Nine months, four alliances and scores of accusations. The much-publicised Peace Party in Uttar Pradesh is apparently going to pieces even before the elections begin.
The party that claimed to change the direction of state politics in 2011 is now looking for a direction for itself in the state.

With recent events overtaking the election scene in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are revamping their election campaign to derive maximum political advantage from the change in scenario.

Sandip Soparrkar

For any show and performance, dancers always have to dress up in the right manner to showcase their dance and portray their character well. To bring out the glamour and beauty in the costume many dancers accessories them with jewellery.

Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Wednesday got an emotional homecoming welcome at her forefathers’ ancestral village in Bihar and showered with the traditional love normally shown to a village girl returning home after a long time.

Attempting an amalgamation of the seven classical dance forms of India on one stage, while retaining their essence and ethos is certainly not an easy task for anyone. Odissi and Kathak danseuse Parwati Dutta is doing just that with her latest offering Sannidhi, which means “to flow together”.

Some key accused in the Bhanwari Devi case are likely to turn approver. Sources in the CBI on Wednesday maintained that the move will further strengthen the case against the alleged mastermind of Bhanwari’s abduction and murder.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday hinted that he may retire from Test cricket if he is to play in the 2015 cricket World Cup.

India on Wednesday reached out to the top leadership of the Palestine and reaffirmed its strong commitment to the Palestinian cause.
External affairs minister S.M. Krishna, who arrived here on Wednesday from Jerusalem held meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in what is the first visit by an Indian foreign minister in over a decade.

Gearing up for his visit to India for the 15th round of boundary talks, top Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo on Wednesday said the two countries should handle differences “wisely, calmly and properly” to prevent them from becoming “barriers” in improvement of ties.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed given a call to fight the common enemy of the region — poverty — and stressed the need for increasing regional and bilateral cooperation in the field of trade and commerce. She also urged the India to play its role as a big nation and to be more liberal to easy the heavy trade imbalance now prevailing between the two countries.