The Indian political establishment is conditioned by the history of theCongressto imagine the Union as the domain of the "national" parties, that is, big organisations that control not only the Centre but also a majority of the states, creating thereby a hierarchy of the grander and bigger and the humbler and subordinate. There is, of course, an obvious fallacy in this concept.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday announced that he has accepted Advocate General (AG)A P S Deol's resignation, meeting a key demand of miffed leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched his party's perfume and termed it the "scent of socialism".
Congress and BJP on Tuesday sparred over a French media report on the Rafale deal that the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sat on evidence of "secret commissions" paid during the UPA regime and middleman managing to get hold of Ministry of Defence documents during the first Narendra Modi government.
With Ravi Shastri's coaching tenure coming to an end, Rahul Dravid will take over the reins, and a new era of Indian cricket is all set to begin under his guidance in the upcoming weeks.