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Fire in India's Parliament: Time for a new house?

The fire that broke out at an air-conditioning plant in the Parliament complex could have been much worse if it had happened on a working day

Aditi Phadnis: Sonia Gandhi's clarion call

The decision to take to the streets and demonstrate support for beleaguered former PM Manmohan Singh could be a turning point for the Congress

Union Budget 2015: When the galleries played to Jaitley

The assembled guests - on both sides of the aisle - were the object of attentiveness through Jaitley's speech

Aditi Phadnis: Consensus building and why it counts

The Bharatiya Janata Party might have a majority in the Lok Sabha but sarcasm and public humiliation of rivals may not be the way to assert this. In fact, it is a waste of time

Aditi Phadnis: Looking for a leader

Assembly elections in Karnataka may be three years away, but the BJP is already chalking out a strategy to thwart the Congress

Aditi Phadnis: What next for the Aam Aadmi Party?

From elections in Punjab to those in Bengaluru, there's ground just waiting to be captured. But the party will need organisation, preparation, funding and ideological clarity

Delhi election results: Lessons for Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and Rahul Gandhi

Facing an AAP whitewash, all three leaders need to re-examine their approaches to politics and elections

Bihar stares at early elections as power slips out of JD-U's hands

Early elections in the state now seem inevitable as Manjhi readies to make his play, abetted by the BJP

The real elephant in the room is the Taliban, not China: Adrienne Woltersdorf

Interview with Afghanistan country director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Aditi Phadnis: Haryana still waiting for promised 'grand plans'

When it comes to initiatives taken by the new government, they can be counted on two fingers

Aditi Phadnis: The promise and the reality

Kiran Bedi can see the same kind of wave for herself that swept the country for Narendra Modi. She could be right. But everyone else in the BJP needs a new set of glasses

5 things to know about the new foreign secretary

S Jaishankar comes from a well-known family; his father, K Subrahmanyam, was a noted strategic affairs analyst

Obama visit to repair glitches in US-India relations

US President to hold talks with PM Modi; some of the disrepair likely to be addressed

Aditi Phadnis: Torn between tranquillity and turmoil

Despite a new low-profile president and a government that is expected to go after nepotism and corruption, Sri Lanka will be on the boil for some time

Rajapaksa's defeat means advantage for India, bad news for China

The new president had announced he would scrap many of the contracts between Sri Lanka and China in the infra sector

The PM will have to bend the Sangh Parivar to his will: Devesh Kapur

Interview with Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania

Aditi Phadnis: Behind 80 senseless deaths

The December clashes in Assam may merely have exploited an issue simmering for decades

Madan Mohan Malaviya: Maker of Modern India

Malaviya during the freedom movement was a bridge between the Extremists and the moderates

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: An appreciation

Vajpayee was fond of grand gestures, frequently leaving the fine print to be worked out by others

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed: Another chance in a chequered career

His has been a life of remarkable ups and downs and this result promises to be another challenge