Can Modi pass the first governance test?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia19 May 2014, 12:09 PM IST The Modi led "near national" government has been voted in for its perceived capacity for good governance. Good governance is an amorphous concept. But one essential component is access to timely justice....

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Thomas Cup: German show makes it tougher for India

Amit Karmarkar19 May 2014, 01:13 PM IST Don't be too surprised if India fail to win a single group contest in the Thomas Cup. India didn't win a single game in the top-two singles matches against Malaysia; and Germany showed their singles strength...

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Citylights

Meeta Kabra19 May 2014, 03:31 PM IST At first glance, Citylights comes across as a run-of-the-mill helpless villagers caught in the big bad world kind-of-a-film, which it still might be. But, there is something about the performances that hooks...

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Jayalalithaa: The queen who couldn’t be the kingmaker

Arun Ram17 May 2014, 03:25 PM IST She is the victor who lost; the queen without the crown. Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa created history on Friday when her party AIADMK won 37 of the 39 seats in the state—the biggest tally for any...

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Is anti-incumbency working against Pinarayi?

John Cheeran17 May 2014, 02:58 PM IST Considering the outright rejection of Congress and UPA across India, chief minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC president V M Sudheeran can console themselves for avoiding a rout and keeping the party intact...

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Spoofy noodles from sporty elections

Amit Karmarkar17 May 2014, 06:05 PM IST A day after the counting, sports folks ponder over the mandate for a change and not about mandatory overs! Mohd Azharuddin: "My opponent chose to bat first after winning the toss. You know... you know......

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India needs and education strategy

Meeta Sengupta16 May 2014, 08:13 AM IST India stands at a cusp today between two governments. The previous one has been serving the nation for the past ten years the new one will hopefully get a mandate strong enough to stand for the next five....

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Restaurant Review: La Folie - tea salon, patisserie, chocolaterie

Rashmi Uday Singh16 May 2014, 08:00 AM IST I confess. I'm a dessertaholic and a chocoholic. So, I conduct three tasting sessions at this new French-inspired Patisserie, Chocolaterie and tea salon. I land up at La Folie, when I go to do a clothes...

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There's no other place like India for cricket

Archana Vijaya16 May 2014, 07:00 PM IST Share on Hotklix Share on Messenger Share on StumbleUpon Share on Digg Share on Reditt Google Bookmarks Newsvine Live Bookmarks Technorati Yahoo Bookmarks Blogmarks Del.icio.us...

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Sports lack counting day, thanks to unopposed terms; factions & ad-hoc bodies

Amit Karmarkar15 May 2014, 12:21 PM IST This Friday is far bigger than India vs Pakistan cricket final in Sharjah. For, it's the counting day for Lok Sabha elections. In a five-year cycle full of speculation, one-upmanship and frauds, this is...

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10 things India’s new Prime Minister should do

Rajesh Kalra15 May 2014, 03:25 PM IST Although the results are still a day away, the nation, in all likelihood, would soon see a new government. So, before everyone joins the cacophony on what, who, when, why, where, why not etc that the new...

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Happy that Kings XI Punjab is playing so well

Archana Vijaya15 May 2014, 07:27 PM IST Riding high on brilliant performances, Kings XI Punjab has almost knocked everyone out. The players are doing a fabulous job. With the series of victories back to back, Kings XI Punjab have risen...

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Sonia Gandhi, party and democracy

TK Arun14 May 2014, 02:24 PM IST Once again, a book has given occasion for public bemoaning of Sonia Gandhi's role in the UPA government. Arun Maira says in his new book that Sonia Gandhi called the shots in the UPA government, decided on policy...

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What is Mr. Modi thinking?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia14 May 2014, 05:55 PM IST Modi can't stop thinking. It was whilst wandering in the Himalayas, as a young adult, that he decided to make the RSS his karm bhoomi, developed his vision of what he wanted to do and how. Should he...

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Draw the boundary on the LoC

Indrani Bagchi14 May 2014, 07:38 PM IST The Line of Control should become a border between India and Pakistan, said Satinder Lambah, PM's special envoy for Af-Pak, who has conducted back-channel negotiations with Pakistan for the past decade....

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When a rescue raid goes wrong

Alisa Schubert Yuasa12 May 2014, 06:23 PM IST On May 2, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) – an NGO dedicated to fighting child labourers – and the Delhi police raided a residential building that was reported to be a hidden factory using child labourers....

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World’s largest polls marked with EC violations

Gajanan Khergamker12 May 2014, 09:34 PM IST "Isn't it so evident? The bias?" shot off an irate Bharatiya Janata Party enthusiast while talking about Election Commission's repeated raps to the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi....

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With his horseshoe moustache, Sudhir was a familiar Bollywood villain

Avijit Ghosh13 May 2014, 02:14 AM IST In 1970s and earlier too, you could watch most of popular Hindi cinema through the looking glass of muscle memory. You remembered faces and you remembered what they had done in previous films. And you knew...

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No man alone

Anoop Kohli12 May 2014, 01:24 AM IST If someone ever made a statement that India is among the nations that are difficult to govern, the only correction one can make is that indeed it is the most difficult, bordering somewhere close on "ungovernable".If...

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Kejriwal may have 'unintentionally' helped Modi

Indrajeet Rai12 May 2014, 02:42 AM IST The campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls has come to an end. The 2014 general election was supposed to be a presidential kind of fight between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. Arvind Kejriwal deserves...

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