While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar......
Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath......
Mani Shankar Aiyar says the Congress party and not then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for unlocking the Babri Masjid gates and claimed that the "Bharatiya Janata Party-planted" Arun......
Several politicians said they were not even aware of the provision in the UP Act. The Uttar government on Friday decided that ministers will start paying their own income tax, ending a......
January 31, 2023 marks the birth centenary of Major Somnath Sharma, who was awarded the first Param Vir Chakra for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. We salute this hero whose......
'A few years back two big politicians -- both good friends of mine -- came to me and offered (to keep with) me big money. They said they had full faith in me and they wanted to keep Rs 10,000......
Farhan Akhtar has announced that his new project 120 Bahadur is based on the battle of Rezang La. The military action film, set against the backdrop of the 1962 War, draws inspiration from the......
There have been relatively few war films made by Bollywood, perhaps because they are expensive and difficult to shoot. Also, invariably, there are accusations of inaccuracy, disrespect, jingoism,......
'A producer once told me that one doesn't get paid for his acting skills.'' If you work here, you have to be either lovable or sellable.''Nobody talks about talent.' 'Here, people can pay huge......