Hindustan Times
For the record, the cancellation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s high profile official visit to Nepal and Myanmar next week was due to domestic compulsions or what has been described as economic and budgetary issues back in Beijing. Read more
(20 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Baburam Bhattarai, Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Dalai Lama, hindustantimes, India-Nepal border, inside story, Irrawaddy River, Kathmandu, King Gyanendra, Myanmar, Nepal, New Delhi, Prachanda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, QTR, Raisina Hill, Shishir Gupta, Tibet, UPA
The mood at the Congress Core Group meeting last Monday was sombre as the apex body was hastily convened to discuss the political logjam in Parliament over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet decision to open up 51 % foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and 100 % in single brand retail. Read more
(17 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2g scam, Ahmed Patel, Chidambaram, Congress, congress core group, FDI, FDI in retail, hindustantimes, inside story, parliament, PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, UPA
It is often said that countries which do not remember the past, do not have a future. We Indians tend to gloss over the past, both internally and externally, in the relentless hope for a brighter and prosperous future. Read more
(54 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 26/11, hindustantimes, India, inside story, isi, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, JuD, LeT, Maldives, NDA, pakistan, PM Manmohan Singh, SAARC summit, Shishir Gupta, Yusuf Raza Gilani
One thought that only public memory was short. Now it is come to light that memories of political parties particularly those in Uttar Pradesh are shorter still. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Filed under India · Tagged bundelkhand, hindustantimes, HT blogs, inside story, Mayawati, news, Shishir Gupta, smaller states, Uttar Pradesh
A day before Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, he was with Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, at his residence in Mumbai at 3 am waiting for word from party-designated central observers Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ahmed Patel, AK Antony, ashok chavan, hindustantimes, inside story, Lavasa, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, mumbai, NCP, Pranab Mukherjee, Prithviraj Chavan, Rahul Gandhi, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, sushil kumar shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh
It is called the “us versus them” play and the game is unique to South Block on Raisina Hill. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:56 am
Filed under India · Tagged AIADMK, armed forces, Army Chief General V K Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Defence Ministry, George Fernandes, hindustantimes, inside story, Jayalalitha, Manmohan Singh, Naval Staff, NDA, Raisina Hill, Shishir Gupta, South Block, UPA II
