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Pranab should've been PM, Manmohan Prez because...: Aiyar in new book

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, in his latest book, argues that Pranab Mukherjee should have been made Prime Minister in 2012 instead of Manmohan Singh, who was then recovering from......

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......

When Dr Singh Took On Congress Bosses

Many were hoping that with Vajpayee's NDA gone, there would be a return to the Congress normal.Nobody was prepared for the opposite.Sonia Gandhi was sceptical.This became the only issue over which......

'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......

Yechury's body handed over to AIIMS amid 'Lal Salaam' chants

Wrapped in the red flag of the Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran Sitaram Yechury's body was donated to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences authorities in New Delhi on Saturday for......

What Went Wrong For Cyrus Mistry At Tatas

If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......

'Adani affair overshadowed Budget's stability, prudence'

'That is the one headline the world is reading about India, and it is a potentially damaging story...''I don't think a panic mentality has set in, but this story is one that investors and market......

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......

Hanu Man Review: Same Old Template

Teja Sajja is agile and a decent actor but not charismatic enough to watch in almost every frame, observes Deepa Gahlot. A character in Hanu Man makes a valid point: When all Southern film heroes......

Chess legend Anand returns home after over three months

'Yes, I am home. Happy to see my family, especially my son.' IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand completed a seven-day institutional quarantine in Bengaluru before leaving for his home in Chennai.......

Aiyar hindered CWG work: Maken

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has accused former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar of playing an "irreparable obstructionist role" in the Commonwealth Games projects resulting in cost escalation. These......

Aiyar's statement is anti-national: Kalmadi

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday hit back at former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior......

Aiyar will be unhappy if CWG is a success

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said he willbe "unhappy" if the Commonwealth Games area success, andonly "evil" will patronise them, remarks which were quickly dismissed by both his......

Hockey defeat matter of shame: Aiyar

Union sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar lashed out at the Indian Hockey Federation on Monday, saying "it is a matter of shame that a team which has been part of the Olympics for the past 80 years......

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