What Pranab Da Thought About Sonia Gandhi

Pranab's earlier fear of Sonia relying too heavily on a coterie due to her lack of experience turned out to be unfounded.As per Pranab, Sonia had her close advisers but she did not follow anyone's......

Farewell Pranab da!

As Pranab Mukherjee passed away into the ages, we remember the man, the politician, the Rashtrapati. IMAGE: A young Pranab Mukherjee.... The former president was called Poltu by his father and......

Pranab da held my hand and guided me like a father, says PM Modi

Days before Pranab Mukherjee demits office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday voiced his deep admiration and emotional bonding with the outgoing president, saying he cared for him like a......

'Pranab Da, you've been a father figure': PM's emotional letter to ex-Prez

IMAGE: A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the then President Dr Pranab Mukherjee.Photograph: Press Information Bureau of India 'Pranab Da, you have always been a father figure......

The rift between Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee grows wider

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is under tremendous pressure from Congress MPs to contain Finance Minister P Chidambaram for attributing Pranab Mukherjee 'regime' for the economic slowdown.Five......

If India became world's 3rd largest economy. . .

With minimum fuss and hardly any noise or bragging, China informed the globe that it is now the world's second largest economy. Now imagine, if India became the world's third largest economy what......

Budget: Of snoring and missing MPs

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss provided first aid to the Kerala MP Veerendra Kumar who fainted in the Lok Sabha while Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was reading the Interim Budget......

Budget 2012: No birdies, only the bunker!

Pranab Mukherjee may not know golf but he could sure have tried to swing a few big bang reforms. Instead he produced a budget with a swing that seems to have missed the ball, the result a very nuts......

A dancer with Olympic dreams!

Pooja Kanwal is fast becoming a rising star on television. Her show Palampur Express, a daily show on Sony Entertainment Television, is becoming quite popular, thanks to its unique story of a......

Meet the sexy siren in Black Stallion

After sizzling in Tamil and Telugu films, sexy Namitha has now set her sights on Malayalam. The sexy siren is currently shooting for her maiden venture in Malayalam, Black Stallion, directed by......

'Men are from mars and women are from heaven'

Akshay Kumar gives us action, romance and comedy, all packaged in the same film, Kambakkht Ishq. The film also features the glamorous Kareena Kapoor and Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone, Denise......

Cheran's Pokkisham, an ode to pure love

Cheran, a man from a sleepy small village in Tamil Nadu came to Chennai in 1997 with his first film Bharati Kannamma and won the heart of all Tamils. Now, the filmmaker is almost ready with his......

'The nation has lost a brilliant leader': Virat, Sachin pay tribute

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli receives the Padma Shri from President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2017. Photograph: Press Information Bureau/Instagram Olympic medallists Sushil......

Track and field goes nuts over Bolt

When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the saviour......

Spotted: Sourav Ganguly at Vienna airport

Reader Shahid Kazi sent us these photographs from Vienna. 'We ran into Sourav Ganguly at the Vienna airport on Saturday, June 15, 2009,' writes...