'Atal ji picked my call but Sonia kept me waiting'

After being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1999, Najma Heptulla rang up the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Berlin to convey the news but had to hold the phone......

'Grubby, Murky Deal Is Already Underway'

'In the end, officials in India will be thrown to the wolves, quietly released a couple of years down the road and we'll never hear about them again.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with......

Want To Know About Mahatma Murder Case?

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Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats, but always spoke his mind

K Natwar Singh wore many hats as he straddled the worlds of diplomacy, politics and writing but what remained consistent across decades was his sharp-wit and plainspeaking. IMAGE: Former External......

Of all farmers' demands, legalising MSP is tricky and highly complicated

A back of the envelope calculation being floated by some experts shows that at the current levels of production and marketable surplus, if the Centre legally guarantees to purchase a portion of the......

3 eminent economists in RBI's monetary committee

The government on Monday appointed three eminent economists -- Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka Bhide -- as members of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI, sources......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

PIX! U20 wrestlers accorded warm welcome

IMAGE: Gold medalist Mohit Kumar poses for the shutterbugs at the IGI airport in New Delhi on Friday. Photograph: Amit Sharma/ANI It was a memorable day for Indian wrestling as Mohit Kumar was......

The CHAMPIONS have arrived!

IMAGE: Commonwealth Games medal winners Avinash Sable, left, Abdullah Aboobacker, centre, and Eldhose Paul, right -- India's athletic stars at the 2022 Commonwealth Games -- get a rousing......

When Lata Mangeshkar rescued BCCI post 1983 WC win

IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar was very close to all Mumbai cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar, who spoke about her with unmatchable humility and mother like respect.......