Primary Colors: Looking at Bill and Hillary Clinton, darkly
Modest opening-night receipts underscored the belief that Americans have marginal interest in raw politics, but critical acclaim suggests that Primary Colors, a much-awaited film which opened across the United States on Thursday, is one of the finest political movies ever made.
Islamic Iran starts its new year with ancient Zoroastrian tradition
Iran, best known as an Islamic state, started its new Calendar year on Saturday by reaching back to its earliest Zoroastrian traditions with the festival of Noruz. The country moved into the Iranian year of 1377 just before midnight Friday local time.
Congress dumps Marak for Lapang
Bowing to pressure from party legislators, former chief minister and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader S C Marak stepped down yesterday, paving the way for deputy CLP leader D D Lapang to take over as the leader of the party in the Assembly.
Speaker's post not appealing enough for BJP MPs
Why has the Bharatiya Janata Party not been able to name its candidate to chair the 12th Lok Sabha? While one reason is that it doesn't have the numbers yet to ensure a clear victory for its candidate, the other reason is that senior MPs who had been approached by the party preferred ministerial berths over the Speaker's post.
Cabinet berth for Muthiah draws flak from DMK, TMC
The inclusion of AIADMK's Sedapatti R Muthiah, who is fighting a corruption case against him before a special judge here, in the union cabinet evoked criticism from members in the Tamil Nadu assembly yesterday. Deputy speaker Parithi Ilamvazhudhi (DMK) read out details of the charge-sheet filed against Muthiah in a case of alleged possession of unaccounted wealth.
Maneka rings out the old on first day in office
Behaving like the proverbial new broom, the just-appointed Union Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi yesterday began her first day in office with sweeping changes.
