‘The Idea of Justice’, ‘The Lost Symbol’ top bestseller list

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh's controversial "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" continues as No.1 for the fifth consecutive week in the non-fiction section while Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" is the predictable topper in the fiction list this week. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The controversial book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh continued to dominate the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week. It has now topped the charts for over a month.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission of Indian (ECI) has allotted the railway engine as the symbol to the Raj Thakre - led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). The Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) and Jan Surya Shakti Party (JSSP) will contest under the symbols of the whistle and the coconut respectively.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Arundhati Roy's new book "Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy" topped the non-fiction category of the bestseller list this week while "The Wish Maker: A Novel" by Ali Sethi dominated the fiction list. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Prisoner of the State" by late Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang continues to dominate the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week while James Patterson's "Swimsuit" - the new entrant - tops the fiction group. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of the publishing firm Penguin will hold special walks in various cities around the world Friday on the occasion of World Environment Day to support the 'plant a billion trees' campaign of the UN Environment Programme, a spokesperson of the firm said here Thursday. In the capital, employees of Penguin and sister firm Pearson Education will hold their walk in the historic Siri Fort area.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's "Stranger to History", that has been ruling the non-fiction section for over a month now, continued to maintain its position on the bestseller list this week, while "Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero" by Rick Riordan topped the fiction group for the second week running. The top 10 in each section are as follows: Non-fiction 1.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday admitted that not supporting the Congress was a mistake. "It's the mandate for the people," Lalu said, adding that he harbored no grudges against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's book 'Stranger to History' continued to dominate the bestseller list in the non-fiction category for the third week while Paulo Coelho was the new author atop the fiction list, with his latest 'The Winner Stands Alone'. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer makes his mark on the bestseller list as his 'Stranger to History' tops the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while the king of racy fiction Jeffrey Archer tops the fiction category with his new 'Paths of Glory'. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a lawsuit seeking scrapping of the DMK 'Rising Sun' symbol after it was alleged that the sun represented a Hindu god and so could not be an election symbol. A bench of Chief Justice K.G.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a clutch of new entries such as 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun J. Tejpal, 'Scarpetta' by Patricia Cornwell and 'Silks' by D Francis & F Francis in the fiction bestseller list this week.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Imagining India ...' by Nandan Nilekani and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga stay on top of the bestseller lists here this week, in the non-fiction and fiction categories respectively. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non fiction 1.

December 28th, 2008 NEW DELHI - South Indian film star-turned-politician Chiranjeevi Monday ruled out an alliance between his newly formed political outfit Praja Rajyam and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in his home state Andhra Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha elections. 'We are ready to form an alliance with all secular parties,' Chiranjeevi told reporters after his meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1.