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Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'Pak atom bomb' remark sparks row

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks on Pakistan sparked a political row on Friday, with his party quick to dissociate itself from the comments while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party......

The landmark 1991 budget was Manmohan's trial by fire

Dr Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, had to literally face a trial-by-fire to ensure widespread acceptance of his path-breaking Union Budget of 1991 that saw the nation......

Mani Shankar Aiyar: The Lonely Eternal Maverick

Very few know of his scintillating mind, the outpouring of fresh ideas, the attention to detail in every endeavour, the extraordinary administrative and organisational skills, and a limitless......

'If Pranab Was PM, Cong Would Have...'

'...still have lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but could have won 140 seats.' IMAGE: Then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, right, then prime minister Manmohan Singh, centre, and then finance......

Why Pakistan Government Spared Mani Shankar Aiyar

It was only a matter of hours before I would be declared persona non grata; all my work would turn to ashes, and I would be revealed as a typical untrustworthy Indian.I steeled myself for the axe......

Energy security: Mani Shankar Aiyar slams UPA for bowing to US

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on Mani Shankar Aiyar's belief that India should secure its energy supplies by engaging with neighbours in Asia. In a recent public lecture that was hardly reported by the......

Now, Mani Shankar Aiyar blasts govt over rural jobs scheme

Former Union panchayat raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, lately in the news for denouncing the Commonwealth Games, is aiming his guns much closer to the United Progressive Alliance government's......

Mani Shankar Aiyar slams Plan panel's poverty estimates

Slamming Planning Commission's poverty estimates, Congress MP and former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today said that it is not aware of the ground reality of the country. "Indeed the......

Mani Shankar Aiyar's e-mail account hacked

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's e-mail account has been hacked, with the culprit now sending mails appealing for money on his behalf. E-mails started......

Why was Mani Shankar shunted?

India on Monday denied that Washington had pressured it to remove Mani Shankar Aiyar as the Union petroleum minister. Rumours were flying thick and fast that Aiyar's reluctance to toe the American......

Game Changer Review: Ram Charan Saves The Train Wreck

Game Changer is underwhelming in the sense that you see the potential being squandered away by timid filmmaking, observes Arjun Menon. Shankar's films don't aspire for scale, they demand it. After......

Movies COMING UP In 2025

Just a handful of movies became successes in 2024. But 2025 brings us hope for many more. In this multi-part series, Joginder Tuteja brings us the theatrical releases of 2025. FatehRelease......

The Girl Who Made A Huge Splash In 2024

'Konkona just walked up, and both of us froze. She was tearing up, and I was like this is unbelievable.''We had Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Rasika Dugal, Dia Mirza... women I've idolised.'......

Bandish Bandits 2 Review: Music Saves The Show

The many episodes in which the characters discuss quarrel, sulk and rehearse would have been boring were it not for the music, observes Deepa Gahlot. The first season of Bandit Bandits (2020) was......

'Girls Will Be Girls Is About Your First Crush'

'The flutters of excitement of a high-school romance, and then how life changes.' IMAGE: Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal. Photograph: Panna Bandekar After making the rounds of international film......

Hazare Trophy: Gujarat, Maharashtra cruise to quarters

IMAGE: Utkarsh Singh's 120-ball 102 came in a winning cause as Jhrakhand beat Goa by 31 runs. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Utkarsh Singh/Instagram Jharkhand's Utkarsh Singh impressed with a century......

Mani Shankar Iyer to felicitate Anand

Mani Shankar Iyer, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, will felicitate World chess champion Viswanathan Anand at a grand function, in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Naidu, that will match the status of......

Ranji Roundup: Drama in Agartala as Mumbai escape with a draw

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane was unbeaten on 48 runs from 90 balls. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Ajinkya Rahane/Instagram In Agartala, the......

Gujarat Titans in must-win battle vs in-form KKR

IMAGE: Gujarat Titans need Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan to emulate their showing with the bat against Chennai Super Kings when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on......

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