‘If there was any restraint in praising Prime Minister Modi’s US trip, it was only for fear of being labelled a “Sanghi.” ‘Many who came to scorn, knelt to pray.......
Pakistan’s newly-elected President Dr Arif Alvi shares an interesting connection with India as his father was a dentist to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, according to......
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over attempts to change the “nature and character” of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, saying Jawaharlal Nehru did not......
“I am not reconsidering my visit to the literary meet in Maharashtra,” said Nayantara Sahgal after a row was kicked up over an invite sent to her to inaugurate the 92nd all-India......
Possibly for the first time since Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called upon the nation to donate/sacrifice for the ‘Bangladesh war’ efforts, and also suffer blackout at nights with......
From the enactment of the capital control Act to the recognition of the BSE as a stock exchange and the infamous Harshad Mehta scam, here are the 18 biggest events for stock markets from 1947 to......
'The IAS officers are after the rich people, the IRS officers are after the middle class and the IPS officers are after the poor. This is the new varnashrama created by the bureaucracy.' IMAGE:......
Founded by a group of IIT alumni, the programme aims to further the cause of education for all by allowing discussion sessions through mobile devices. Image: , Ritesh Singh (2nd from left) and......
There are ways to rescue Air India, but only if a new owner doesn’t adopt the same tactics that got the airline into the mess it finds itself in, says Laveesh Bhandari I must confess......
Shastri took the first big step to transform India’s agriculture, the benefits of which his successors reaped in plenty, says A K Bhattacharya. In a recent article, eminent historian......