By M H Ahssan | INNLIVE
EDITORIAL In an interesting development, senior Congress leader and political secretary to Sonia Gandhi Ahmed Patel has hinted that Congress might consider lending support to a non-BJP coalition after the Lok Sabha polls.
This amounts to a tacit admission that Congress believes it might not be in a position to lead a grand alliance after the results are out on May 16. It also suggests that Congress is looking at a scenario similar to that in 1996 when it had propped up the United Front government.
Congress’s track record of propping up Third Front governments has been extremely lacklustre.
By Likha Veer | INNLIVE
With a hung Assembly appearing to be a possibility in Telangana, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Congress have begun exploring various avenues of together forming the first government in the new state even before the votes have been cast.
On the ground though, leaders of the two parties are at daggers drawn. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has spared no opportunity to hit out at the Congress and leaders of the grand old party have also been describing KCR as a ‘betrayer’ and ‘backstabber’ in the course of the campaign.
By Ramesh Reddy | INNLIVE
Today is April 30, 2014 a big day for 2.81 crore voters in new Telangana state as they exercise their franchise for electing the first government of the new state that will formally come into existence on June 2.
The voters, including 1.37 crore women, will decide the political fate of 1669 candidates contesting for 119 Assembly seats in the region, as also 265 candidates for 17 LS seats.
Congress andTelangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) are the main contenders for power in what will be the 29th state of Indian Union.
By Angikaar Choudhary | Kolkata
SPECIAL FEATURE The Kolkata bhadralok is a snooty lot. He is also slightly lazy. He resists change and clings on to the past. He loves his fish and his rice. He needs his cup of tea along with his biscuit every evening, ideally prepared by his wife. But on the whole, he considers himself aantel (intellectual). He prefers rumination and discussion on arts and culture and scoffs at other more practical topics, believing himself to be unworthy of such materialistic thinking. But on the whole, even if he doesn’t admit it, he still carries deep inside his heart, a childhood love for Leftist ideology.
By Dr.Rashmi Sanyal | INNLIVE
Low blood sugar levels may lead to heart rhythm disturbances and even life-threatening heart attacks, an alarming study shows.
Low overnight blood sugar levels that often go undetected cause prolonged periods of heart rhythm disturbances in older patients with type 2 diabetes and associated heart problems, revealed the research.
“What we have found is potentially important in explaining a possible mechanism by which low overnight blood sugars lead to prolonged, slow heart rates that could disturb blood flow to the heart, causing life-threatening heart attacks,” said Simon Heller, a professor from University of Sheffield in Britain.
By Aniket Sahni | Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate and mother of martyred captain Vikram Batra labelled BJP's prime minsiterial candidate Narendra Modi as 'pseudo-patriot'.
Kamal Kanta Batra, who is in the fray for the first time as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate from the Hamirpur seat, made the statement after Modi used her son Vikram Batra's off-quoted phrase 'Yeh Dil Maange More' in his three rallies in Himachal Pradesh to stir up the sentiments of the people of the hill state.
By Devisri Pandya | INNLIVE
The media has conveniently forgotten it, even as the left-liberals were confused on whether to support overtly the reverend so-and-so, the principal of a Jesuit institution in Mumbai, who had sent an email to his students, warning against “communal forces coming to power.”
Implicit in this email is the underlying message: don’t vote for the BJP and don’t make Mr. Narendra Modi, the PM. The BJP made the right noises, condemning the email. I, for one, welcome the reverend’s statement. Why, because he had the guts to say openly what the clergy—most of them, at any rate—have been doing slyly, away from the glare of publicity.
By M H Ahssan | INNLIVE
ELECTIONS SCENARIO At Durgapur one road leads to Amethi and another to Sultanpur. These are the two constituencies from which two cousins, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi, are contesting. Durgapur lies in Amethi but local residents here would like to be a part of Sultanpur and even have a banner up whose symbolism can't be missed.
The banner has been put up on behalf of 36 gram sabhas and calls for the boycotting of polls in the area on 7 May. The gram sabhas are demanding that the region must be in the Sultanpur district. The road leading to Amethi is filled with potholes and the ride is bumpy. Though the road leading to Sultanpur is no better, the issue for locals is more than just roads.
