A product of the 1942 Quit India movement, a Gandhian and a Socialist who remains closely connected with grassroot movements, Dr G G Parikh remains a familiar figure in Maharashtra. IMAGE: Dr G G......
Congress presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Gandhi family was blessing him and the other candidate Mallikarjun Kharge, and had no bias towards either of them. IMAGE:......
What some of our leaders were up to on Monday, December 12. IMAGE: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra turned 50 this year, but the lady can sure run like she did in school some 35 years ago. Photograph:......
Gearing up for the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress on Saturday formed three crucial committees to look after coordination, manifesto and publicity in the polls, with the old guard......
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar......
'What is most distressing is that the revival of the economy, creation of more employment, and reducing poverty are not on the government's agenda at all.''We are an economy on the verge of a......
Former member of the Planning Commission, Bhalchandra Mungekar has told Business Standard that while poverty being reduced between 2004-05 and 2011-12 was a fact, the minimum estimates used......
The Prime Minister's Office has asked Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and other members of the Plan panel to continue in office till further notice. Ahluwalia and......
To help students pursuing higher education, the government plans o set up a higher education finance corporation. The proposed corporation will provide scholarships and soft loans to students in......
'In May 2020-2021, nearly 10 crores (100 million) lost jobs.''Covid is not the reason for the present crisis. It aggravated the crisis.' IMAGE: Students protest against the alleged erroneous......