Sonia wins battle of wits with CPM; third front eyeing next polls
Politics of Presidential election f Ms Gandhi was determined to have her own nominee from the Congress, the Left too had appeared equally determined to thwart that. The reason being that both have their eyes fixed on possible complex scenarios for government formation after the next Lok Sabha elections that would be due in April-May, 2009...
Shekhawat skating on thin ice Pratibha Patil, the ruling UPAs nominee, will create history as the countrys first woman President if she converts her huge advantage into victory in the July 19 election...
UNPA partners played to their galleries The politics played out in the run up to the selection of a candidate Presidents post by the United National Progressive Alliance, comprising eight regional parties, revealed the compulsions of local politics..
How all men fell by the wayside A senior UPA leader put it succinctly when the selection process was hotting up, The question is whether Congress will be able to have a jeb ka (in pocket) or sab ka (of all) President when the 2009 general elections take place.
A Somali man walks BY a policeman on duty after serious roadside bomb rocked southern Mogadishu on Friday. In Mogadishu, an army officer was killed and a second injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion early Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on government and African Union targets and Ethiopian troops. AFP
The nations conscience is divided between whether to retain incumbent President Abdul Kalam or anoint a woman president in the form of Pratibha Patil. Will the UPA candidate Ms Patil make a better constitutional head than Mr Kalam? Certainly not, feel a majority of Deccan Herald readers. Since Ms Patil will become a pawn in the hands of her political boss, they want someone with a firm hand to be in the post.
