There was more to him than he let on, asserts Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh at an event in New Delhi, September 22, 2012. Photograph: B Mathur/Reuters After......
Terming former media adviser Sanjaya Baru's controversial account of his days in the PMO as "nothing but a stab in the back", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's daughter has accused him of "violating"......
The Congress party shut the gates of its headquarters and refused to bid official farewell on the death of former prime minister and party president Narasimha Rao, whose ‘crime’ was to......
The five-state assembly elections are seen as a now-or-never, no-holds battle for the Congress, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party lead campaigner Narendra D Modi at a......
'Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refused to allow us to project his real personality to let the people of India know exactly what he really was. He was always shying away from greater public......
Sanjaya Baru, former media adviser to the Indian prime minister, in this exclusive column to Rediff.com writes that the United States is creating a new strategic framework for the 21st century and......
Widening of the tax base, doing away with cess and surcharge, improvement in compliance and moderation in tax for emerging sectors are some of the suggestions submitted to the Finance Ministry......
IMAGE: RBI governor Urjit Patel. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters. "We want a drop in interest rate. This (interest rate) is a huge problem now for us. Real interest rate in India today is......
Every author loves a book launch. The Reserve Bank of India's former governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy, who was known for his low-profile persona in office, is now happy to follow the fashion among......
As one of the world's oldest currencies, the Indian rupee's new symbol deserved a more dignified debut, says Sanjaya Baru. The Indian rupee's new symbol, an elegant, simple and brilliant......
In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......
Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had an opportunity to introduce a bill in Parliament to disallow a person of foreign origin to......
Say hello to the cast of The Accidental Prime Minister. The key players in the The Accidental Prime Minister have been unveiled. Anupam Kher, who plays Dr Manmohan Singh, looks almost......
Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn get ready to live real lives. The Accidental Prime Minister -- based on Sanjaya Baru's account of his four year stint as Dr Manmohan Singh's media......
'The makers of The Accidental Prime Minister will have to get an NOC from Manmohan Singhji, Sonia Gandhiji and all the politicians who are part of the narrative,' Censor Board boss Pahlaj Nihalani......