Mulayam Singh Yadav has raised several eyebrows by hobnobbing with an RSS man. Hindi journalist Achutanand Mishra, who has long been associated with the RSS, is advising the SP chief on many issues. Mishra is even being considered for a Rajya Sabha berth. UP will hold byelections for two Rajya Sabha seats later this month. The first seat has been vacated by Congress' Rasheed Masood, who was convicted in a scam. Interestingly, Mulayam is also thinking of putting up the controversial Deoband cleric Maulana Arshad Madani for this seat. The second Rajya Sabha fell vacant after the death of SP leader Mohan Singh. Mulayam has chosen Singh's daughter Kanak Lata for it. The SP chief has also distrib...

After Renuka Choudhury is it Jayanti Natarajan's turn to be censored? Soon after the Tehelka rape case hit the headlines the Congress minister was on television arguing that "there are so many rapes in Goa, has the Chief Minister prosecuted all of them?" And then the Congress claims that it is "objective" about the Tehelka case and there are no party links with Tarun Tejpal. Off the record, of course, Congress rues the timing of the case: just when they had caught the Gujarat Chief Minister on the backfoot on Snoopgate, came the Tehelka scandal and stole all the headlines. Digvijaya Singh is back from the campaign trail and is busy tweeting to ensure that Snoopgate comes back to the headline...