Preamble not removed from NCERT textbooks: Govt

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the Preamble to the Constitution is very well there in NCERT textbooks of Class VI as he refuted charges made in this regard by......

Can Congress reverse fortunes after 2 consecutive LS poll defeats?

Entering the Lok Sabha poll fray after two successive defeats with its political image considerably dented, the Congress faces a tough battle for its very survival this election as it fights a......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

New Annual Festivals On India's Calendar

In the last 9 years, the BJP govt has marked some anniversaries and events with more zeal than Congress-led governments. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi along with RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan......

Gandhi Godse - Ek Yudh Review: Idea Gone Astray

A movie that seeks to explore 'alternate history' can't be so superficial, sighs Utkarsh Mishra. Over a decade ago, with my limited reading on the subject, I often tried to explore the idea of......

How I Finally Played Gandhi In A Film

'Top actors like Ben Kingsley, who played Gandhiji, had already raised the bar.''I hoped that Rajkumar Santoshi would be satisfied with my acting.' IMAGE: Chinmay Mandlekar as Nathuram Godse and......

Do Audiences Like Bollywood's Revolutionaries?

Bollywood has seldom made movies on real life revolutionaries. The most recognised of them all remains 1982's Gandhi, but surprisingly, the only box office hit in this genre has been Manikarnika:......

'Shaayad josh mein aake hosh nahin raha'

  Photograph: Kind courtesy Kangana Ranaut/Instagram Shatrughan Sinha has a few wise words about the events of the day, including Kangana Ranaut's most controversial statements about India's......

Trump to open world's biggest cricket stadium in Motera

With capacity for 110,000 spectators, the Motera Stadium will dislodge the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the world's largest cricket stadium. IMAGE: A general view of the Sardar Patel Gujarat......