the top brass were assailed with the same...
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Facebook Wall: Reactions to Tarun Tejpal’s shocking misconduct
Tarun Tejpal’s letter offering to ‘recuse’ himself and commence ‘lacerating penance’ to atone for his ‘lapse of judgment’ has led to outrage from all quarters: With the exception of a few nuts like...
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