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Wanted: Culture minister with arts background

New Delhi, June 7: Om Puri wants a culture minister who has some grounding in arts, so does Lalit Kala Akademi chairperson Ashok Vajpeyi. As the new government looks for a culture minister, the ...

Bhadaru, 127, will vote again!

Juggar (Himachal Pradesh), May 3: He has seen kings, the British, Mahatma Gandhi and today's politicians - and is not very impressed with the present lot. However, 127-year-old Bhadaru is ...

Small parties, big aims

New Delhi, May 3: Some are operating from a single room while others are sweating it out from their homes-turned-offices. Leaders of hundreds of small political parties are hoping to make a ...

Urban villages - oxymorons in every way

New Delhi, May 3: Lok Sabha elections are another ritual for Mariam. She does not know who is contesting for the May 7 poll in the capital. No campaigner has bothered to go down her lane in ...

It's 'graduation' time, say Bangalore's first-time voters

Bangalore, April 23 (IANS)Chandrasekhar P, an 18-year-old college student, is delighted as he ‘graduated’ Thursday to vote for the first time in the great Indian democratic ...

Election day is a 'holiday' for many in Bangalore

Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) For software professional Amit Saxena, 32, Thursday came as a “good mid-week break” from work as he enjoyed the day catching up with two latest Hollywood flicks ...

Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) Having only 14 women from among 210 candidates in the fray for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana may be a low for many. But for the state, which has one of the worst sex ...

Of miffed party chiefs and praying 'Pappu' wins

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) What was the excuse a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president gave for not being present when the candidature of a rival was announced, despite the party boss ...

Out of sight Chand, out of mind in Haryana politics

Panchkula (Haryana), April 24 (IANS) He made national headlines when he fell in love. Just months after having fallen out of love, no one really is bothered about him - politically or otherwise. ...