Prasad - Instablogs
May 7 2009
The former Australian captain Steve Waugh hoped that Kolkata Knight Riders would soon be getting good results in the Indian Premier League-II. Waugh, who regularly visits the city to aid his charity programme at Udayan (a centre for the children of...
May 6 2009
Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani has accused the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre of breaking all records of price rise, suicides by farmers and terrorist attacks during its five-year tenure and making the life of ordinary...
May 1 2009
As the election campaign enters its final stretch, tales abound of the shenanigans politicians employ to get the support of poor voters: color televisions, liquor, cash bribes. [Paul Beckett] Paul Beckett How refreshing would it be instead to hear...
Apr 25 2009
A lawyer by profession, BJP’s national spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad wears many hats. He acts as the party’s wall at the daily Press briefings facing tough questions with ease. He often serves as the party’s go-between in a dialogue with AIADMK...
Apr 23 2009
Moldova: new challenge to Russia-U.S. relations
Apr 21 2009
NEW DELHI: Keeping post-poll options including working with the Left open, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday has said he does not rule anything in or out and everything will depend on the result of Lok Sabha elections.
Apr 14 2009
The leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat has ruled out supporting any Congress party-led alliance after the elections. He said the left would not tie up with Congress “whatever the circumstances”. Mr Karat’s...
Apr 14 2009
The head of the largest Muslim rebel group in Indian Kashmir warned Monday that only “traitors” would vote in upcoming elections, after a prominent separatist decided to contest the polls. Those voting in the national ballot, which begins...
Apr 14 2009
Following the retirement of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from active politics, the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat - which he continuously represented since 1991 - is open for a keen contest.
Dec 28 2008
As Jammu and Kashmir headed for a hung assembly, the National Conference on Sunday said it would prefer to have an alliance with the Congress.