The Supreme Court on Wednesday told former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, held in an alleged cash-for-job scam in the state, "On the face of it you are a corrupt person. Crores of rupees......
He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman. IMAGE: Pritish Nandy, Editor Extraordinaire,......
'All the big things happening today in economic development have their beginning in Dr Manmohan Singh's ideas.' IMAGE: Dr Manmohan Singh addresses a news conference in New Delhi January 3, 2014.......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
'BJP insiders acknowledge that the party needs to be helmed by someone who can match Arvind Kejriwal's stature.' 'A Sudhanshu Trivedi or Bansuri Swaraj could bring the freshness the party needs in......
There hasn't been a single confidence boosting measure by the government in recent years."The crisis in our economy is growing. Are we heading towards 1991?", asks Mr. Murali Manohar Joshi (BJP)......
Now that the United Progressive Alliance has trounced the Left Front in Kolkata and the Union government is back to work, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee must devote his energies to improving......
Money does not grow on trees, is a favourite proverb of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee also knows that money does not grow on the moon either, even if his......
Under normal circumstances, Interim Budgets are supposed to be non-events, merely fulfilling a constitutional requirement for Parliamentary approval of expenditures by the government until the full......
By now India's finance minister must be busy putting the finishing touches to his Budget and Budget speech due next Monday. One often wonders whether Mr Mukherjee gets adequate time to ponder......
'All through the making of Dil Daulat Aur Duniya, Rajesh Khanna never acknowledged me.''Dev Anand couldn't carry off a dhoti in Insaaniyat. He told me that he would never wear one again.''Shammi......
Forty four years after Mohammed Rafi's untimely demise on July 31, 1980, at the young age of 55, the singer's work continues to enjoy a musical afterlife on radio, television and modern streaming......
Composer-singer Bappi Lahiri passed into the ages on February 16, 2022. He was 69. The funeral will take place on Thursday, February 17, after his son Bappa returns from Los Angeles. While film......
'No actor knew him as well as I did.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Prosenjit Chatterjee/Instagram Bengal's reigning superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee cannot believe former President Pranab Mukherjee has......
'There was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.''Kuch baat thi.''Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.' Zanjeer changed a lot of lives. It turned......
'I don't know exactly what I would be doing a few years down the line, but I hope I can contribute to Bharat in some way.' IMAGE Archana Girish Kamath was India's lone victor against Germany,......
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......
IMAGE: World No 41 Achanta Sharath Kamal is the lone Indian in the competition. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Veteran Sharath Kamal finally made the men's singles medal round in a major......